Ivory Coast beat Senegal on penalties to win the African Cup of Nations. The Elephants' anthem, “Akwaba” by Magic System, was overtaken in the hearts of Ivorians by “Coup du hammer’ by producer Tam Sir.
Tam Sir refuses to say that they have replaced the CAN anthem. “Not an anthem but an atmosphere”, says Tam Sir of “Hammer Blow” “It’s a mixture of the old coupé-décalé, the maïmouna which is a derivative of ‘Rap Ivoire’”