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2012

BBC Proms: 2012 Season

BBC Proms: 2012: Prom 74 - Staff Benda Bilili, Baloji

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Prom 74 - Staff Benda Bilili, Baloji

06/09/2012

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Congolese street band Staff Benda Bilili perform with Congolese-Belgo rapper Baloji.

Mary Ann Kennedy presents a Prom in which Congolese street band Staff Benda Bilili perform music from their latest Album Bouger Le Monde, and are also joined by rapper Baloji.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Live for the Royal Albert Hall, London

Presented by Mary Ann Kennedy

A late night Prom with the Congolese street band Staff Benda Bilili, who perform music from their latest Album Bouger Le Monde (Make the World Move) and are also joined by the brilliant Congolese-Belgo rapper Baloji.

Staff Benda Bilili, a group of paraplegic street musicians and ex-street kids from the Democratic Republic of Congo, are one of the most inspiring success stories in the global music scene. They live around the grounds of the zoo in Kinshasa and make music rooted in Soukous (or African rumba) with elements of old-school rhythm and blues, reggae and funk. In this late night Prom they perform material from their latest release Bouger Le Monde, and also join forces with the Congolese-born and Belgian-educated rapper Baloji, who mixes old and cutting-edge sounds with bitingly modern lyrics.

BBC Proms: 2012

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All broadcasts from the 118th season of the BBC Proms.

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