Overview

• On July 19, Gims and Lara Trump recorded “Makassi” remotely with vocals in French and Lingala.
• The single’s title, Lingala for “strong,” will drop in September ahead of Gims’s U.S. tour.
• A music video is scheduled to be filmed in Manhattan this summer to accompany the release.
• Lara Trump, former Fox News host and co-chair of the Republican National Committee, initiated the project in January.
• Gims, the world’s most-streamed French artist, continues to expand his American presence through this cross-genre partnership.