Julien C., hip-hop activist and scholar talks about the relationship between the French hip-hop scene and the government, bands he likes and events he helped create: -the Paris Hip-Hop festival (concerts, exhibits, debates, films showings etc) all around Paris lasted 2 weeks and attracted 15'000 hip-hop fans. -the Rue event at the Grand-Palais (concerts, dance shows, graffiti and street sports) lasted 3 days and attracted 50'000 visitors. If you're going to Paris in 2007, make sure to check out the new editions of these events! A big shoutout to Melstar and J-Blendz of the United Nations of Hip-Hop show on Sheffield Live radio! Check out their show for excellent US, UK *and* French hip-hop! And for an end-of-the-year present, pick an album or two among the many Amazon links on http://www.yolala.org . Hopefully, I'll get a small cut. Or if you want to give *me* a present, just Paypal money to thomas ATTTT yolala DOTTTT org ! Less