Rap x Manga

The Manga's references in Rap music, part.1

How about we talk about Manga through Rap? This theme so inspiring for rappers who don’t hesitate to draw their daily inspiration from them. Let’s take a closer look at all these references that have made so much ink flow.

One Piece

Alpha Wann seems to have a big interest in DoFlamingo that can be understood by his power and his presence. The privateer is one of the most charismatic antagonists of Grand Line. The lyricist seems to be particularly interested in the character’s clothing accessories. Alpha Wann identified himself on several occasions like with ‘Paire de Prada’ with “Les fourrures de DoFlamingo” or here “Le fly nigga fourrure à la DoFlamingo”.

Freeze Corleone named the eleventh and last track of his Purrp Beam Project ‘Donquixote Doflamingo’. On this track, he certifies in a nonchalant tone that he “pulls the strings like Doflamingo”. On 'LRH', to picture his progress in Rap, he draws from the best-selling manga in history “I’m on Grand Line, I reach a new level with each island”.

Youv Dee, a member of L'Ordre du Périph collective, also sang: “Mugiwara on my flag”. You definitely can’t say that rappers are not inspired by One Piece!

Naruto

Népal, the member of the Parisian 75 Session collective, also burned his retinas for thousands of hours in front of Masashi Kishimoto’s work, which sold more than 235 million copies. We can see it in particular on his mixtape KKSHISENSE8 which is full of references drawn straight from the universe of Konoha as here:

“Chakra ouvert Edo Tensei”Evisu “Au-d'ssus des cendres comme Pain”150CC “Rank S, I completed the mission”Necronomicon “Trois centimes en poche, j'ai les clavés d'la ville, t'es dans l'genjustu”Cloud8 “Demi dique-sa dev'nu Ero Sennin”Règlement Space #3

To be continued...

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