A huge phenomenon straight out of Casablanca, ElGrandeToto’s hard-hitting beats resonate far beyond the Mediterranean. His trap sounds, Darija lyrics and collaborations with the very best French-language rappers have earned him a meteoric rise to the top of the game. Despite this, the rapper remains firmly rooted in the reality of Moroccan youth, with its dreams and disillusions… His latest project, SALGOAT, in which he thumbs his nose at the critics and turns the term “salgout” (meaning thug) into a symbol of pride, perfectly illustrates this.
