Élie Yaffa, better known under his stage name Booba, is a French rapper. After a brief stint as a break dancer in the early 1990s, Booba partnered with his friend Ali to form Lunatic. The duo released a critically acclaimed album in 2000 but disbanded in 2003. Booba has since embarked on a successful solo career, selling more than 10 million discs over his career and becoming the most legally downloaded artist in French history. Booba is praised for the quality of his flow and beats but often criticized because of the controversial nature of his lyrics. He has also established the rap label Tallac Records, and developed a line of jewellery.
Thomas Gérard Idir, better known by his stage name Sinik, is a French-language rap artist. He is also known as Malsain, L'assassin and S.I.N.I.K.. His father is Algerian while his mother is French. In 2001, he founded his label Six o Nine (6-0-9).
Karim Zenoud, better known by his stage name Lacrim, is a French rapper of Algerian descent.
Still Fresh is a French rapper from the 20th arrondissement of Paris. He is signed with Sony Music since 2010.
Gnakouri Armand Olivier Okou, better known by his stage name Kaaris, is a Ivorian-born French rapper, record producer and composer. Or Noir, his major album on Therapy Music / AZ / Universal Music, was released on 21 October 2013.
Gilles Ateyaba Koffi Soler better known as Ateyaba, previously as Joke is a French rapper.
Noureddine Bahri, better known by his stage name Niro, is a Moroccan-born French rapper who grew up in Blois. In 2013 he was signed to the AZ label after many years with the rap label Street Lourd formed by members of the French rap collective Mafia K'1 Fry.
Maxence Boitez, better known by his artistic name Ridsa, is a French rapper and singer of Spanish descent.
Ken Samaras, better known by his stage name Nekfeu, is a French rapper, actor and record producer. He is also a member of the bands L'entourage and 1995. He started his career as a member of S-Crew, with childhood friends Framal, Mekra, 2Zer Washington and DJ Elite. He joined 1995 in 2007, participating in open mic duels around Paris.
Wanani Gradi Mariadi, better known by his stage name Gradur, is a French rapper of Congolese origin from Roubaix, Hauts-de-France. He first gained recognition from a series of freestyles called Sheguey. He started as part of the rap band 59. Enjoying great following online, he formed his own entourage dubbed Sheguey Squad sheguey meaning "child of the street" in Congolese lingo and released his mixtape ShegueyVara in 2014 with the music video "Traction". His greatly expected debut album L'homme au Bob was released on February 23, 2015 with collaborations from Niro, Lacrim, Alonzo, Kayna Samet, Chief Keef and Migos.
Sadek Bourghuiba, known by the mononym Sadek, is a French rapper from Neuilly-Plaisance, also known by aliases Johnny Niuuum and Sadek Niuum. He was signed to Hostile Records.
Youssef Akdim, better known as Lartiste, is a French-Moroccan singer and rapper. Born in Marrakesh, Morocco, he emigrated to France at 7 years old, having lived in Bondy and later in Le Blanc-Mesnil, outside of Paris. At age 13, he became part of the rap band Malédiction and at 16 he adopted the stage name Lartiste.
Djadja & Dinaz is a French hip hop duo from Meaux and made up of Gianni Bellou (Djadja) and Azzedine Hedhli (Dinaz).
Georges Stanislas Malif Dinga-Pinto, better known by the stage name Niska, is a French rapper from Évry, Essonne. He is signed to Universal Music France and Barclay Records. He was initially in the rap group Negro Deep before going solo. Niska is a derivative of his nickname Stany in reverse (Nista), replacing the "t" with a "k". Niska has released four albums, Charo Life (2015), Zifukoro (2016), Commando (2017) and Mr Sal (2019), with the first two reaching number 3 on SNEP, the official French Albums chart and the third and fourth topping the French chart.
Møme is a French DJ from Nice (Alpes-Maritimes). His most successful single was "Aloha", which charted at a peak of 10 in France. In October 2016, Møme was confirmed to play at the 31st edition of Eurosonic Noorderslag in Groningen, NL.
Roméo Johnny Elvis Kiki Van Laeken, better known by his stage name Roméo Elvis, is a Belgian rapper and hip hop artist.
Jean-Désiré Dimitri Sosso Dzabatou, better known by his stage name Naza, is a French rapper and singer of Congolese origin. He is signed to Bomayé Musik and has released three albums, Incroyable (2017), C'est la loi (2018) and ‘’Benef’’ (2019)
Dosseh Dorian N'Goumou is a French rapper, singer, film producer and actor. He is the younger brother of Pit Baccardi.
Angèle Van Laeken, better known by her stage mononym Angèle, is a Belgian singer-songwriter, musician, pianist, record producer and actress.
Hamza Al-Farissi, better known by the mononym Hamza, is a Belgian rapper, singer and beatmaker. Hamza is signed to Rec. 118 and Warner Music.
