HIBOTEP

Hibotep is a somalian rapper, DJ, producer and filmmaker who is also one of the original members of the Nyege Nyege collective. She is sometimes called the queen of the underground in Kampala – a central figure who connects a lot of the dots in the Nyege Nyege universe and who has performed to rave reviews and packed floors on festivals such as Sonar. Several of her recent projects, with artists such as Holly Herndon and Gary Stewart, has crossed over into other fields of art, performance and video. She has drawn inspiration from her own life story, from a restless world and from somali folklore in this work. She has also directed the video “Mouches Symphonie” for Ibaaku, an artist who visited Oslo World in 2017. When she dj’s, Hibotep plays everything from somali funk and arab trap, to old school LA hip hop as well as her own productions.