Paris: Rachida Dati announces the opening of a "Maison des cultures urbaines" in the Parc de la Villette

On Tuesday 18 March, Minister of Culture Rachida Dati announced the launch of Freestyle Villette, a new national venue, which was supposed to correct forty years of hip-hop discrimination by the institution.

This Tuesday, the Minister of Culture unveiled the project "Freestyle Villette", a place dedicated to urban cultures, in the north-east park of Paris (XIXe).

A house of urban cultures will open in the autumn in Paris, announced Tuesday, March 18, 2025 the Minister of Culture Rachida Dati. Located in the Parc de la Villette, this place will be intended to "promote" the various facets of hip-hop, dance and street art.

Now an emblematic figure of French politics, Rachida Dati was noticed with her entry into the government of Nicolas Sarkozy in 2007. The Minister of Culture was born in 1965 in a modest family of Moroccan and Algerian origin. And she is known to be without a language of wood..."With men, I get tired very quickly." Rachida Dati launches on the plateau of Vimentaire Sunday. Rachida Dati was the guest of the show on France 3, this Sunday, March 16.…