Rapper Imposs and music journalist Félix B. Desfossés will adapt the book into a documentary series The roots of hip-hop in Quebec. The tandem is appealing to the public to collect a visual or sound archive related to Quebec rap dating back to the 1970s to the 1990s.
A series like the one we’re doing now is needed, Imposs said, in a video posted Thursday on his Facebook account. It was one of the biggest moments of my career.
The work The roots of hip-hop in Quebec was published in 2020 by music history specialist Félix B. Desfossés.
I didn’t really know who created the path for me before the wave of rappers that were there in my day, Imposs explains. Through Félix’s work, I discovered these roots and it marked me.
The role of Rudy Philius in the rise of rap in Quebec
Félix B. Desfossés heard that the history of rap in Quebec began in the 1980s with Rap with Billyby Lucien Francœur, at You can rap, from RBO. However, he discovered the contribution of Flight, real name Rudy Philius, who moved from Brooklyn to Montreal in the 1960s.
He was one of the first to organize hip-hop parties in Montreal he says.
The web series will also remember the contributions of rap pioneers Blondie B and Wavy Wanda, breakdancer Pierre Perpall Junior, DJ and radio host Butcher T and DJ Ray, the first MC in Montreal.
needed for archives
However, the team working on the documentary series faced difficulty in digging up archives from this period, whether they were videos, showing posters or photos of people who marked the beginning of hip-hop.
Therefore, it requires people with visual or audio documents of this type to submit them before July 15 via the appelatoushiphop.org website
The documentary web series will be released next year. At the same time, rapper Webster will collaborate with the Musée de la civilization, in Quebec, on a hip-hop exhibition that will also be shown in 2023.
Source: Radio-Canada
