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[[Hip hop|Hip-Hop]] has been around in Mauritius since its been on International media. Each generation has their own preference in terms of Rap Artists, but all artists who have been playing on the medias since [[Tupac Shakur|TuPac]] have also been aired in Mauritius.
[[Hip hop|Hip-Hop]] has been around in Mauritius since its been on International media. Each generation has their own preference in terms of Rap Artists, but all artists who have been playing on the medias since [[Tupac Shakur|TuPac]] have also been aired in Mauritius.

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Rap artists such as [[Dr. Dre|Dr Dre]], Snoop Dogg, [[Eminem]] , [[50 Cent]]s are extremely popular among Hip-Hop fans in Mauritius. Hip-Hop culture has been widely spread and its sub cultures such as its Mc'ing, BBoying, Graffiti, and DJ'ing are widely practised.


[[File:Aieki_Latchoum.jpg|thumb|Aieki Latchoum, a Mauritian rapper.]]
[[File:Aieki_Latchoum.jpg|thumb|Aieki Latchoum, a Mauritian rapper.]]
The general local Hip-Hop scene is quite active but due to the high musical piracy issue, Rap albums have become rare on the national music market.
The general local Rap scene is quite active but due to the high musical piracy issue, Rap albums have become rare on the national music market.


Some notable local Rap artists are Aeiki Latchoum of North Side Zoo band and Panther Noire of N.A.S possi. Tikkenzo of the OSB crew is among the most known rappers in Mauritius.
Some notable local Rap artists are Aeiki Latchoum of North Side Zoo band, Marki Evolution of WU Team and Panther Noire of N.A.S possi. Tikkenzo of the OSB crew is among the oldest most known rappers in Mauritius even though he is no more active.


Among the most known dance groups, there is Alliance Supreme ( no more active ) , Cyber Step Breakerz, HipHop Dancers ( As-T), Flava kidz and Da Movement.
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Rap artists such as [[Dr. Dre|Dr Dre]], Snoop Dogg, [[Eminem]] , [[50 Cent]]s are extremely popular among Hip-Hop fans in Mauritius.


Eventually with the access to youtube, computer music and music stores by 2000, many fans started into their own rap adventure.
Eventually with the access to youtube, computer music and music stores by 2000, many fans started into their own rap adventure.


Nowadays there are numerous Home Studios around the Island and good beat makers and producers.
The local scene for Rap has


== <RAP==
== RAP==
[[File:Nas_possi.jpg|thumb|Popular rap band in Mauritius N.A.S Possi]]
[[File:Nas_possi.jpg|thumb|Popular rap band in Mauritius N.A.S Possi]]
Rap has been around in Mauritius as early as 1995. The youth generation of 1995-2005 had in their walkman/Discman albums of Tupac, Notorious BIG, Public Enemy, Dr Dre, The Fugees,Method Man, Ice Cube, Snoop Doog, Eminem among all the popular rappers that received media attention at the time.
Rap has been around in Mauritius as early as 1995. The youth generation of 1995-2005 had in their walkman/Discman albums of Tupac, Notorious BIG, Public Enemy, Dr Dre, The Fugees,Method Man, Ice Cube, Snoop Doog, Eminem among all the popular rappers that received media attention at the time.
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List of MC Groups in Mauritius
List of MC Groups in Mauritius
* [http://www.lexpress.mu/article/254004/a4c-musique-un-jour-musique-toujours A4C]
* A4C
* Mafia Swagg
* Mafia Swagg
* Majunga ( Danger & Manawa )
* Majunga ( Danger & Manawa )
* [http://business.mega.mu/2012/08/23/concert-back-basics-mauritian-all-stars/ Mauritian All Stars] ( Paris )
* [http://business.mega.mu/2012/08/23/concert-back-basics-mauritian-all-stars/ Mauritian All Stars] ( Paris )
* N.A.S Possi
* N.A.S Possi
* North Side Zoo
* [http://www.lexpress.mu/article/north-side-zoo North Side Zoo]
* Secteur West
* Secteur West
* Section Kolt'Art
* [http://www.5plus.mu/node/10842 Section Kolt'Art]
* Wake Up Team
* [http://www.lemauricien.com/article/wu-team-hip-hop-wakes Wake Up Team]
* symphony
* symphony
* Union Tribal Clan
* Union Tribal Clan

Revision as of 11:49, 15 April 2016

Hip-Hop has been around in Mauritius since its been on International media. Each generation has their own preference in terms of Rap Artists, but all artists who have been playing on the medias since TuPac have also been aired in Mauritius.

Rap artists such as Dr Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem , 50 Cents are extremely popular among Hip-Hop fans in Mauritius. Hip-Hop culture has been widely spread and its sub cultures such as its Mc'ing, BBoying, Graffiti, and DJ'ing are widely practised.

