Eric ANAGONOU ADANNOU

Born Eric H. C. ANAGONOU on May 18 1987, Tukpin is a West African Rap Artist from Benin and Ghana. Born of a Ghanean Ewe mother from the Volta Region, his father was born in Dahomey (Current Benin Republic). Tukpin acquired French Nationality through thé Right of Filiation obtained from his Granfather ADANNOU ANAGONOU, a veteran who fought in thé Army of France during thé second World War. During thé massacre of May 1940, he was hit by several bullets in thé right arm on May 18 1940 at Sedan (FRANCE) which was thé main point of Breakthrough of thé German troops led by Adolf Hitler towards thé west. Army General Huntziger, Commander-in-Chief of the Land Forces, Secretary of State and Minister of War conferred on Veteran ANAGONOU the medal of the French Legion of Honor. This order also includes the award of the Croix de Guerre with palm. These distinctions to Veteran ANAGONOU gave him the Status of Grand Disabled of War 1939-1945 and it is precisely in Sedan that from the General to the last of the troops that nobody could do anything. General de Gaulle faced with this deplorable situation had to go to London to get Churchill's help. By thé Grace of God, thé Dahomey Warrior who became French, survived and returned to Dahomey (Benin) in 1947, where thé Rapper's father was born in 1955. Thé latter served in thé Public Treasury of thé State and was admitted to retirement in 2010. In 1997, when he was only ten years old, Tukpin went on stage for the first time to interpret the French Rapper MC Solaar at the Maison de la Culture in Ouidah. In 2002, he went to Lomé (Togo) for studies, where he met Papson and Yannick with whom he formed his first Rap group "Frères de Race". Together they released their first Single "Gnoro" produced by the late Omar B. The song had a temporary success but for study reasons the group broke up. Yannick left for France and Tukpin returned to Benin where he began his solo career in 2005. His Real Life between 2006 and 2014 inspired a series of Films written by himself, which will highlight the low blows, difficulties and inequalities that Artists Creatives meet in the music industry, development projects and other unprecedented African realities. As an independent Artist, Tukpin Raps to educate, fight mass poverty in Africa and contribute to the emergence of the continent. After the launch of his first album "De African Dream" (D.A.D) in 2019, the Remix in Ewe of his Social Concept "Alitovi" which supports the cause of street children and social deviants was selected by American cultural actors with seven different pieces of seven American artists to be played in the American movie "Deeper Than Rap"