#ViralAlert: 'Koupe Tet, Boule Kay' New Haitian Anthem By Chris Crown & Dony Double
- Sal-Hiram Balthazar
- Jan 30, 2017
- 2 min read
Nobody can deny the contributions of Haitians/Africans to American culture; and, if you are denying it, then you are delusional. From the American Revolution to Hip Hop, Haitians/Africans have been at the embryonic development of every aspects of the American culture.
Even when it comes down to the nitty gritty, Haitians/Africans had to prove themselves on the street level in order to survive in America. In school as well as in the streets, sometimes you had to defend yourself, which was something that your parents would not understand.
Therefore, "L'Union Fait La Force" (Unity makes Strength) was the best strategy to employ in order to survive in the streets--regardless of the lawful consequences.
Koupe Tet, Boule Kay, which literally means "Chop heads, burn houses" from haitian Kreyol, was employ by the Haitian Revolution General Jean-Jacques Dessalines as a way to annihilate the frenchmen from the land.
In parallel, young Haitian immigrants just like Chris Crown, Dony Double and Jaye R Smith had to utilize that same notion as it relates to unity in order to make it.
This song is more of a celebratory anthem as people look into the previous state of African immigrants, especially Haitians in America and the western world. Also, Barbancourt is the national Rhum and it represents the pride of Haiti.
Moreover, the song has been getting a lot of responses from facebook users by jumping from 2.5K to 20K+ views in two days.
When asked Chris Crown and Dony Double the reason for their creation, they simply stated "It is for the continuing struggle of our people (African Diaspora) and Slum Society Ent (record label) represents for the unheard".
If you are of African descent, you will definitely relate to this song!
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