Pee Froiss

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Pee Froiss
Pee Froiss at a performance in Germany
Pee Froiss at a performance in Germany
Background information
OriginDakar, Senegal
GenresAfrican hip hop
Years active1990s–present
MembersXuman (Makhtar Fall)

Daddy Bibson (Cheikh Coly)

Sistah Joyce

Koc 6 (Babacar Diagne)

DJ Gee Bayss (Georges Martin Lopis)
Past membersSouley Ba

Pee Froiss is a hip hop group formed in Dakar, Senegal in 1993. It was originally a dance group which refocused on rap. Early on, Pee Froiss received mentorship from the Senegalese rap luminaries Positive Black Soul, which produced their first album Wala Wala Bok? in 1996.[1] The band's music is rapped in Wolof, French, and English and features traditional Senegalese instruments such as the kora as part of its instrumentation.[2] Pee Froiss was one of the first rap groups to include a female performer in their lineup, Sistah Joyce.[3] The group created all of their own music videos with very sparse resources,[4] the first of which was released with their first album.[5] Wala Wala Bok? is considered a classic of Senegalese hip hop.[6] Alongside, Positive Black Soul and Daara J, Pee Froiss emerged as trailblazers in Senegalese hip hop, galvanizing a generation by intertwining the genre with themes of political resistance and social activism.

Though the group released successful albums on cassette solely in Senegal and appeared on several European compilations,[7] the first release to be sold internationally was their album Konkérants in 2003.[8]

Discography

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  • Wala Wala Bok (1996)
  • Affaire Bou Graw (1997)
  • Ah Simm (1999)
  • F.R.O.I.S.S (2001)
  • Konkérants (2003)

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