He is preparing to give his first big concert in a long time. The rapper Rohff, released from prison in 2019, after serving his sentence for assaulting a seller of an Unkut store, the brand of his rival Booba, will take the stage at the Accor Arena on November 15. A show that he describes as “sporty, strong”.
On this occasion, he entrusted the Parisian evoking his difficult return to the rap scene, which has changed a lot since his successes as sacrificed generation in 1999, WillWhere just recovered in 2008, which have become classics.
his album, great Sirreleased in 2021, it sold less than his previous albums, in particular Supernaturalin 2018. This is how he explains to the Parisian benefit from less “highlighting” than “a few years ago.” Above all because today you have to be in “the 10 best streams” “to be programmed on the radio,” she says.
“We have to rebuild. It’s not easy. With my legal setbacks, the doors have closed,” he says again.
“We have to rebuild”
Sentenced in 2017 to five years in prison for assaulting the seller in 2014, he was released on parole in November 2019.
“I have been demonized for my slip-ups, for my mistakes. I don’t apologize. I face it. I fall, I get up. I am resilient, it is a duty to stay upright, ‘forward’, she says.
For this tour, his first since 2014, the rapper has teamed up with producer Gilbert Coullier. This veteran of the trade, known for having produced the shows of Johnny Hallyday, Michel Sardou and Céline Dion, Gilbert Coullier is, however, “new to rap”, says Rohff.
“There are things that need to be explained to him. In particular, that my audience doesn’t rush to buy tickets months in advance. They wake up at the last moment. We’ve never done a full Zenith in three days. But that’s why dates canceled or postponed in the end”.
Cancellations that had earned him the ridicule of his eternal rival Booba, always ready to fight. Not enough to shake Rohff, who replies “it doesn’t affect me on his part (…) He’s nobody to me.”
Source: BFM TV
