ElGrande Toto is a Moroccan rapper who rose to fame in 2017 along with his music “Pablo”. Nevertheless, the music I want to focus on is “Hash and Blem”, which allegedly displays ElGrande’s life-style involving medication, cash, and illicit actions. This music discusses ElGrande’s alleged life-style of medication, cash, and illicit behaviors. I discover this very attention-grabbing as a result of he was arrested in October of 2022 as a result of he mentioned in a press convention that he “smokes Hash — so what?” Hashish grew to become authorized in Northern Morocco in 2021 for medicinal use, however it stays unlawful for leisure functions; so the artist was arrested after complaints have been filed in opposition to him. It calls into query why he would really feel the necessity to glorify such a life-style in his music, particularly contemplating Morocco’s legal guidelines and cultural norms.
Whereas watching the music video, I observed a few issues that helped me attain a solution. Within the video, he was carrying a durag with chains whereas throwing up gang indicators. He was additionally smoking a jay and speaking about consuming lean for the enjoyable of it. These are all issues that well-known rappers in the US have coined and portrayed doing of their lives. I consider that’s the rationale he selected to do this stuff in his video. He noticed what introduced success to them of their careers and determined to emulate that versus talking his reality. It ended up working for him as a result of he has accomplished very properly for himself, however I personally actually dislike the music and the route he ended up taking for this. Very like the dialogue we had at school, there’s a technique to market your reality even when it’s not what’s essentially fashionable. It units an artist aside and, sadly, with the typical beat, identical cadence, and customary message, I’m simply very unimpressed.
@elgrandetoto on Instagram and his music video is connected to the title of the music ^^^
