Conakry–Paris: Guinean Rap's New Generation in Conference at La Place

Paris (France), November 7, 2026. Yesterday, the Lassiry Hip-Hop Festival set down its bags at La Place, Paris's home of hip-hop cultures, for a powerful moment of exchange, sharing and transmission around Guinean rap. No stage this time — or rather, a different stage: that of ideas, journeys and legacies, where speakers and the public met as equals.

A documentary as a starting point

At the centre of the gathering, the screening of the documentary “Le Rap Guinéen – Nouvelle Génération #FRÉQUENCES224”, by Niariu. The film set the tone: after the images came the exchanges — passionate ones, says the festival — between the speakers and the public. One thing was confirmed as the voices followed one another: the movement is alive and well, and a new generation is on the march.

“Lassiry is not just a festival. It is a movement, a story and a vision that keeps on being written.” — Lassiry Hip-Hop, the festival's official page

Conakry–Paris, a road under construction

Between Conakry and Paris, stories cross, experiences are shared and connections are made. Guinean hip-hop keeps travelling, growing and making its voice heard beyond borders — carried by its artists, its bridge-builders and a diaspora that links the two capitals. A conference like the one at La Place is no parenthesis in a festival: it is where the next generation tells its story, passes the torch and gets ready.

Last day of the party in Paris

The Paris edition of the Lassiry Hip-Hop Festival, which opened on November 4, is living its final day today, Saturday, November 7. The festival has published its photo recap of the conference — photographs by Gabi GK Fancinadouno — the way one keeps the trace of a moment that matters: Guinean rap, telling its own story, in Paris, in the first person.