One of the ways Charry portrays rap in Africa is as a late bloomer (Charry, 1). Charry demonstrates this when he explains how 1998 was the first year an African artist was successful (Charry, 9). Considering that rap and hip hop culture began approximately 28 years earlier, this is a rather late start (Charry, 1). Charry also mentions how it was most likely the ties that the country these artists came from had with another country that gave rise to their popularity (Charry, 9). Charry also compares the work done by African countries to the work done in the United States to further prove his portrayal (Charry, 16). Charry states: “This level of production in the second half of the 1990s… is probably similar to that of the commercial beginnings in the United States fifteen years earlier…”. (Charry, 16 years old). Charry is kind of commenting on the fact that they were slower to come up on the radar (Charry, 16). So overall, how does Eric Charry's representation of African hip hop compare to that of other countries? Author Tony Mitchell's book, Global Noise: Rap and Hip Hop Outside the USA, demonstrates that Charry portrays Africa as very different from other countries when it comes to hip hop. Mitchell, in his book, goes into detail about hip hop around the world. Mitchell examines each country and the influence hip hop has had within it. A country