Official invitation to Damso madness

The Belgian-Congolese rapper's new album, Damso, was released last Friday, I lied is on the listening terminal in Musicaline.

With his parents, his mother is a sociologist, his father is a cardiologist, Damso, marked by armed conflicts, fled his native country, Congo, at the dawn of his 10th birthday, to settle in Belgium. It was there that he took his first steps in rap. At 32 years old, Damso is today an essential figure, with a signature flow and a claimed philosophy: “make history and move on”. In I lied Damso reunites with his friends, the king of dancehall Kalash and his protégé, pop icon Angèle.

“Try everything” with Angèle, met in 2017, when the rapper invited his compatriot, then aged 21, to open for his tour Selfhood. This is followed by the title “ Demons », essential hits of 2021 and their collaboration on Angèle's second album. The chemistry is intact between the two Belgians: “With Angèle, rather than going to the restaurant to tell each other the latest gossip, we go to the studio and make music together. There is no calculation, marketing or obligatory stuff.”

It was following a discussion with a fan, who asked him to write new songs, that Damso launched into I lied. An introspection against a backdrop of modern melodies, from amapiano to shatta through danceable electro.

The artist deconstructs codes, asserts his personality between punchlines on political abuses and his own fragility. In Damsautiste, the rapper confesses to having Asperger's syndrome, an autism spectrum disorder, while inviting the listener to enter into his madness. A unique auditory experience, while waiting for the final album of Damso's career, on May 30, 2025 according to his predictions. The rapper being a big fan of surprises, you have to expect the best.

I lied, Damso's new album is available.