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Hip Hop Group
Pee Froiss
Pee Froiss at a performance in GermanyPee Froiss at a performance in Germany
Background information
OriginDakar, Senegal
GenresAfrican hip hop
Years active1990s–present
MembersXuman (Makhtar Fall)

Daddy Bibson (Cheikh Coly)

Sistah Joyce

Koc 6 (Babacar Diagne)

DJ Gee Bayss (Georges Martin Lopis)
Past membersSouley Ba

Pee Froiss is a hip hop group formed in Dakar, Senegal in 1993. It was originally a dance group which refocused on rap. Early on, Pee Froiss received mentorship from the Senegalese rap luminaries Positive Black Soul, which produced their first album Wala Wala Bok? in 1996. The band's music is rapped in Wolof, French, and English and features traditional Senegalese instruments such as the kora as part of its instrumentation. Pee Froiss was one of the first rap groups to include a female performer in their lineup, Sistah Joyce. The group created all of their own music videos with very sparse resources, the first of which was released with their first album. Wala Wala Bok? is considered a classic of Senegalese hip hop. Alongside, Positive Black Soul and Daara J, Pee Froiss emerged as trailblazers in Senegalese hip hop, galvanizing a generation by intertwining the genre with themes of political resistance and social activism.

Though the group released successful albums on cassette solely in Senegal and appeared on several European compilations, the first release to be sold internationally was their album Konkérants in 2003.

Discography

  • Wala Wala Bok (1996)
  • Affaire Bou Graw (1997)
  • Ah Simm (1999)
  • F.R.O.I.S.S (2001)
  • Konkérants (2003)

References

  1. Brough, Simon; Ellingham, Mark; Lusk, Jon; Clark, Duncan (September 2006). "Senegal & The Gambia". The Rough Guide to World Music: Africa & Middle East (3rd ed.). London, England: Rough Guides Ltd. p. 338. ISBN 978-1-84353-551-5.
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