Pee Froiss | |
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 Pee Froiss at a performance in Germany | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Dakar, Senegal |
| Genre | African hip hop |
| Years active | 1990s–present |
| Members | Xuman (Makhtar Fall) Daddy Bibson (Cheikh Coly) Sistah Joyce Koc 6 (Babacar Diagne) DJ Gee Bayss (Georges Martin Lopis) |
| Past members | Souley 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. [1] 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. [2] Pee Froiss was one of the first rap groups to include a female performer in their lineup, Sistah Joyce. [3] The group created all of their own music videos with very sparse resources, [4] the first of which was released with their first album. [5] Wala Wala Bok? is considered a classic of Senegalese hip hop. [6] 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.
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Though the group released successful albums on cassette solely in Senegal and appeared on several European compilations, [7] the first release to be sold internationally was their album Konkérants in 2003. [8]
