Élie Thitia Yaffa, better known under his stage name Booba, is a French rapper.
Laouni Mouhid, commonly known by his stage name La Fouine, with additional aliases such as Fouiny Babe or just Fouiny, is a French rapper and singer. He is the owner of Banlieue Sale and the clothing line "Street Swagg".
Gandhi Alimasi Djuna, better known by his stage name Maître Gims and more recently just Gims, is a Congolese-French singer, rapper, producer, and songwriter. He grew up in France and currently lives in France and Morocco. He is a former member of the hip hop group Sexion d'Assaut and released his first major album, Subliminal in 2013. The album sold over a million copies in France and peaked at number two in the Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. His other two albums follow: Mon cœur avait raison in 2015 and Ceinture noire in 2018 reached number one in France and Belgium (Wallonia) and peaked in the top 40 in various European countries, including Denmark, Italy, and Switzerland.
Bigflo et Oli is a French hip hop duo from Toulouse. The duo is composed of two brothers, Florian "Bigflo" Ordoñez and Olivio "Oli" Ordoñez. Their debut album La Cour des grands was released in 2015 and received a gold record award in France less than four months after being released, then went platinum, making them the youngest French rappers to receive this award.
Mohamed Sylla, better known by his stage name MHD, is a French rapper based in Paris, who is known for blending trap music with music of Africa; a genre he coined as "Afro Trap". He was previously part of the rap collective 1.9 Réseaux.
Sofiane Zermani is a French rapper of Algerian descent. He is also known as Fianso. Born in Saint-Denis, Paris Region, he lived in the nearby Stains until age 13 when he moved to Le Blanc-Mesnil.
Amira Kiziamina, known better by his stage name Kalash Criminel, is a French rapper. He was born with the melanin deficient condition, albinism and chooses to wear a balaclava, because when his musical activities began, he had to hide his face as his mother did not want him to rap. However, he received positive reactions for wearing the balaclava, and now wears it by choice. He is signed to Def Jam Recordings and Universal Music. He collaborates often with Kaaris, with whom he notably made the song "Arrêt du Cœur" on his album R.A.S.
Roméo Johnny Elvis Kiki Van Laeken, better known by his stage name Roméo Elvis, is a Francophone Belgian rapper, record producer and hip hop artist.
Loud is the stage name of Simon Cliche Trudeau, a Canadian rapper from Quebec.
Abderraouf Derradji, known professionally as Soolking, is an Algerian singer and rapper. He started his career under the pseudonym MC Sool until 2013 before adopting his new stage name. He incorporates reggae, soul, hip-hop and Algerian raï in his music.
Antoine Valentinelli, better known by his stage name Lomepal, is a French rapper and singer from the 13th arrondissement of Paris. He has released five EPs, and three studio albums: Flip, released in June 2017, Jeannine, released in December 2018, both certified double platinum by the SNEP, and Mauvais Ordre, released in September 2022.
Karim Djeriou, better known by his stage name Heuss l'Enfoiré, is a French rapper.
Valentin Le Du, better known by his stage name Vald, is a French rapper.
Corneille Akilimali Bufole, better known as Cor Akim, is a Congolese singer, songwriter, pianist and worship leader, born in Bukavu, capital of South Kivu Province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and based in Nairobi in Kenya.
Marcel Junior Loutarila (French pronunciation:[maʁsɛlʒynjɔʁlutaʁila]; April 3, 2000, better known as Koba LaD, is a French rapper from Évry, Île-de-France. He grew up in the famous Parc aux lièvres neighborhood in Évry, where is located the Bâtiment 7, where other artists such as Bolémvn come from.
#93 Empire is a French hip hop compilation joining some 40 hip hop artists mostly from Seine-Saint-Denis, released on 5 October 2018. French rapper Sofiane wrote the lead single from the album and who launched the project. The album sold 130,000 copies and was certified platinum. Three tracks, "Woah", "Sur le drapeau" and "Empire" were released as main singles from the album in 2018, although 18 of the album's 22 total tracks charted in the French SNEP Top 200 on the basis of downloads of individual tracks.
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.
Freeze Corleone, pseudonym of Issa Lorenzo Diakhaté, born June 6, 1992, in Les Lilas, Seine-Saint-Denis, is a French rapper, singer-songwriter, and record producer. He is also the founder of the collective 667, and CFR. He lives in Dakar, Senegal.
Cercle is a music company headquartered in Paris, France. It operates as a livestreaming platform for music, an event and festival producer and a record label.
Leïla Sy, is a French director réalisatrice and activist. She is known for her work with rapper Kery James, including co-directing the film Street Flow.
