Nekfeu

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Nekfeu
Nekfeu avp.jpg
Nekfeu in 2017
Background information
Birth nameKen Samaras
Also known as
  • Nekfeu
  • Nek le fenek
Born (1990-04-03) 3 April 1990 (age 34)
La Trinité, France
Genres French hip hop
Occupations
  • Rapper
  • record producer
  • songwriter
  • actor
InstrumentVocals
Years active2001–present
Labels
Website www.nekfeu.fr

Ken Samaras (Greek: Κεν Σαμαράς, Ken Samarás; born 3 April 1990), better known by his stage name Nekfeu (French pronunciation: [nɛk.fø] ), is a French rapper, actor and record producer.

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He is also a member of the crew L'entourage and the bands $-Crew and 1995. He started his career as a member of $-Crew, with childhood friends Framal, Mekra, 2zer Washington and DJ Elite. He joined 1995 in 2007, participating in open mic duels around Paris. [1]

Released in 2015, his first solo album, Feu , received extensive media coverage; for this album, he won the 2016 Victoire de l'album de musiques urbaines. His second album, Cyborg, was released in 2016, and his third, Les Étoiles vagabondes, in 2019.

Over the course of his career, he has sold over 2 million albums, and holds two diamond discs and a double diamond disc.

Early life and career

Samaras was born in La Trinité, a commune within the Nice metropolitan area, to a father of Greek descent and a mother of Scottish descent. [2] At the age of 11, he and his family moved to the 15th arrondissement of Paris. [3]

After two extended plays with 1995 (La Source in 2011 and La Suite in 2012), as well as the studio album Paris Sud Minute in 2013, Nekfeu released his debut studio album Feu on 8 June 2015, for which he won Best Urban Music Album at the Victoires de la musique in February 2016, as well as Destins Liés with $-Crew in June 2016. In 2015, he also wrote and performed a song for the French version of the film Creed . [4] In 2016, he released his second album entitled Cyborg.

In 2017, he made his acting debut in the film Tout nous sépare, opposite Catherine Deneuve. [5]

In 2019, he released his third album “les étoiles vagabondes”. The album premiered in cinemas, as a movie accompanied the album. The movie premiered 2h before the album was made available on streaming platforms. The album was extremely well received. It Included a song featuring mainstream Belgian rapper Damso (Tricheur), and many other songs entered the top 20 in the French charts.

Personal life

Nekfeu is a fan of Paris Saint-Germain, based in the city where he grew up, and his hometown club OGC Nice. [2]

Discography

Albums, mixtapes and EPs

As part of 1995

With Alpha Wann (member of 1995 & L'Entourage)

As part of $-Crew

As part of L'Entourage

As part of 5 Majeur

Solo

YearAlbumPeak positionsUnitsCertification
FRA
[6]
BEL
(Fl)

[7]
BEL
(Wa)

[8]
SWI
[9]
2015 Feu
  • Release date: 8 June 2015
  • Record label: Seine Zoo / Polydor
36535
  • FRA: 500.000
2016 Cyborg
  • Release date: 2 December 2016
  • Record label: Seine Zoo
4310
2019Les étoiles vagabondes
  • Release date: 7 June 2019
  • Record label: Seine Zoo
1
[12] [13]
1211
  • FRA: 1.000.000 [14]
  • SNEP: 2× Diamond [10]
Expansion
  • Release date: 21 June 2019
  • Record label: Seine Zoo
10
Nekfeu in 2014, performing at a festival in Grenoble Nekfeu.jpg
Nekfeu in 2014, performing at a festival in Grenoble

Singles

YearSinglePeak positionsAlbum
FRA
[6]
BEL
(Wa)

[8]
SWI
[9]
2014"Time B.O.M.B."86
2015"Égérie"49Feu
"On verra"1437
"Nique les clones, Pt. II"57
"Tempête"21
"7:77 AM"
(featuring 86 Joon)
26Feu (Réédition)
2016"Jusqu'au bout"
($-Crew)
75Destins liés
2019"Tricheur"
(featuring Damso)
1
[15]
112Les étoiles vagabondes
YearSinglePeak positionsAlbum
FRA
[6]
BEL
(Wa)

