With crude and bombastic lyrics, you have to hand it to the man: Jack Parow has put Afrikaans Rap on the map.He is brazen and brash and often offends, but there are times when his lyrics will make you smile. His following is strong and once you have recovered from the original shock tactics, you might even begin to like some of his unusual music.
He has built up a strong following, though, and it seems as if this rap artist is here to stay.
A rehash of Jack Sparrow from “The Pirates Of The Carribbean” fame, Jack has claimed this name and considers himself Jack Parow of the Caravan Park.
There are other Afrikaans rappers. They are Waddy Jones, Jitsvinger, Dokter and Brasse van die Kaap. You have to hand it to these musicians; rapping is tough enough in English, but to rap in Afrikaans takes enormous sill and a whole lot of talent.
Jack Parow looks up to the rapping skills of Eminem but was already rapping before Eminem’s heydey.
Pure Afrikaans in flavour, Jack Parow is a lot different to the other Afrikaans rappers who tend to be a little more Anlicised.Jack Parow
has been rapping since 2000 in English but in 2004 he decided to start rapping in Afrikaans.
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