Alfred Louis Charles de Musset-Pathay was a French dramatist, poet, and novelist. Along with his poetry, he is known for writing the autobiographical novel La Confession d'un enfant du siècle.
Ross Robinson is an American record producer who discovered acts such as Korn, Glassjaw, The Blood Brothers, Slipknot, and Limp Bizkit. Robinson has also worked with Tech N9ne, The Cure, Sepultura, and many others.
Vincent Cassel is a French actor. He has earned a César Award and a Canadian Screen Award as well as nominations for a European Film Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
Felipe Andres Coronel, better known by the stage name Immortal Technique, is an American rapper and activist. His lyrics are largely commentary on issues such as politics, religion, institutional racism, and government conspiracies.
Reco Dewayne Price, better known by his stage name Supernatural is an American rapper best known for his "on-the-spot" freestyle and battle rap abilities. He has been a regular performer and host of the Rock the Bells Music Festival since its beginning in 2004.
Housni M'Kouboi, better known as Rohff and at times stylized as Roh2f, is a French rapper.
Timothy Grimes, better known by his stage name Wise Intelligent, is an American hip hop musician from Trenton, New Jersey. He is a member of Poor Righteous Teachers. He released The Talented Timothy Taylor in 2007. His third solo studio album, The Unconkable Djezuz Djonez, was released in 2011. In 2012, Complex included him on its 50 Most Slept-on Rappers of All Time list. In 2017, he released a collaborative album with Gensu Dean, titled Game of Death.
Lââm is a French singer of Tunisian descent. She has sold more than 4,000,000 singles & albums.
Children of the Century is a 1999 French biographical drama film co-written and directed by Diane Kurys. It is based on the tumultuous love affair between two French literary icons of the 19th century, novelist George Sand and poet Alfred de Musset.
Rockin' Squat, also known as Mathias Cassel, is a French rapper, producer and director. He is the founder of Assassin, and co-founder of the Franco-Brazilian film festival Planeta Ginga. He has collaborated in music with artists like KRS-One, Seu Jorge, Tony Allen, Supernatural, Olodum, Ol Dirty Bastard, Cheick Tidiane Seck, El-P, RZA, Agallah, R.A. the Rugged Man, Immortal Technique, Oxmo Puccino, Mr. Catra or Wise Intelligent. He also collaborated with directors like Jean-François Richet, Olivier Megaton, Mathieu Kassovitz, and Jan Kounen, among others.
Abd al Malik, born Régis Fayette-Mikano is a French rapper and spoken word artist of Congolese origin. He has also authored books in French, and directed a film adaptation of one of his books.
Luke is a French rock band. The group was formed in Aquitaine in 1998 when Thomas Boulard joined the group Spring, consisting of Christophe Plantier and François Jugé. The band's name is derived from the American movie Cool Hand Luke. In 1999, Luke composed a number of demos and a seven track CD. That same year they signed with Village Vert. They released an EP titled Je n'éclaire que moi.
Puppetmastaz is a German hip hop group founded in Berlin with members from Germany, United States and Canada, like Max Turner, Chilly Gonzales, Paul PM, Mocky and Alex Tiller, who left the band in 2003. Formed in 1996, the group perform their shows with hand puppets and meet music styles of rap, funk and electronica.
Michel Bulteau is a French poet, essayist, occasional musician and experimental filmmaker, born on 8 October 1949 in Arcueil.
Pánico is a Chilean alternative rock, psychedelic rock and post-punk band based in Paris, France.
Gandhi Alimasi Djuna, known professionally as Maître Gims and more recently just Gims, is a French-Congolese singer, rapper, producer, and songwriter. He grew up in France and currently lives in France and Morocco. He is a member of the hip hop group Sexion d'Assaut. He pursued an individual career under the name Maître Gims in 2013. He previously released an extended play in 2006, titled Ceux qui dorment les yeux ouverts. During his career he has worked with several international artists such as Sia, Pitbull, Lil Wayne, Stromae, Maluma, Sting, and others. He has sold over 5 million records, including 3 million albums since the start of his career. He started his solo career in 2013 with the release of his first album, Subliminal in May on Wati B and Monstre Marin Corporation, which sold over a million copies and peaked at number two in the French album charts. In December he released a reissue titled Subliminal la face cachée. The album contained songs such as "J'me tire", "Bella" and "Zombie". From its first week of operation, the album certified platinum and would end up being double diamond disc for over 1 million in sales. The album was a great success charting in France, Belgium as well as charting in Switzerland.
Robin Coudert, also known by his stage name ROB, is a French pop/rock musician, singer-songwriter, producer and film score composer.
Rocca is a French-Colombian rapper and producer born on 27 April 1975 in Paris. Rocca was known as one of the best lyricists in French Rap. He gained recognition as a rapper during the 1990s as a part of the influential rap group, La Cliqua. He also was a member of Tres Coronas. He is a cousin of well known Juan Pablo, Gabriela, Camila, and Juanita Rocca.
Allary Éditions is an independent French publishing house.
"Shake the Hand of a Fool" is a song by written by American singer-songwriter Margie Singleton and recorded by R&B singer Titus Turner, released as a non-album promotional single on Jamie Records in 1961. Though Turner's original English-language recording failed to chart, the song would become a hit in France and French Belgium through a French-language adaption by Jil & Jan titled "Serre la main d'un fou" a year later by French musician Johnny Hallyday, released as a single by Philips Records that May. Hallyday also covered the original English version as the opening track on his first foreign-language and English-language studio album "Sings America's Rockin' Hits" earlier in 1962 but was not released as a single nor charted. Hallyday's version also re-entered the French charts in 2000 and peaked at Number 45.
