An antidote to the macho posturing usually associated with the Gallic hip-hop scene, French Moroccan rapper M.A.S. rose to fame thanks to a series of emotive tracks dealing with issues including domestic violence and his battle with retinitis pigmentosa, a degenerative condition that eventually results in blindness. Raised in the Ile-de-France commune of Trappes, he became a medical secretary before his MC skills first came to attention at the relatively late age of 27 thanks to a song that explained his illness to his then two-year-old son. After signing to La Fouine's Banlie...