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Who's SOSO MANESS?
Yet another Marseillais rapper came to wear the colors of his city, and defended his environment with conviction. Rappers who are no longer mentioned - their talent speaks for itself - and there have been some from Marseilles. From Soprano, to Alonzo via SCH and Jul, we were already used to this "So Marseille" universe, but rappers like Soso Maness? it’s been a long time since we had more artists like this in French rap.
Soso Maness has established himself in less than two years as one of the most interesting personalities of the Marseilles scene, with musical sounds ahead of his time; much more electro than the current Rap scene. In 2000, at the age of 12, he appeared on the first album of the band Intouchable, with his own band named Sales Mômes. Then, he chose the path of crime, and spent several stays in prison. It's for this reason that his first album released in March 2019 is called Rescapé. It's moreover after several collaborations with the rapper Jul, that he signs onto the Sony record label in 2017, and decides to really devote himself to music.
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In July 2019, Soso hits hard, and the young artist reveals to us on his YouTube channel his first short film, which presents a striking and icy immersion into the life of a dealer in the northern neighborhoods of Marseille. 19 minutes of a dark reality that depicts the rapper’s journey. A native of the Marseilles neighbourhood of Font Vert, Soso Maness by his real name, Sofiane Hakim Manessour, released his second album, Mistral, on June 5.
Mistral consists of 16 tracks, with the collaboration of four big names from the French Rap scene: Lacrim, Da Uzi, Alonzo, and Hornet La Frappe. One of the biggest hits of the album named “So Maness” has already accumulated more than 25 million views in just 5 months on Youtube. It’s also impossible to miss the Electro-Rap hit “Dans Mes Rêves” which was a breath of fresh air into the French rap scene. You may have missed it but this summer, but Soso slipped into the Top World Spotify with the song “Bande Organisé” alongside other rappers from Marseille named above. You'll definitely keep in mind the famous “Ça fait zumba cafew” which made the French people dance the whole summer. Deserved success for this artist with a huge talent.
Instagram: @Sosomaness
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