Complete the quest for the Grail, win the football World Cup, climb the steps of the Cannes Film Festival… In the world of rap music, getting your own “Planète Rap” show on Skyrock is a bit like all three. the time. Lamiss, Feydie, 2Y, Reyes Santos, Junior and Tetel are on the bill for “La Nocturne” this Friday evening, at midnight.
However, the six Arlesians would never have imagined singing on the reference station of the genre when they passed the casting organized by Power Production, to appear as the opening act for Nej et Lartiste at the ancient theater, on October 4. That evening, host Fred Musa organized a competition to offer them a place on his show. Won over by their collective energy, he finally invited the six artists to Paris.
A month later, the young rappers had stars in their eyes when it was time to record their show on Tuesday, in the corridors of a radio station which saw the best rappers in France parade. A lump in my stomach, too, when the time came to perform their pieces behind microphones which exploded the careers of Soolking, Sofiane and even Jul in live sessions seen tens of millions of times on YouTube.
“We were no longer the guests, we were the artists”
As in all good stories, nothing went as planned. Guests on a show bringing together Dosseh and Dinos, seven gold records (50,000 sales, editor's note) between them, they will never enter the studio, which is already too full. “Three hours later, Fred Musa called ussays Lamiss. We weren't able to appear on the shows recorded in the afternoon, but he really wanted to put us in the spotlight. He decided to bring us into the night with our own show, to broadcast our collective piece as planned, but also solo sounds!“
A deliverance, “we were no longer the guests, we were the artists“, exclaims the singer. But also additional anxiety. “On radio broadcast and on YouTube, viewers will see my stressreveals Reyes Santos. Before the show started, I went out into the street with my phone to my ear to rehearse the song, singing to myself in front of the radio, I sounded like a madman!“
