Didier Awadi

Senegalese rapper Didier Awadi spent the '90s as one-half of hip-hop duo Positive Black Soul, riding out rap's golden age in one of his countries' most beloved acts before striking out solo. Themes of positive societal change and revolutionary politics are at the core of Awadi's music, and he has collaborated with a large cross section of established international artists on albums like 2018's reggae-tinged Made in Africa. Awadi was born in 1969 in Dakar, Senegal. He became enamored with hip-hop as the art form was in its nascent stages of development in the early '80s, and h...