50 Balles, for a few Dirhams

50 Balles, former “Rap2rue” is a young Moroccan rapper, songwriter and performer, born in 1987 in Casablanca. There are two possible explanations for his stage name: either he’s using a slang expression that can be translated by “50 Francs” (the “old” Euros), paying tribute to the American rapper Fifty Cents, e …