Things are moving in VMDN with Fally Ipupa, the prince of Congolese rumba!

Fally Ipupa and Chantal Lorho, at VMDN RFI in February 2020. © Anthony Ravera

By: Chantal Lorho Follow

On February 28, Fally Ipupa will perform in Paris at the AccorHotels Arena. But today it is in the studios of RFI, in Issy les Moulineaux, that the internationally recognized Congolese artist makes a stopover.

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Has the student surpassed the master? Trained for seven years at the school of his compatriot and mentor Koffi Olomidé, Fally Ipupa took off in 2006 to release his first solo album Droit chemin. Guaranteed path to success and an " arsenal of beautiful melodies ". The prince of Congolese rumba is today a star who feverish the African continent, from Nigeria to Ivory Coast, from South Africa to Benin via Chad. And he intends, without complex, to go further by exporting his tokoos, international Congolese urban music, to the whole world.

With : Fally Ipupa , its choreographer Tashinda and one of its producers Julio Masidi .

From left to right, Chantal Lorho, Fally Ipupa, Tashinda and Julio Masidi © Anthony Ravera

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