Headie One and Koba LaD are brothers under the Channel. Their rap song, “Link In the Ends,” establishes a connection between French Banlieue and English council estate. Headie, from a neighborhood in Tottenham and of Ghanaian origin, interchanges his British bars with Koba’s French musings. In the video for “Link,” Koba brings Headie to the Parisian banlieue where he grew up. Koba’s brazza-congolaise (Republic of Congo, not DRC) mother doesn’t feature, but a crowd of French Maghrebian and French West African youths jump on the visiting heroes. “Link” takes us to Westminster and the Eiffel Tower. The rappers’ will to be worldly feels fresh — more than touristy — even as their macho boasting feels tired (even to them?). I’m not with the camera that pans up to a Louis Vuitton logo while Koba and Headie saunter into the high fashion emporium. I resist as well when Koba and Headie do fine dining and show off their pricey watches. Where are the Ends, after all? What to make of these rappers’ embrace of consumer culture when they’re out to underscore their societies rest on an underclass of citizens of color? Perhaps they’ll prompt yute on both sides of the Channel to think deeper in the future.