File:Aieki Latchoum.jpg
Aieki Latchoum, a Mauritian rapper.

The general local Rap scene is quite active but due to the high musical piracy issue, Rap albums have become rare on the national music market.

Some notable local Rap artists are Aeiki Latchoum of North Side Zoo band, Marki Evolution of WU Team and Panther Noire of N.A.S possi. Tikkenzo of the OSB crew is among the oldest most known rappers in Mauritius even though he is no more active.

Among the most known dance groups, there is Alliance Supreme ( no more active ) , Cyber Step Breakerz, HipHop Dancers ( As-T), Flava kidz and Da Movement.

Eventually with the access to youtube, computer music and music stores by 2000, many fans started into their own rap adventure.

Nowadays there are numerous Home Studios around the Island and good beat makers and producers.

RAP

File:Nas possi.jpg
Popular rap band in Mauritius N.A.S Possi

Rap has been around in Mauritius as early as 1995. The youth generation of 1995-2005 had in their walkman/Discman albums of Tupac, Notorious BIG, Public Enemy, Dr Dre, The Fugees,Method Man, Ice Cube, Snoop Doog, Eminem among all the popular rappers that received media attention at the time.

With a strong influence of the french Rap Scene, with groups like I-AM, NTM, Psy4 de la Rime, Sniper, etc. young Mauritians eventually started to rap too and the culture has been since present in Mauritius.

There were yet no facility to studio recording, as laptops and internet were extremely difficult to afford, emcees started to rap on other artists songs, looping their music.

The culture rapidly spread once Internet and laptops were at affordable prices. They gradually evolved from looping samples of other artists songs to doing their own beat.

File:Mas team.jpg
A Mauritian Rap band living in Paris France, Mauritian All Stars

Most songs at that time were being recorded either in Scorpion Studio at Petite Rivière, or at Capricorn Studio in the North of the Island.

Nowadays there are a lot of home studios in Mauritius and the Rap Dream each year draws a lot of young artists to start an adventure

List of MC Groups in Mauritius

List of Popular Rappers

  • Azazel
  • Aieki Latchoum
  • Tikkenzzo
  • Know-me
  • Panther-Noire
  • Supa-Sane
  • Marki Evolution
  • Manawa
  • Danger
  • Kenjee Kennedy
  • BNJ
  • Mordikiss
  • MC Jagdish
  • Don Panik
  • 10G13
  • Stelio
  • Nebby Baby
  • Sound
  • Mana C
  • ZB

Street Dance

Street Dance

The culture of Street dance was very popular in the 1990 with the Street Brothers, Boogie Side Gang and the Sound systems that was organized by the Otentik Street Brothers.

There were no competitions at the time and no training provided so the culture gradually faded away for some time.

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Cyber Step breakers, winners of Malta Guinness Street Dance in 2015.

With popular Hollywood films like You Got Served and the Step Up series, some dancers continued to keep the culture alive in Mauritius.

While Alliance Supreme kept the breakdance scene alive and was the only crew until now to have made it until the final of the Indian Ocean Championship Battle de L'Ouest (in 2004), organized by Soul City, Cyber Step Breakerz was the most popular group giving regular shows mixing breakdance with debout dance styles like popping and locking.

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Wake Up Session, a regular Street Dance contest in Mauritius

In 2010, a contest called Wake Up Session which held regular battles contributed to the rise of battle street dancers in Mauritius. Many crews and solo dancers were formed since and until now contests are carried out for national and international championships.

List of Dance Groups

List of Popular Dancers

  • As-T
  • Popping Kid
  • Monster
  • Far-out
  • Kas-T
  • Yung-J
  • Cedrix Baboo
  • Dom-K
  • Derezzed - Jeremy Naigon
  • Ti-Fou
  • Joker

As from 2016 there has been several street dance schools founded and worshops going on by local street dancers.

DJ'ing

File:Dj nas t mauritius hiphop dj.jpg
DJ Nas-T, Mauritian Hip-Hop DJ on Wake Up Session

DJ'ing is of course one of the most important pillars of Hip-Hop Culture! There are not many DJ'z of Hip-Hop on Mauritius Island, as the culture is not so prominent like in the states, but there are some who are famous.

List of DJ's

  • DJ Steph
  • Dj Kingdom
  • DJ Nas-T
  • DJ Master-Crazy

Graffiti

File:Resko graffiti.jpg
Graffiti of Resko

This culture is one who have the fewest active Graffiti artists in Mauritius. Compared to Reunion Island which is a couple of hundred Kilometers away where graffiti can be seen everywhere, you will not see Graffiti tags so much on Mauritius Island.

List of some Graffiti Artists:

  • Aeiki Latchoum
  • Skom
  • Resko
  • Zo

References

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