African hip hop#Senegal

Senerap is one of the most important varieties of African hip- hop. The scene is concentrated in Senegal's capital Dakar, where there are, depending on the estimate of 2000-4000 hip hop crews. Is internationally known especially Positive Black Soul, daara J, Pee Froiss and now lives in Berlin Sister Fa

The scene, which is characterized by a great creative potential, suffers particularly from the financial and technology shortage in the country. Only bands that are successful abroad and it often still need the support of artists such as MC Solaar or Youssou N'Dour can afford the technical basics.

The dominant medium of music sales department in the country is the cassette, the entire Senegalese market from a single producer, Talla Diagne, is controlled. Bands like Pee Froiss or Black Mboolo that belong with estimated sales of close to 20 000 at the Great scene, can not afford their own DJ consoles. According to his own self- produce tapes only for reasons of prestige, since it was impossible to make money with them in Senegal.

Other important bands are As Brains, Jant - Bi ( German: the sun ), Sunu Flavor and petit frere.

Senerap developed from 1985. Especially about the staff of the airlines first rap tapes came into the country, and later the new cable television brought also the first hip- hop videos.

First Major bands were King & Kool and MC Lida. Internationally known individual bands were mainly through the help of the native Senegalese MC Solaar, who hosted several major hip-hop parties in Dakar, including, inter alia, Positive Black Soul, founded by Didier Awadi discovered. There are now a large number of specialized record stores and radio stations as well as some specialized in hip hop recording studios in Dakar.

In Senegal genres such as gangsta rap are never really arrived. The music here is mostly positive and very much a political as compared to the U.S. models. Band names like Positive Black Soul or Pee Froiss (about: It does not matter what you look like ) testify to this. Is rapped mainly in English, French and Wolof. The rappers themselves have in the younger population ( about 80% of Senegalese are younger than 30 years) built a reputation of integrity and moral incorruptibility. In the 2000 presidential campaign, they were therefore courted by all political candidates. You should ask both their reputations available as translating the candidate statements in the language of the street. After Abdoulaye Wade became president of the country, but the Hip Hop plunged into a crisis. Although he promised major reforms and thus targets the most hip -hoppers, on the other hand, he was vague and it happened almost nothing.

One of the few Americans who regularly collaborates with artists from Senegal KRS -One. According to the Senerapper the interest of Americans drops to her roots and the Black Brotherhood as soon as they realize that there is no money to make in Africa.