Football and rap, a perfect match in working-class MarseilleDimitri Payet and Marseille appear to be back in the groove this season under former Chelsea and Tottenham boss Andre Villas-BoasMARSEILLE - Marseille has the flow. "The marriage between OM and rap was obvious," Sat l'Artificier, a former member of Fonky Family, one of the region's most prominent rap groups in the 1990s and 2000s, tells AFP. "A working-class city, with a working-class sport and working-class music like rap." After home wins, the sound system blasts out "A la bien" by Soprano, another Marseille native and supporter. - City ambassador -"Marseille is a rap city," adds Kheops, the "musical architect of the group IAM, the first on the Marseille rap scene at the start of the 1990s.

Source: Bangkok Post April 12, 2020 00:22 UTC