Piata Unirii, Cluj Napoca. An impromptu rapper, who claims to be performing this evening, gathered a short crowd with samples of his act this afternoon. (Or, perhaps it was just turning noon.)
His songs mentioned George Bush and Mike Tyson, but most of the audience that assembled around to listen and film him was probably too young to understand these cultural references. Despite the mentioning of American icons, the rap was entirely in the Romanian language.
The rapper was dressed in a tracksuit, but did not have any distinct features or standoutish styles. He was the kind of person would could disappear back into the crowd whenever he felt like it.
The audience, ranging from young teenagers to middle aged (and perhaps a few even older) seemed to sway to his beat and enjoy the rhythm.
The beats were incredibly loud, as if planning for the kind of large audiences that often gathers around the square at night. While the daytime crowd was not huge, it could have been up to a hundred people, and rival the alleged size of recent protests in the same town.
We saw no signs of a protest, but one onlooker didn’t seem to enjoy the music much, turning away. Or, perhaps he was sad because some of the tastiest stalls at the market were closed.
Hopefully, this closure was only temporary. Perhaps they left their stalls to hear the rap, or maybe it was just too early for stalls that will open later.
We expect to see clips of the performance on instagram or tictoc, or maybe even Youtube, by the time of the performance this evening.
