Grad - Qaasim

Abstract

A case study on Keny Arkana’s hip-hop activism opens the door for an investigation into global hip hop communities and their relation to cosmopolitanism.  An analysis of her work will stimulate new conversations about national identity, citizenship, and cosmopolitanism in France.  Through her concert space, lyrics, albums, and former organization La Rage du Peuple, Keny Arkana has developed a type of international revolutionary cosmopolitanism.  This unique form of cosmopolitanism stems directly from her sense of being Marseillais, and from her membership in the global hip hop movement.  This paper will explore some of Arkana’s hip-hop activism.