Carte blanche to Pol Taburet: Implaccable + Ricky Bishop + Lil Rosy + Zepequenaï
Born in Guadeloupe, Implaccable crafts a singular form of rap, nourished by his roots and early musical immersion. Deeply attached to the multifaceted identity of his island, his compositions resonate with drill, trap, jersey, Caribbean rhythms and pop elements, while sampling Guadeloupean classics. Now based in Paris, he develops a distinctive visual universe drawing from art and literature, and brings together and produces other artists – such as Ricky Bishop – within his collective TRACS. Their samples reflect the hybridity of their sound: colliding Mac DeMarco with Gotye’s Somebody I Used to Know, or Guadeloupean zouk tracks like “Ancrée à ton port” by Fanny J or “TMMK” by Methi’s, crafting a sonic material that is both intimate and foreign, popular and futuristic. Anchored between two territories, Implaccable stands as a resolutely new voice in Francophone rap.
Ricky Bishop, a singer-songwriter of Guadeloupean and Malagasy descent, is emerging as one of the rising figures in French rap and bouyon – a musical genre born in Dominica in the late 1980s, blending various Caribbean music styles. First brought to light alongside Implaccable in 2021, Ricky Bishop offers with his 2023 single Soukré Sa #Sitdown, and the EPs #newbouyon and #sexybouyon (2024), a renewed take on bouyon, infused with modern influences – autotuned vocals and flows, Jersey Club, and trap.
Lil Rosy is a young Parisian DJ whose selections reflect a taste for genre-fluid journeys, moving between Jersey Club, bouyon, and R’n’B. A key player in the effervescent French rap scene, she has made her mark in recent years alongside artists like Implaccable, Theodora, and Jäde.
Zepequenaï is a DJ whose carefully structured sets flow from trap to shatta, R’n’B to baile funk, and drum and bass, affirming her strong presence in today’s French music scene.
Of Guadeloupean origin, Pol Taburet was born in 1997 in Paris (France). A graduate of the École nationale supérieure d’art de Paris-Cergy, the young artist develops in his work a mythology that is both personal and collective, freed from any temporal reference. Taburet draws inspiration from ancient island cults, Caribbean beliefs, and contemporary culture. Through a figurative painting style characterized by the use of vivid, often primary colors, the artist populates his canvases with strange characters set within scenes of indeterminate perspective.