Fake For Real – page 4

AZJAH - Princess Diaries

The contemporary rap scene in Los Angeles is not specifically known for its feminine faces. Recently, though, someone occupied this niche: a rapper called Azjah pretended that she was the "Princess of Compton". […]

KENY ARKANA - Entre ciment et belle étoile

This is one of the great specialties of French rap. For quite a long time, it was understood that its main role was to carry out a message. Cultural elitism is nastily anchored in our nation, as well as a strong […]

BILLY WOODS & KENNY SEGAL - Hiding Places

We didn't really notice that last year, when listening to Armand Hammer's third album, Paraffin, but Kenny Segal contributed to two tracks in there. If we had paid even more attention, we would have noted that this old […]

LIL DEBBIE - Debbie

The White Girl Mob didn't last long. This band of female rappers quickly split. And its two famous members, its figurehead Kreayshawn, and V-Nasty, once a collaborator of Gucci Mane, are now AWOL. Today, the only one […]

KATE TEMPEST - Let Them Eat Chaos

Kate Tempest represents another tradition in UK's rap scene. The one, as a matter of fact, which is not really about rap. The one from other Brits connected to hip-hop, like The Streets, but also from people unrelated to […]

CASEY - Libérez la bête

According to herself, Casey doesn't practice French rap, but immigrant rap. As a matter of fact, she delivers her music as most rap haters see it: as the culture of young, colored, and threatening foreigners. Through her […]

NADIA ROSE - Highly Flammable

Grime is a family affair. Nadia Rose, indeed, is a cousin of Stormzy. She grew up close to him, in Croydon, South London. Moreover, she is the daughter of a dancehall DJ and MC. Naturally, considering such a background, […]

HONEY COCAINE - Thug Love

Honey Cocaine was a member of Tyga's entourage. She joined his label, Last Kings, after the Californian rapper had discovered her on YouTube, and she became her protégée. Somehow, she protected him in return when, after […]

KASH DOLL - Brat Mail

The main doll, the most visible of them all, is Arkeisha Knight. Discovered through a remix of Tinashe's "2 On", and then through her take on AV's "Run Me My Money", she's been seen alongside people […]

KNOWLEDGE THE PIRATE - Flintlock

Once again, Roc Marciano shone in 2018. Not only with his own output, or the quality of his releases, but also through homies like Knowledge the Pirate. This name is familiar; the guy has often supported Marci since […]

LEIKELI47 - Acrylic

Let's talk about manicure. The males among you might ignore it, but there are two kinds of false nails: those made of gel, and those made of acrylic. The former have various strengths: they look natural, and they are […]

MOLLY BRAZY - Molly World

One hip-hop scene, one female rapper. That's a rule. As far as Detroit, one of the most exciting places for rap in the last few years, is concerned, the prominent lady could very well be Kash Doll. She is the most […]

ASIAN DOLL - Drippin' in Glo

This is an implicit law in rap music: at one step or another of its story, any major collective must have a female member. One of these crews, however – and not the least – had been an exception for quite a long time: […]

QUEEN KEY - Your Highness

Queen Key is the embodiment of rap's take on feminism. Instead of desexualizing women, she talks about lust, loudly and proudly. Her approach, though, is different from CupcaKke's, her Chicago colleague,. Ke'Asha McClure […]

03 GREEDO - The Wolf of Grape Street

California is the land of all dreams, the motherland of mass entertainment, the ultimate fantasy factory. And as such, it often benefit from an inflated attention, especially when it comes to rap music. Quite frequently, […]

AZEALIA BANKS - 1991

By 2010, finally, pop music in the US started exploiting the sounds of electronic music. By then, similarly to the Euro-Dance genre, though twenty years later, some of its stars adapted the sounds of house or techno […]

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