In 1985, Morocco-born, Lyon-raised rapper Shams Dinn moved to Paris in order to pursue a career in music. Performing at a time when hip-hip in anything other than an American accent was practically unthinkable to most audiences, Shams Dinn’s Arabic lyrics immediately stood out. His 1987 single “Hedi Bled Noum” lit up dancefloors across Europe, and the pioneering rapper described himself as a “positive light for Arabic immigrants living in France”. But, when it came time to release hishellip;read more raquo;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;View Gallery (21 images)nbsp;