Osez

Osez
Osez
Origin	Lausanne, Switzerland
Years active	1988–present
Website	www.osez.ch

Last updated April 30, 2019

Osez was born in Montevideo, he was a member of the rap group "Sens Unik".

Sens Unik is a Swiss Hip-Hop (Music) Group (Music) from Lausanne, which was founded in 1987 and disbanded the 2010.

He performed live on many stages from Switzerland (Montreux Jazz Festival, Paleo Festival), New York (New Music Seminar) to Paris (Bataclan), Montreal, Berlin, Barcelone and all over Europe.

He started with the group in 1991 as dancer for the "6ème sens" tour then became a full-time MC.

Sens Unik's third album, "Chromatic", went gold in both Switzerland and Sweden. Osez raps on the "Chromatic" and "El Sueno" tracks. The album spawned two hits and featured a number of other European hip hop artists including MC Solaar.

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He left the band in 1996 for a solo career and appears as guest artist on the "Barbarian" track of the fourth Sens Unik album, "Tribulations", recorded in New York by Tim Latham. He has also been featured alongside MC Carlos on the track "Hijo de Latino", which celebrates his Latin heritage. Multicultural rappers such as Osez serve as an interesting contrast to the "Mundart" or "dialect" rap of more traditionally Swiss MCs.^[1]^[2]

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References

↑ Peace, Prosperity, & Paper. “Swiss Beats pt. 1: Sens Unik”. http://peaceandpaper.blogspot.com/2007/08/swiss-beats.html.
↑ Hofmeier, Pascale. “Identitätskonstruktion im Schweizerdeutschen Mundartrap: Lokalpatriotische Wohlstandshiphopper?” [“Identity Construction in Swiss-German Dialect Rap: Prosperous Hip-Hoppers with Local Pride?”]. Facharbeit, Universität Bern 2005.

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[1] Peace, Prosperity, & Paper. “Swiss Beats pt. 1: Sens Unik”. http://peaceandpaper.blogspot.com/2007/08/swiss-beats.html.

[2] Hofmeier, Pascale. “Identitätskonstruktion im Schweizerdeutschen Mundartrap: Lokalpatriotische Wohlstandshiphopper?” [“Identity Construction in Swiss-German Dialect Rap: Prosperous Hip-Hoppers with Local Pride?”]. Facharbeit, Universität Bern 2005.