“I have a role to play with my exhibition”: rapper SDM calls to vote for LFI in 2027

Unlike Vianney, SDM has chosen its side for the presidential election. Monday evening, during a preview broadcast of his new album In Infinitum, the Parisian rapper called on his audience to vote “for La France Insoumise in 2027”. “Vote Mélenchon”, he ordered, saying he was “aware of having a role to play, especially with [his] exhibition”. The hip-hop star, listened to by some 7.8 million fans on Spotify each month, finds “the true codes of France, namely “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”” in the far-left party. “We grew up in unity, that’s why I support [this party],” he added.

Léonard Manzambi, known as SDM or “Ocho” for purists, is not the first urban artist to publicly express his desire to see LFI reach the highest summit in the State. Before him, Theodora, the singer of the moment in France, asked her admirers to “make the right choice” when putting their ballot in the ballot box next May by voting “for the true left”. “Vote well in 2027, for LFI,” she declared. In the same vein, the controversial rapper Médine has appeared alongside the faithful of Jean-Luc Mélenchon for several years and participates in the party's meetings or summer universities. The Franco-Moroccan Ino Casablanca also regularly displays his support for the ultra-left movement.

Fight “against the extreme right”

During his speech, the rapper SDM also wanted to express his disenchantment with the National Rally, leading the polls for 2027. To the question “are you fighting the extreme right”, asked by a spectator, he replied: “I don't forget that I am human. So we must continue to fight as we do every weekend, on the networks, against the far right of course. » He recalled that the ideas supported by Marine Le Pen's camp do not correspond to its "codes", nor to those of hip-hop. “It is a party which advocates division and hatred, which supports crimes,” he explained. We have nothing to do with these people since we were very young. »