Over the course of its existence, French rap has produced a number of
personalities and artists worthy of the name. Among these beacons of a truly
popular movement, the artist of all artists, revered by all (from NTM to IAM
through successive generations) is Oxmo Puccino. An exotic pseudonym for
Abdoulaye Diarra, an expert in the handling of language and voice born in Ségou,
Mali, on August 3, 1974, at the helm of several quality albums and a few side
works, whose artistic standards, fromOpéra Puccino (1997) to L'Arme de Paix
(2009), awarded a Victoire de la musique, have never b...