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Festival Hipopsession
From 11/10/2019 to 12/10/19
We took it in with our eyes and ears at this Nantes-based festival in France made of Hip-Hop only, and we're already looking forward to coming back next year!
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Since its beginning in 2005, the Hipopsession festival remains one of the main Hip-Hop events in France, inviting the biggest names in the headlines of French charts along, such as 13 Block, Lefa and Georgio, as well as emerging artists such as Moka Boka, 404 Billy and Zed Yun Pavarotti, not to mention the legendary pillars of French Rap like Hocus Pocus.
Like Hip-Hop, a culture that has become one of the most important to this new generation, this festival has become increasingly important over the years. A hundred times people tried to denigrate Rap and make it disappear, but a thousand times it reinvented itself. What binds people to each other doesn’t come loose easily. That's why, despite political contempt, police repression and media humiliations, Rap has adapted to become more and more powerful, and that's exactly what we feel at festivals: Rap is at its peak. Driven by the association Pick Up Production, Hipopsession aims to enhance the richness of Hip-Hop, and all of its disciplines such as music, including Rap, DJ-ing; from beatboxing through to breakdance, and visual art; from photo to graffiti.
An atmosphere of madness during these two days of festivals reached its peak with the performance of 13 Block and its title, ‘Fuck Le 17’, becoming now emblematic of a rebellious youth. We must admit that we have rarely seen such a raging audience - a phenomenon that was repeated during Georgio’s concert, and his mythical ‘Appel A La Révolte’.
Radio Mouv, [one of the leading urban music radio channels among 15-35 year olds, after Skyrock] had made the trip to host a special program. An experience made possible by the festival that allowed festival-goers to attend a live show. In brief, it was dazzling and we're already looking forward to coming back next year!
Words © The Magazine Team // Photography © Maximilien Marie
