World of Rap

Thailand’s Joey Boy channels golden-era Puff Daddy in ‘Sa Wa Dee’. Spotted via the excellent @lexrecords

From what I can tell, this style of music is called Repente, which means ‘outburst’ in Portugese. It’s popular in Portugal and Brazil, which is where these chaps - Caju and Castanha - hail from. They aren’t just some random kids, they are a popular act to this day.

Parisian pop-dance travesty David Guetta began life as a passable hip-house producer. Here he is with Sidney Duteil, who was France’s first black television presenter.

Greenland’s Nuuk Posse were nominated as “Messengers of True” by the United Nations in 2004, according to an unsubstantiated claim on Wikipedia. I think we can all see why.

Are they old enough to be drinking that? Um, the fewer questions asked about the set up here the better, I reckon. Cambodia’s KDEP featuring APING and GANG.

You can read an interview with Salome, “Iran’s first female rapper” here.

This one’s from AMERICA!

Now seems like a good time to point out that I do not endorse anything that may be said in any of the videos that I post here. This appears to be some kind of Kosovan independence rap song. Or is it the opposite? Please don’t hurt me.

This guy - Mongolian rapper Tsetse - is fucking terrifying.

I’m not convinced that (allegedly) Finnish MC Ezkimo isn’t just Kevin Eldon, shaved and in a top hat.