It’s been almost twenty years since Demi Portion and Sprinter—aka Les Grandes Gueules—released their first mixtape, *On Ne Peut Pas Plaire à Tout le Monde, Vol. 1*. It’s a maxim to which the MC from Sète has remained true throughout his career, never really straying from his original compass. Conscious, activist rap set to boom bap beats—a “homemade” formula steeped in reverence for the roots of hip-hop culture. In short, music crafted by an enthusiast for whom mainstream trends matter little.