If we call it the UFO, we also call it the machine. A nickname that suits him well if we take a look at his plethoric discography. It was on social networks that Jul announced the release of a new album scheduled for June 7. Titled Update, this will be the 22nd studio album of the rapper from the Saint-Jean-du-Désert district (12th arrondissement). The previous album, Decade, was released on January 19. He had released a new sound “I took the mic“, on May 8, where we see Jul in the Vélodrome stadium, but also at the Commanderie with several Olympian players (Ounahi, Rongier, Ndiaye, Harit).
To everyone’s surprise, it was the Marseille rapper Jul who recovered this Thursday when the Olympic flame arrived to light the ring-shaped cauldron, before a concert by Soprano and Alonzo in the old Port.
Some have been talking about Zidane for months. Ultimately it was another famous Marseillais, perhaps less sporty but just as appreciated by young people, who carried the Olympic flame to the Olympic cauldron. “I’m so proud!” he said.
In front of a huge crowd, he obviously delighted in his famous hand sign at the moment of lighting. “I’m very proud to do this tonighthe then said. Thank you very much for thinking of me for this, I am very proud for France and for Marseille! It’s a lot of hope for young people, I wish all these athletes bronze, silver, gold and… of course platinum medals!“And add a smirk.”Mercé the area” !
“It pays homage to the area, not to the Olympic Games, nor to France”
If this choice took on a strong symbolic level for the youth of Marseille, many criticized this choice on the part of the organization. And Renaud Muselier, president of the South Region, spoke on -. He felt that it was not up to Jul to light the first cauldron of the Olympic flame this Wednesday, May 8 in Marseille, explaining that this choice “this story spoiled the party a bit“.”He pays homage to the area, he does not pay homage to the Olympic Games, he does not pay homage to France“, developed Renaud Muselier.
