When I was in middle school in Essonne, a county in the south of Paris where I was born, every girl in my suburban school was listening to Diam's, an ufo in the French musical landscape, a rough diamond into the male world of rap and hip-hop. Diam's was also living in Essonne, and, while refering to herself in her songs, a suburban racialized woman, she was also revealing the reality of many people. She landed on stage with so much energy, anger and love, and such a strong will to make her mark...