IN THE Democratic Republic of Congo there are three ways to make it big, says Lexxus Legal, a rapper (pictured). Standing in his house in Kinshasa, the capital, underneath a mural of Congo's first prime minister, Patrice Lumumba, he lists them. First, you can become a politician. Second, you can join the army ("but you need to be at the top: a general, not a footsoldier"). Fi-nally, you can set up a church. "That is what you call having power," he says. No-ticeably, he rules out his own profession. "The musicians in this country are beggars," he says. "They are obliged to sing and dance to please politicians and business-men. If you sing as I do, controversially, you really have no chance."
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