‘This was our music, and our conscience’: how I fell in love with French hip-hop – podcast

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🗓️ 16 July 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Moving to Paris in 1992 as a black American kid was totally disorienting. Its underground rap scene became my map to the city, and the soundtrack to my formative years. By Jesse McCarthy. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

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0:53.3	This was our music and our conscience.
0:57.6	How I fell in love with French hip-hop.
1:02.0	Moving to Paris in 1992 as a black American kid,
1:06.6	was totally disorienting.
1:09.3	Its underground rap scene became my map to the city,
1:13.2	and the soundtrack to my formative years.
1:17.2	By Jesse McCarthy, bred by Jeremiah Cotheren,
1:20.8	and produced by Esther Apocugeni.
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