The group FRAC (Fundación de Raperos Atípicos de Cádiz / Foundation of Atypical Rappers from Cádiz), with a line-up made up of Antonio Pareja (Pareja Deep Sound), Gonzalo Saavedra (Caleta Sound System) and Washy (Frutos del Islam DJ) specialises in street criticism that mixes attitude, poetry, great music and a sense of humour and doesn’t pull punches. Its lyrics are peppered with priests, Spanish politicians and prelates and references to the Pope’s childhood. They sing an ode to the PPSOE – a merger of Spain’s two major (and all-too-similar) political parties – without leaving out high-profile figures from the right-wing press. They define themselves as “authentic, indomitable portraitists of unhinged lucidity. Rappers, soccer lovers, quatrainists. Endurance rebels, automatic storytellers, Jamaicans at heart, with loose tongues, quick reflexes and cocky rhythms.”
All their tracks are licensed under Creative Commons. And this has even sparked episodes with the “mainstream” media…