Lous and The Yakuza Covers Vogue France October 2022 by Anthony Seklaoui
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Marie-Pierra Kakoma, known professionally as Lous and the Yakuza, is a Congolese-Belgian singer, rapper, songwriter, model, and artist. The rising talent now adds cover star for Vogue France’s October 2022 issue to her growing list of titles.
The musical talent is styled by Vanessa Reid in glittering, futuristic fashion suitable for a 21st century muse. Fashion photographer Anthony Seklaoui [IG] is on the set.
The artist is a favorite of Louis Vuitton — and wears Vuitton on the cover and inside pages of her Vogue France cover story.
When you see her in this IG ‘what’s in her handbag’ video with her beloved dogs, Lous and The Yakuza is the epitome of European style, and blessed with endless charm. In fact, she did grow up in the Congo listening to the classical music favored by her father.
Lous and the Yakuza by Hunter & Gatti for Madame Figaro France March 25, 2022 AOC Fashion
As we shared in Marie-Pierra Kakoma’s March 25, 2022 Madame Figaro France story, the artist’s journey is much more complex. Wearing Louis Vuitton, in that fashion story, she explained that ‘Lous’ is an old sould in a young woman’s body.
The daughter of two doctors a Rwandan mother and a Congolese father, both doctors engaged in humanitarian work. saw both her parents imprisoned in Congo’s second civil war in 1998.
Lous cannot speak of all the tribes in her ancestry, because they are at war with each other. The gender-fluid music activist acknowledges being part of the Kalwena ethnic group as expressed in Swahili.
