Rukus - The Hunger Leaks, Part I

Bracket - Ada Owerri (Remix feat. J. Martins & Rukus)
Bracket - Yori Yori (Remix feat. Rukus)

French-speaking Africans such as myself are familiar with Bisso Na Bisso, a french rap supergroup that formed at the turn of the new millenium. All members of Bisso Na Bisso claimed roots from the Democratic Republic of Congo. The goal was to blend together hip-hop aesthetics with the rhythms of their motherland, thus creating a bridge with the growing hip-hop fervor (rubished by the old) and the indigeneous compositions (unappreciated by the youth): it worked! There's a similar enterprise in Houston's Rukus' new offerings -- he's of Nigerian descent. Here he remixes two songs from Bracket, a Nigerian duo that stormed into the local limelight last year with their second album, Least Expected. More on Rukus in a bit.