Paris-based Tunisian rapper Lil’ K returns an eight-track mixtape released via Benz Music in October 2026, documenting his experiences moving between Tunis and Paris, his relationship with the Tunisian rap scene, and the realities of life as a North African artist living abroad in ‘Born in the Trap’.
Spanning just over 22 minutes, the mixtape moves between Boom Bap, Trap, and Trap-Hop, drawing on the sounds of 1990s hip-hop alongside contemporary production. Across its eight tracks, Lil’ K moves between Tunisian Arabic (Darja), French, and English, using the three languages to tell stories rooted in his personal experiences, street culture, and the social and political realities surrounding North African immigrants in Europe. His writing also touches on the struggles of the Tunisian hip-hop industry, identity, displacement, and the limitations imposed by the environments people grow up in, delivered with the humour and satirical edge that characterise the project.
Growing up in El Kabaria, Tunis, made him particularly aware of how one’s environment can shape expectations and limit ambitions, and moving between Tunis and Paris, he approaches these experiences from two different perspectives: “Tunis shaped my voice. Paris gave me a different perspective on what I wanted to say.”
The mixtape moves between ’90s-inspired production and more lyrically driven cuts like ‘Barz’, alongside the introspective ‘Conscient’ and the title track ‘Born in the Trap’. The project is also accompanied by a series of music videos, with Lil’ K taking an active role in developing their concepts and visual direction. Extending the mixtape’s themes through personal, social, and political imagery, the visuals further explore the ideas at the heart of the project, with production credits including Isiah 22, Spenki Beats, Thoro Beatz, It’s Error, Mercy $, and 444 OTB.
Lil’ K reconnects with the sounds and influences that shaped his beginnings, bringing together his Tunisian roots, Parisian experiences, and more than a decade of musical evolution. The final video, ‘90’s’, completes the visual rollout accompanying the mixtape.
