Biography
⅙ of the band Dead Obies, Joe Rocca shamelessly flirts with pop-R&B on his debut solo project, French Kiss, all the while maintaining a solid foot in hip-hop.
The Montreal-based Quebecois rapper Joe Rocca is ⅙ of the band Dead Obies. With them, he has released two critically-acclaimed albums, criss-crossed Quebec and France on tour, and won multiple awards, locking down the group’s importance in Quebec’s music scene. After dropping his first solo project, French Kiss, in December 2017 via Make It Rain Records, Joe Rocca continued to work with Dead Obies. The band released its third album, DEAD., in 2019.
Releases
Press
Rocca propose un son quasi inexistant à Montréal, dans un franglais caractéristique et avec une livraison taillée au petit couteau. [...] trame sonore feutrée et sensuelle. La Presse
French Kiss dévoile une direction musicale sensuelle, flirtant avec la pop, le R&B, voire le vaporwave et l’esthète eighties. Le Journal de Montréal
Contact
- Label Make It Rain Records
- Booking Bonsound
- Press Make It Rain Records
- Publishing Bonsound
