LE MONDE DAHO live show at Rock en Seine
On his Instagram page this rapper declares “Everyone’s a superstar.” Born in Benin and now based in France, his stage name refers to his homeland, borrowing the first four letters from Dahomey, the powerful regional kingdom that dominated southern Benin for centuries. While he awaits his own reign, this fan of Kendrick Lamar and Nicki Minaj delivers sharp-edged tracks with raw language and surgical precision. His confidence means he’s unafraid to provoke or to voice his ambition – he dreams of playing stadiums. He also draws inspiration from outside his field, citing Camus’s novel The Fall and musician Flavien Berger, displaying an open-mindedness that’s a rare and welcome quality on the French rap scene.