SCH, Vald, Booba… The line-up for the La Rochelle Francofolies rap evening was enticing.

The hatred between Vald and Booba however spoiled the party with, on arrival, disappointing concerts by the two protagonists, a lamentable spectacle of CRS cordons to bring the artists in and out of the stage and more than an hour late at the moment of Booba's arrival...

Since this winter, tension has risen on social networks between Booba and Vald, two big sellers of rap, against a backdrop of accusations of inflated listening figures on music platforms.

Inevitably, their meeting in La Rochelle was expected.

20 Minutes looks

back at the film of the day.

Tensions and selfies

All day Friday, Booba and Vald had been looking for each other on social networks.

"Good concert, we want peace, believe me, you don't want war," Booba began.

"You lose the ball the vioc, it's you, you promise a slap and (there) you want peace twice in the same tweet, me (I) said nothing, did nothing", replied Vald.

Vald, who was celebrating his 30th birthday on stage at the Francofolies, receiving cake with candles during his concert, appeared during his show with around thirty companions around him.

“Remember that he is my first part, huh.

You can send your slaves back, we mean you no harm, ”Booba quipped on Twitter when he saw the images of all these relatives around Vald.

Vald then posted on Instagram a photo of him lying in a deckchair, with his cake, at the foot of the stage, seeming to be waiting for Booba.

Delays and boos

Vald, seated in the back of a truck, with his escort, then took selfies with his fans, behind the big stage, on the way Booba had to take to get there.

The festival management encouraged Vald to look elsewhere, which he did.

Then, a cordon of about thirty CRS was deployed there to secure the arrival of Booba, who finally arrived more than an hour late on stage (after midnight instead of 11 p.m.).

Vald was on the main stage of the Francofolies at 7:45 p.m.

Arriving on stage at night, Booba could not help but throw spades at Vald, mocking the microphone of the people surrounding him "recruited at Fitness Park" (complex of sports halls).

Booba delivered an agreed show, just like Vald before him.

And finally, the best concert of this rap night will have been given by the one who was content to do the job, SCH, passed between Vald and Booba.

Vald was back, with his followers, to boo Booba's van when he left at 2 a.m., behind the CRS cordon.

The police device made it possible to avoid a remake of the famous general fight in which Booba, and another rival in rap, Kaaris, had been the protagonists at Orly airport in 2018.

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