| Pee Froiss | |
| Background: | group_or_band |
| Origin: | Dakar, Senegal |
| Genre: | African hip hop |
| Years Active: | 1990s - present |
| Associated Acts: | Positive Black Soul |
| Current Members: | Xuman (Makhtar Fall) Daddy Bibson (Cheikh Coly) Sistah Joyce Koc 6 (Babacar Diagne) DJ Gee Bayss (Georges Martin Lopis) |
| Past Members: | Souley Ba |
Pee Froiss is a hip hop group formed in Dakar, Senegal in 1993. It was originally a dance group which refocused on rap. Early on, Pee Froiss received mentorship from the Senegalese rap luminaries Positive Black Soul, which produced their first album Wala Wala Bok? in 1996.[1] The band's music is rapped in Wolof, French, and English and features traditional Senegalese instruments such as the kora as part of its instrumentation.[2] Pee Froiss was one of the first rap groups to include a female performer in their lineup, Sistah Joyce.[3] The group created all of their own music videos with very sparse resources,[4] the first of which was released with their first album.[5] Wala Wala Bok? is considered a classic of Senegalese hip hop.[6] Alongside, Positive Black Soul and Daara J, Pee Froiss emerged as trailblazers in Senegalese hip hop, galvanizing a generation by intertwining the genre with themes of political resistance and social activism.
Though the group released successful albums on cassette solely in Senegal and appeared on several European compilations,[7] the first release to be sold internationally was their album Konkérants in 2003.[8]