RAP, RAGGA AND REGGAE IN
DAR ES SALAAM

BANTU POUND GANGSTER

Two Bantu Pound Gangsters
Two Bantu Pound Gangsters

Bantu Pound Gangster has three members. We met two of them: Nigger Pure (real name Faustine Joseph Mwakalinga) and Kassie (real name Castory Marcelin Komba). The group started in 1993.

Bantu Pound Gangster rap exclusively in Swahili:
We are rapping about our culture. We are talking about drugs. To tell people not to use drugs. To advice people about HIV.

They had just finished the recording of an album with eight songs at Master J's studio. The album is called Ilala, which is a township in Dar. Unfortunately we never received a copy of the album, but here is a virtuoso Freestyle rap (.wav format 840 kB) in Swahili recorded live during our talk.

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