Imane Raissali (born 1997), known professionally as Miss Raisa, is a Moroccan-born Spanish rapper.

Early life and education

Born in

Tangier Tangier ( ; ; ar, طنجة, Ṭanja) is a city in northwestern Morocco. It is on the Moroccan coast at the western entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar, where the Mediterranean Sea meets the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Spartel. The town is the cap ...

, Raisa moved with her family to the

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neighborhood of

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at the age of 8. At the age of fourteen, while in high school, she came into contact with hip-hop culture.

Adult life

Her musical style stands out for her controversial lyrics with high social content about racism, religion, gender, freedom of expression and integration. Miss Raisa has been questioned about wearing the veil and when she took it off in the summer of 2022, because she no longer felt identified with what she represented, she was criticized from the Muslim and feminist community. Feminism for Raisa is the defence of the rights and freedoms of all women: Muslim, racialized, etc. She has come to receive death threats on social networks especially following a video she published in which she supported the

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. She won the Premis Continuarà de cultura award in 2022.

Bibliography

*''Porque me da la gana, una vida contra los prejuicios.'' (2022)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Raisa, Miss 1997 births Living people People from Tangier Spanish women rappers Musicians from Catalonia Moroccan emigrants to Spain 21st-century Spanish women