P-au-P, 21 from 2024 [AlterPresse] — This Tuesday, May 21, 2024 marks the 30th anniversary of the death of George Lys Hérard, better known as Master Dji, emblematic figure of Creole rap in Haiti, remembers the online agency AlterPresse.
Born May 30, 1961 and died May 21, 1994 at the age of 32, the committed artist Master Dji inspired several generations of young rappers and artists, from the end of the 1980s to the beginning of the 1990s. .
Versatile, he was both a singer and composer, Disc Jockey (DJ) and radio host.
He is the main founder of the “Haiti Rap’ N Ragga” movement, a mixture of rap and ragga.
The tubes Stop, Wait to wait, W ale kite m, Vacation, For Children on his album “Master Dji”, released at the end of the 1980s, were a hit at the time.
The song Stop made him, in 1989, the second winner of the Radio France Internationale (Rfi) Discovery Prize.
He released several other albums, including My Politics (1990), The Tough Match and “Highest Respect”.
George Lys Hérard, known as Master Dji, would have been 62 years old on May 21, 2024. [emb rc apr 21/05/2024 12:35]
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