Not pass: a collective of around ten rappers, including Fianso or Akhenatondenounce in a song that will be broadcast on Monday evening, July 1, the rise of the extreme right in France, calling on young people to vote in the second round of the legislative elections.
Brought together under the leadership of producer and composer Djamel Fezari aka DJ Kore, and the artistic director Ramdane Touhamithe artists (Fianso, Akhenaton, Mac Tyer, Seth Gueko, Zola, Soso Maness…) began producing this ten-minute long piece the day after the European elections, where the RN came out on top.
Funds generated donated to the Abbé Pierre Foundation
“The situation is serious. When we learn that the leading party for young people is the RN, if we did not react, it would be a serious mistake on our part (…) it is our way of campaigning”Ramdane Touhami told AFP about the single named after the Spanish slogan against General Franco’s regime in the 1930s.
The funds generated by listening to the song will be donated to the Abbé Pierre Foundation.
Often incisive in his words, Not pass is full of punchlines addressed to Jordan Bardella, the boss of the RN, the Le Pen family and Eric Zemmour (Reconquête!), denouncing the past of the French extreme right and police violence.
“This is the new version of Youth annoys the National Front“punchline of a 40-year-old song, still chanted in demonstrations against the extreme right, believes Ramdane Touhami.
In 1997, seventeen artists from French rap, including Akhenaton, signed 11:30 against racist lawsBeyond this collective, other voices from the hip-hop sphere called for voting during the legislative campaign, like heavyweights like Soprano or DJ Snake.
Around a hundred organisations, such as Greenpeace France and SOS Racisme, also called on Sunday evening to vote against the RN in the second round of the legislative elections on 7 July.
