African music - hip hop from Africa: X Plastaz (Swahili rap)

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Official website: http://www.xplastaz4life.com
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Last video of the late mc Faza Nelly from X Plastaz, Tanzania's most well known hip hop crew who merge Swahili rap and traditional Maasai music. This video to the song 'Nini dhambi kwa mwenye dhiki?' about poverty in Tanzania was partly recorded on top of Ol Doinyo Lengai, a remote, active volcano and the Maasai's 'Mountain of God' which had its 1st major eruption in years the day after Nelly died.
Don't call it Bongo Flava, this is East African / Tanzanian Hip Hop.
Languages: Kiswahili and Maa (kiMaasai)

June 2013: Over one million views for this video! Created with a budget of 150$ back in 2004, it's amazing to see how far the message and images of this song have reached. Keep spreading... thanks for the support!

By X Plastaz: Ruff-Nell, Ziggy-Lah, Gsan, Yamat, Diney and Steve.
Produced by dj Threesixty (Bamba Nazar), video by J4 (Thomas Gesthuizen).
Postproduction assistance Manuel Rodrigues.

Official website: www.xplastaz4life.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/xplastaz
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