The Rise of Polish Rap

Twenty years ago today, the Polish rap group Paktofonika released their debut album. About a week later, at 6am on Boxing Day, one of its members, “Magik” (Piotr Łuszcz), jumped out of the window of his flat and killed himself.

He could not have known it, but the album would go on to be one of the most successful in Polish history. I am no great rap afic…