Shutka Roma Rap

Line up

• Al-Alion (rap)
• Boban (trumpet)
• Dade (bass)
• Error (rap)
• Fet Joe (rap)
• Ice (violin)
• Key One (rap)
• Mali (rap)
• Meko (drums)
• Mendo (sax, clarinet )
• Nusret (rap)
• Taki (rap)

• country:
  Macedonia, FYR
• region:
  Balkan
• style(s):
  • Hip Hop
  • World
• label:
  FOSM
• type:
  Band
• gender:
  male
• instrumentation:
  instrumental, vocal
• artist submitted by:
  Okopi slave / Amare Droma - Etnofonija / RTVSLO

Since the early nineties, youth in urban Roma communities around Europe have been creating a new, non-conformist identity for themselves by adapting hip-hop culture to their local environments. One of the hotbeds of the movement is Shuto Orizari, also called Shutka, a suburbian area about five kilometres from Skopje with about 40.000 Roma inhabitants. Shutka Roma Rap is a collective of young artists that evolved into a band after the success of a 2010 compilation album featuring the top rappers from Shutka. The distinctive and diverse personalities of the front-line posse, consisting of elegant Al-Alion, punky leather-clad Error, generously proportioned Fet Joe, new teenage sensations Kay One & Nusret and dirty thrashers Mali & Taki, are propelled forward by a coruscating Roma-funk combo comprising sax, clarinet, trumpet, bass and drums. Provocative, rebellious, proud, loud and here now.

Links

• Facebook Page
• YouTube Video 1
• YouTube Video 2
• YouTube Video 3
• YouTube Video 4
• more extensive info - OSF article