The clips bring the “cocaine rap” to the Vatican
This evening, Saturday 13 September, at 9 pm Piazza San Pietro in Rome It will be the heart of a musical and television event of world -reaching: the concert for peace “Grace for the World”, conceived by Andrea Bocelli and Pharrell Williams Which will celebrate both the Jubilee 2025 and the closure of the third edition of the World Meeting on Human fraternity. On stage, together with Bocelli and Williams with the Gospel Voices of Fire Choir, an international cast with John Legend, Jennifer Hudson, Karol G, Il Volo, Bambam, Teddy Swims, Clipse, Jelly Roll, Angélique Kidjo, the choir of the diocese of Rome directed by Maestro Marco Frisinain addition to 400 choristers from different countries with the musical direction of Adam Blackstone, representing different cultures and traditions. Of the cast affects a name: the clips. Their presence literally made her eyes wide for rap lovers.
I am an American hip hop duo formed by the brothers Pusha t (Terrence Thornton) e No Malice (Gene Thornton), originally from Virginia Beach, active mainly from the 90s to 2010, then with a reunion that occurred recently with the album “Let God Sort Em Ou” (here the review). In their texts, especially in the first albums, they tell the world of drug trafficking in a very direct and detailed way, in particular cocaine. They do not do it by following in a gangster clichés, but with A realistic style, almost reported: speak of street dynamics, business jargon, power relationships, aspirations and consequences. In the hip hop panorama, The term “cocaine rap” (or coke rap)with which we try to define the world of clips, It is used for artists who have built most of their poetics around these issues: however, they are considered among the most refined and credible, thanks to their narrative realism and to visionary work on the bases. The fact remains that they are controversial and corrosive themes. Seeing them exhibiting in the Vatican is more than curious, it seems almost a joke.
“Grace for the World” will be broadcast live all over the world from the heart of the Vatican city to leave From 9.00 pm on Disney+, Hulu and ABC News Live, and will then be available on Disney+ after the event. The concert will also be broadcast in Italy, On Tv2000 at 9 pm and on Rete4 from 9.40 pm and leading the story of the evening for Mediaset will be Federica Panicucci. Participation in the Vatican concert is free and open to all. Further information is available on www.gracefortheworld.live.
