Booba

It was THE concert that French rap fans had been waiting for

On October 13, 2018, Booba took the Plenitude Arena crowd on a ride lasting over 2 hours and 45 minutes. The Boulogne-born rapper delivered a monumental show for his fans. After an opening act that had the room fired up, the Île-de-France rapper took the stage and set it ablaze in a concert that will go down in Plenitude Arena’s history. From the moment they walked in, spectators were met with the venue’s signature sense of scale, but the stage itself remained hidden. A black drape had been drawn across it, keeping the secret for as long as possible.

Around 8:45 PM, the DUC made his entrance in a fashion only Plenitude Arena can deliver. A cascade of lights and smoke followed, before Booba rose from beneath the stage to launch into his opening track, 3G. An entrance that matched the scale of the moment. “Thank you for being here. You never let me down.” With those first words, just minutes into the show, Booba addressed the crowd and acknowledged the exceptional atmosphere and the sheer numbers who had shown up. The hits kept coming, and so did the guests. Dosseh joined him for Infréquentable, Gato for Bouyon, Niska on Tubalife, Dany Synthé on piano during Petite fille, and even footballer Karim Benzema, a close friend, stepped out on stage alongside him.

This was the concert French rap fans had been waiting for. The DUC connected with a public that answered the call and filled Europe’s largest venue to capacity. From start to finish, the crowd sang every word back at him. On stage, he gave everything, running through hit after hit without pause, working the crowd and stepping down to meet his fans up close.

The venue once again revealed a new configuration, with a fully dressed stage featuring a runway extending deep into the audience. A crashed plane served as the stage’s centrepiece, with the DJ set above it mixing throughout the night. Around ten giant screens backed the show, alongside an extensive laser display.