The idea of ​​merging hip-hop and opera might surprise some.

Yet that's what Babatunde Akinboboye does, an opera singer who has realized the similarities between the two genres.

While rehearsing his first role, the young American realized that the rhythm of his lyrics resembled that of the music he was listening to in the background.

Today, he shares his Hip Hopera universe on social networks to make young people want to love opera again.

For him, this environment is very conservative and he did not always feel comfortable there as a black person.

But his research made him discover icons: “I learned things about black composers, black operas and black bel canto.

I said to myself: if I had known all that, I would have been a little more comfortable.

»Discover Hip Hopéra with Babatunde Akinboboye in the video of our partner Brut.

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