Claude Honoré M'Barali, professionally known as MC Solaar, is a French rapper of Senegalese and Chadian origin. He is one of France's most famous and influential hip hop artists. Some consider him the best French rapper of all time.
1995 was a French rap band founded in 2008 in the southern part of Paris as P.O.S. The name was changed to "1995" in 2010 in reference to the year 1995, considered a "golden year" for French rap. The six-member group is composed of 5 rappers and one producer all coming from the 14th and 15th arrondissements in Paris. 1995 are influenced by the spontaneous and positive vibes from the 1990 French rap.
DelicaLandry, better known by his stage name Dry, is a French rapper of Congolese origin. He is also known by the aliases "L'Amiral" and "L'Intransférable".
Soultouane Benjadid, better known as Sultan, is a French rapper originating from the Comoros. Prior to becoming a solo artist, he was part of the hip hop duo Holster with Ibrahim (I.B.R.).
Karim Fall, better known by his stage name Lefa, is a French rapper and dancer. He is a founding member of the French rap / hip hop collective Sexion d'Assaut. He has also released solo materials in 2015 and 2016. In June 2015 he released his debut solo album Monsieur Fall with big commercial success.
Scred Connexion is a French rap collective launched in the 1990s composed by Fabe, Koma, Haroun, Mokless and Morad, with the assistance of Butch. Fabe decided to quit his rapping career in 2000 and quit the collective after releasing one additional solo album.
Alpha Omar Wann, also known as Phaal or Philly Phaal, is a French rapper and songwriter, and was the main member of the band 1995 that also included Nekfeu, Areno Jaz, Fonky Flav', Sneazzy and DJ Lo'. He was also member of the band L'entourage. He is the founder of Don Dada Records, and he signed to Universal Music.
L'entourage is a French hip hop crew composed of several bands and solo artists founded in 2008. The members emanated from the battle-rap contest Rap Contenders as well as support of many artists and bands.
Karl Appela better known as Blacko, also known as Afrikaf, Tikaf Lakour, Solitary Lion and Black Renega is a French singer and hip hop artist of Réunion origin. He was member of the hip hop group Sniper from 1997 until his departure in July 2007. After his split, he has moved to solo performances.
Ken Samaras, better known by his stage name Nekfeu, is a French rapper, actor and record producer. 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.
Cyborg is the second studio album by French hip hop artist Nekfeu. Released on December 2, 2016 by Seine Zoo, the album entered the French Albums Chart at number 3, peaking at number 1.
Roméo Johnny Elvis Kiki Van Laeken, better known by his stage name Roméo Elvis, is a Francophone Belgian rapper and record producer.
Mathieu Claude Daniel Pruski better known by the stage name PLK, is a French rapper of Polish descent. His father is Polish and immigrated to France with his grandfather during World War II. His mother is Corsican. Pruski grew up in 14th arrondissement of Paris. He started writing lyrics when he was nine and composing when he was 13. Being called "mini Polak", he adopted Polak (PLK) as his artistic name to emphasize his Polish roots. At 14, he was part of the formation La Confrérie alongside Ormaz and Zeu. He later became a member of the formation Panama Bende a band formed by seven young artists from Paris together releasing the EP Bende Mafia in 2016 and the album ADN in 2017.
Henoc Pierrick Bofenda, better known by his stage name Leto, is a French rapper and part of the duo PSO Thug, a French hip-hop duo from the 17th arrondissement of Paris. PSO part refers to their origin as they come from Porte de Saint-Ouen and are made up of Leto alongside Aéro. In 2014, they started with "Hors la loi". In February 2015, they published the precursor to their mixtape, entitled En attendant Demoniak. The duo released their first mixtape, named Demoniak, on May 20, 2016, and sold 1,319 copies in its first week of release.
Jeremy Larroux, better known as Laylow is a French rapper from Toulouse. In 2018, Laylow released the EPs .RAW and RAW-Z. His first album, Trinity, featured collaborations with Lomepal, S.Pri Noir, Jok'Air, Wit., Alpha Wann, and was released on 28 February 2020. The album reached number 3 in the French Albums Charts. The follow-up L'étrange histoire de Mr. Anderson peaked at number 1 with collaborations with Damso, Nekfeu, Hamza, Alpha Wann and Slowthai.
Bosh is a French rapper of Congolese origin from Plaisir, a western suburb of Paris. He specializes in street rap and deals with subjects of drugs, violence and youth problems. He became well known through the web series Dans le kartier released on YouTube in 2009. He was in the rap formation BLK, a collective of 9 rappers and musicians including Bosh. He was also part of the rap group 78. He gained further clout in 2016 with the freestyle series Mal dominant. He released his mixtape Dos Argenté in June 2018 followed by the very successful album Synkinisi in March 2020. He has had a role as Karnage in Validé, directed by Franck Gastambide on Canal+ station.
Clément Enzo Florian di Fiore, better known by his stage name Népal, was a French record producer and rapper. He was also known as KLM and GrandMaster Splinter. A co-founding member of the collective 75e Session, he produced their EP 16par16 in 2014. He also formed with Doums the duo 2Fingz. He was also close to the collective L'Entourage, to the band 1995 and the project Les Gars Laxistes. Népal attached great importance to remain anonymous, covering his face with a hood, a mask, or even with make up.
Georges Édouard Nicolo better known by the stage name Georgio is a French rapper and singer of Guadeloupean descent and originating from 18e arrondissement of Paris. He has released four studio albums, Bleu noir (2015), Héra (2016), XX5 (2018) and Sacré (2021) and most recently Années Sauvages (2022). He also released 5 EPs and a number of singles.
Malick Mendosa, better known by his stage name S.Pri Noir, is a French rapper of Senegalese origin.
Mamadou Coulibaly, commonly known by his stage name "Doums", is a French rapper, born in Bamako, Mali. He was part of a duo called "2Fingz" from 2011 with the late rapper Népal, which was active until Népal's death in 2019, and is a member of the collective L'Entourage.
