Showbiz is a strange environment. It knows how to adore artists. Those who are relatively successful or who play by the rules of the game are made kings. They are pampered, surrounded by people who are supposed to help them go even further. The artists have to let themselves go in order to keep their place in the sun. They are well aware that everything hangs by a thread and that it only takes a little to be thrown out of the system.

In short, talent is not always enough to make it in showbiz. In this context, it is difficult to make your mark, but easy to be forgotten. So some artists who have run out of hits, who have been quarantined or banned for their political incorrectness, find another way to exist in the game: clash.

This is a method borrowed from boxers, who are used to verbal jousting before a fight. This manoeuvre aims to intimidate the opponent in order to weaken him mentally before the day of the fight. Artists, on the other hand, are not supposed to fight with their fists to prove their competence. Their strength is measured by their compositions, the emotion they provoke, the energy they display on stage, etc.

However, some artists have made clashes their trademark. The golden palm undoubtedly goes to Dj Arafat. Not a week goes by without the Ivorian coupé-décalé singer attacking one of his colleagues: Serge Beynaud, Debordeau Likunfa, Bebi Philip, Josey, etc. His new punching bag is none other than his ex-boyfriend Ariel Sheney, who is starting to gain some success with the African public.

Banned from airing on influential TV channels, vomited on by show producers, DJ Arafat has invented a new life for himself on social networks. It is there that he makes all his buzz and feeds the gossip columns of the celebrity press. He is well aware that this does not only bring him friends. But, at this point, there is no longer any reputation to preserve. As a result, he can afford to declare that he has slept with the fiancée of an “enemy” when he has just celebrated his traditional wedding with his partner.

However, he still promises to release his next single in June 2019. “Get ready because this June, we’re going to slaughter again. We’re going to break the hearts of our haters again. I’m going to kill them”, declared Dj Arafat after a motorbike accident which, according to him, could have cost him his life.

It’s June, so it’s a good thing. We’ll see if this song will kill anyone.