When did Dee Nasty release the first commercially available hip hop record in France?
Dee Nasty released Panam City Rappin in 1984, creating the first commercially available hip hop record in France. This single emerged from a cultural landscape where American rap was largely unknown to the general public, existing only within small underground circles. Dee Nasty discovered the genre in 1979, a time when the movement was still finding its footing in the United States.