The group chose the name Barikad Crew because of all of the barricades (obstacles) they felt that were placed in front of them as individual MCs. Soon after they started to see a lot potential for success as a unit so they decided to take it more seriously and dubbed themselves Barikad Crew. A couple of days later Papa Katafal’s fiancée, Nathalia Léonida Bertrand who was said to have been pregnant at the time, committed suicide with a single gunshot wound to the head.īarikad Crew burst onto the Haitian Hip Hop/ Rap Kreyol scene back in 2002 after a group of friend Bricks, Brital, DADE, Deja-Voo, Fantom, Izolan, Kondagana, Marco, Master Sun, Papa K-tafalk and Young Cliff, (the baby of the group) decided to collaborate and form a group where they can showcase their store telling and rhyming skills. All five victims were electrocuted and burnt beyond recognition when a high tension electrical wire struck their car after hitting what is thought to be a divider. The victims: Jean Walker Sénatus, aka Papa K-Tafalk, Johnny Emmanuel, aka DADE, Junior Badio aka Déja Voo, the group’s drummer Wilderson Maglorie aka Ti-Baté and a friend of the group who was driving the doomed vehicle, Guichard Labranche. As the day matured, more information came in from several media outlets out of Haiti, they all confirmed the news, identified the victims and the cause of the accident. The accident occurred on Route de L’aéroport while the group was on their way to perform for one of their biggest supporters Radio Caraibe FM who was celebrating its 59th year anniversary. The In the early morning hours of June 15, 2008, the news started to circulate that three members and a couple of friends of popular Haiti based Rap Kreyol group, Barikad Crew had gotten into a car accident and there were fatalities. At the time of the album release, the group members were: Bricks, Brital, Dade (R.I.P.), Deja-Voo (R.I.P.), Fantom, Izolan, Kondagana, Marco, Master Sun, Papa K-tafalk (R.I.P.), Young Cliff (R.I.P.). Their debut album “Goumen pou sa w kwè” (Fight for what you believe) was released in November 2007 to record sales.
The group was founded in 2002 when the members who were all in different groups living in the same neighborhood decided to join forces and overcome the barikad (obstacles) placed in front of them during their careers as MC’s. Though similar to mainstream American hip hop in that materialistic imagery is portrayed or lyricized, the negative aspects of less fortunate Haitian society, such as topics concerning slum life, gang warfare, the drug trade, and poverty, are much more.Zolan, Brital, Papa K-tafalk, Young Cliff, Kondagana, Master Sun, Bricks, Marcoīarikad Crew is a hip-hop group straight out of Bas Peu d’Chose (BPC), a neighborhood in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Many Haitian Rap Kreyòl artists have had rough childhoods and difficult living conditions producing rappers who address socio-economic topics in their lyrics. While still working in a production capacity in genres such as Rap Kreyòl and Reggae, Don Roy has chosen to create and work with prominent artists of the modern roots/Rasin movement. Since the peak of his notoriety, Don Roy has chosen to create in other genres. Though known primarily for his role in Black Leaders, Don Roy is still an active contributor to Haitian music across many genres. The impact of Black Leaders and its members is lasting. Another notable group from the 1990s is Black Leaders. Rap kreyòl has been part of the Haitian culture since the early 1980s with groups such as Original Rap Staff, King Posee, Rap Kreyòl S.A., Masters of Haiti, Fighters, Blackdo, Fam-Squad, Supa Deno, Prince Berlin, and Muzion attaining prominence, but lately has become very popular with Haitian youth. Often, hardcore beats are used while the artist raps in Haitian Creole. Artists like Oz'mosis and Bennchoumy still rap in Haitian Creole still today.
Consequently, many of those kids which Hip Hop spoke to in their special language for the first time continue to rap in Haitian Creole even after being in the United States the most part of their lives. Hence, he moved back to Haiti and started the Hip Hop movement that took Haiti by storm. Rap Kreyòl, started in Haiti in the early ‘80s by the Late Great Master Dji, who witnessed how American Hip Hop gave birth to French Hip Hop while living in France.
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