{"id":2594,"date":"2025-04-07T10:15:40","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T14:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.magazinehiphop.com\/?p=2594"},"modified":"2025-05-31T02:20:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T06:20:16","slug":"kadja-unveils-the-official-music-video-for-bognan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.magazinehiphop.com\/en\/kadja-devoile-le-clip-officiel-de-bognan\/","title":{"rendered":"Kadja unveils the official ''Bognan'' clip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ivorian rapper <strong>Kadja<\/strong> (whose real name is Serge Christian Aitchin) reinforces its imprint on the African hip-hop scene with the clip of <em>Bognan<\/em>, released on April 5, 2025 on its YouTube channel <strong>KadjaOfficiel<\/strong> (60.1 k subscribers). Produced by <strong>JM Behi<\/strong> and mix by <strong>Faroch &amp; Shado Chris<\/strong>, this title is part of the continuity of his project <em>ONIGASHIMA<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A style that leaves its mark<\/strong><br>Born in Cocody in 1993, Kadja has embodied Ivorian hardcore rap since his debut in high school. After the album <em>Le Roi Fou<\/em> (2019) and <em>La vie la vraie<\/em> (2022) \u2013 which exceeds one million streams in one month, the label&#039;s artist <strong>Aura Corp<\/strong> affirms his artistic maturity. His aggressive flow, compared to that of <strong>Damso<\/strong> or <strong>Booba<\/strong>, finds here a new echo with chiseled instruments and a signed visual direction <strong>Lekiller<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Career and collaborations<\/strong><br>Veteran of the local scene alongside <strong>Kiff No Beat<\/strong>, Kadja multiplies impactful projects:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>&quot;Menbalescouilles&quot;<\/strong> (2024) with <strong>Shado Chris, D14 and J-Haine<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>&quot;Agrimotor&quot;<\/strong> in featuring with <strong>J-Hate<\/strong> (2022)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>&quot;The Sound of the Moon&quot;<\/strong>, flagship single from his latest album<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His participation in the show <em>NOON<\/em> on <strong>RTI<\/strong> in 2024 consolidated its national reputation, while <em>Bognan<\/em> illustrates his quest for technical and narrative excellence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Monday, January 20, 2025, noon: with Kadja\" width=\"740\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aTGvCkXoeno?start=1&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The title asserts itself as a fusion between the trap energy characteristic of his early works and afrobeat sounds, already perceptible in <em>Kamora<\/em> or <em>Coll\u00e9-serr\u00e9<\/em>. The usual collaboration with <strong>Shado Chris<\/strong> (at the origin of the tube <em>Mousso<\/em>) ensures a bold production, emblematic of the label <strong>Aura Corp<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With more than 160,000 views in a few hours (figures to be confirmed), <em>Bognan<\/em> adds to the list of generational anthems of Ivorian rap, between social demands and celebration of success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ivorian rap continues to shine with Kadja<\/p>","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":2599,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[997,999,996,998,1000,1001,995,162],"class_list":["post-2594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afrique","tag-bognan","tag-kadja","tag-label-aura-corp","tag-lekiller","tag-onigashima","tag-serge-christian-aitchin","tag-shado-chris","tag-videos","post_format-post-format-video"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magazinehiphop.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magazinehiphop.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magazinehiphop.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magazinehiphop.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magazinehiphop.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2594"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.magazinehiphop.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4459,"href":"https:\/\/www.magazinehiphop.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2594\/revisions\/4459"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magazinehiphop.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magazinehiphop.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magazinehiphop.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magazinehiphop.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}