Youssoupha talks about his childhood in the neighborhood and what he hated at that time

This Friday, January 24,
Youssoupha will make his comeback with a new album entitled AMOUR SUPREMEmarking the end of a four-year wait since the release of NEPTUNE Terminus
in 2021. On this occasion, the artist gave an interview for the CKO show. During an interview with Baloo
et Christhe rapper looked back on his childhood:

I was taken hostage by the city. From the age of 10 to the age of 25, I lived in every neighborhood. Because in fact, it was social precariousness that put me in this. It’s not because I wanted to leave, I wanted to leave. And I freaked out when I heard rap saying: “I don’t want to leave the neighborhood”. How they can say that is crazy.

Youssoupha opens up about his relationship with Shay

Let it be said, music is sometimes a family affair. This is particularly the case with
Youssoupha whose nephews are
Shay et The Pattern. His father was the Congolese legend Tabu Rochereau Law. With time,

the rapper discovered that he had several dozen brothers and sisters including the mother of Shay :

I know their mother, they are smaller, they are my family but I love them. Vanessa [Shay, NDLR] I find it too strong. People often ask me: “do you give him advice?” “. Well frankly it’s not to spoil her, she’s seriously managing to find herself on her own. Sometimes she calls me for advice. She is intuitive. She found things that even I wouldn’t have recommended to her.

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Youssoupha took the opportunity to highlight the great performance and progress of
Shay :

When I see it, I just see the artist. She masters her game. It’s wow. There, she made her Zenith, it was crazy. At the beginning of 2024 she had never done concerts before, she only did a few showcases, she had to work and everything. Being a girl in the industry is a lot of pressure (…) it’s too hard to be a girl.