Natty Jean New videoclip "On M'a Dit"

NATTY JEAN is coming straight from Senegal where he started singing on hip-hop stages and local productions. He was quickly attracted by reggae music and its swaying rhythms that he started to mix with hip-hop and African influences like his Elders TIKEN JAH FAKOLY, ALPHA BLONDY or DIDIER AWADI (from DAARA J FAMILY who invited him on his last album MA REVOLUTION, 2012).

A choice which drop him into MANJUL’s studios: the famous French producer based in Mali (Dub To Mali, Danakil, Takana Zion, Bishop...) had produced his first album SANTA YALLA (2012). And this is where he met with DANAKIL’s members too who immediately identified his singular voice and invited him on their ECHOS DU TEMPS album and tour. Now NATTY JEAN is a full member and cross all the most beautiful scenes in the world with them.

This autumn NATTY JEAN will return with a new album: IMAGINE (Baco Records), an explicit title traducing his wish to bring some hope from Africa. Wrote in Wolof French and English his lyrics offer a view on West African youth: its concerns, dreams and hope far from sordid clichés. « On M’a Dit » first track from the album and new videoclip shooted in Dakar tell us about how Europe became a distant and dangerous dream for young Africans. A serious and very actual thematic that NATTY JEAN raises with poetry and accuracy.