Jaju in his first film: When a Rapper Becomes an Actor, in the cinema today

Daju is taking his first steps in cinema! With the romance of Nils Tavernier Ima (The Incredible Story of the Horse Factor, With All Our Forces), today in cinemas, the rapper makes his big screen debut with Bande de Filles actor Carija Toure. The duo is surrounded by comedians Jimo, Nick Mukoko and Jos Stinson, the judo manager.

In the feature film, Daju travels to Kinshasa, his childhood hometown, for a concert. One of his biggest fans is Laetia dreaming of attending, but the concert is sold out. He then begs his father to play on the connections of his boss, Javanese, a powerful and wealthy businessman, to find places for him.

He persuades Daju to perform at a private concert in his possession, hoping to seduce Laetitia’s sister, a thrilling one. But during the concert, love at first sight is instantaneous for a judge who never takes his eyes off it …

This is the first attack on Jimmy’s brother’s movie. Jaju thus joins the list of rappers who make films: JoeyStarr, Kaaris, Sam’s, Hatik (certified), MHD (my brother), Gringe and Orelsan (how far), Sadek (Tour de France) or even Nekfeu (everything separates us).

The singer came up with the idea for this film while trying to write a song.

In an interview Clean circuitsThe rapper explains:I make a lot of short films in my music videos, I even do trilogies from my first album. This is something that has always attracted me and made me happy. I have always loved acting. But I never said to myself, “Come on, I’m going to make a movie at 1:30!” And it happened in December 2020 … I was in Cameroon, I was thinking and I said to myself, “Now is the time”. “

Also the feature film producer Daju adds “This is a great team effort. I also thank director Neil Tavernier for trusting the crazy! (Laughs) It should have been done! I never made a movie, he trusted me and first of all I thank him for shooting it in Kinshasa. “

The presentation of the film took place last night, followed by the screening of an exclusive show where Dajum first interpreted the songs from the film included on his latest album.