[8]
SWI
[9]
2014"Voilà"
(Sneazzy featuring Nekfeu)
145
2016"Paris la nuit"
(Rim'k featuring Nekfeu)
161
"À deux pas "
(Alpha Wann featuring Nekfeu)
172Alpha Wann album
Alph Lauren 2
"Les princes"
(MZ featuring Nekfeu)
18MZ album
La dictature
2017"Skurt Cobain"
(Sneazzy featuring Nekfeu)
165
"Tu rêves"
(Dean Burbigo featuring Nekfeu)
95
"De l'autre côté"
(Ninho featuring Nekfeu)
271Ninho album
Comme prévu
"Zone"
(Orelsan featuring Nekfeu with Dizzee Rascal)
12Orelsan album
La fête est finie
2018"Juste pour voir"
(S.Pri Noir featuring Nekfeu)
70Non-album release
"Éternité "
(Jazzy Bazz featuring Nekfeu)
46Jazzy bazz album
Nuit
"Waow"
(PLK featuring Nekfeu)
32PLK album
Polak
2019"Paire d'As"
(Dadju featuring Nekfeu)
10Dadju album
Poison
"Ce soir"
(Doums feat. Nekfeu & Naë)
27Non-album release
2020"Zéro détail"
(Sneazzy feat. Nekfeu)
42Sneazzy album
Nouvo mode
"Étincelles"
(Sneazzy feat. Alpha Wann, Nekfeu & S.Pri Noir)
48
"Turn Up"
(Kalash Criminel feat. Nekfeu)
22Kalash Criminel album
Sélection naturelle
"Moins un"
(Dinos feat. Nekfeu)
12749Dinos album
Stamina,
"Ce soir"
(Doums feat. Nekfeu & Naë)
27Non-album release
"san andreas"
(Nekfeu, Lesram)
35Alpha Wann album
don dada: mixtape, vol 1.
"aaa"
(Alpha Wann feat. Nekfeu)
18
"malevil"
(Nekfeu)
34
"3095 pt2"
(Alpha Wann feat. Nekfeu, 3010)
69
2021"C'est quoi l'del"
(Gims feat. Nekfeu)
Gims album
Le Fléau
"Agent orage"
(Dean Burbigo feat. Nekfeu)
103
"Special"
(Laylow feat. Nekfeu & Foushée)
74591Laylow album
L'étrange histoire de Mr. Anderson
"Jeune d'en bas"
(Da Uzi feat. Nekfeu)
21Da Uzi album
Vrai 2 vrai

Other charted songs

YearSinglePeak positionsAlbum
FRA
[6] [16]
BEL
(Wa)

[8]
SWI
[9]
2015"Reuf"
(featuring Ed Sheeran)
72Feu
"Rêve d'avoir des rêves"111
"Ma dope"
(featuring S.Pri Noir)
125
"Martin Eden"129
"Mon âme"
(featuring Sneazzy)
152
"Princesse"
(featuring Nemir)
172
"Plume"13Feu (Réédition)
"Mal aimé"51
"Question d'honneur"
(featuring S-Crew)
78
"Deux-trois"
(featuring 1995)
56
"Pars avec moi"
(featuring 1995)
46
"Les Bruits de ma Ville"
(featuring Phénomène Bizness)
44
"La Ballade du Frémont"
(featuring Doums)
52
2016"Mauvaise graine"71872Cyborg
"Squa"1567
"Humanoïde"1969
"Galatée"21
"Saturne"
(featuring Sneazzy and S.Pri Noir)
2576
"Avant tu riais"
(featuring Clara Luciani)
56
"Réalité augmentée"67
"Esquimaux"
(featuring Népal)
71
"Nekketsu"
(featuring Crystal Kay)
75
"Besoin de sens"
(featuring Framal and Jazzy Bazz)
106
"Le regard des gens"
(featuring Némir, 2zer, Mekra and Doum's)
113
"Vinyle"
(featuring Alpha Wann)
142
"O.D"
(featuring Murkage Dave)
152
"Programmé"197
2019"Dans l'univers"
(featuring Vanessa Paradis)
25029Les étoiles vagabondes
"Elle pleut"
(featuring Nemir)
332
"Cheum"4
"Les étoiles vagabondes"5
"Alunissons"7
"Voyage léger"8
"Takotsubo"9
"Menteur menteur"11
"Le bruit qui court"13
"Premier pas"14
"Ciel noir"15
"De mon mieux"16
"Compte les hommes"
(featuring Alpha Wann)
17
"Óλά Καλά"18
"Koala mouille"19
"Pixels"
(featuring Crystal Kay)
21
"1er rôle"23
"Ken Kaneki"18Expansion
"Écrire"21
"Sous les nuages"23
"CDGLAXJFKHNDATH"
(featuring 2Zer and Mekra)
33
"Energie sombre"38
"Natsukashii"47
"L'air du temps"

(featuring Framal and Doums)

51
"Oui et non"56
"Rouge à lèvres"
(featuring BJ the Chicago Kid)
58
"Chanson d'amour"59
"De mes cendres"64
"Jeux vidéo et débats"66
"Dernier soupir"74
"Nouvel homme"76
"Interlude Fifty"80
"A la base"83

Filmography

Film

Television

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