Hip-Hop Music of France

The hip hop music was exported to France in the year 1980 and French rappers and DJs such as David Guetta and MC Solaar, also had some success. Hip hop music came from the New York, initiated in the 1970s by African Americans. By 1983, the genre had spread to several of the world, including France. Almost immediately, French performers, musicians and break-dancers started their career, including Max-Laure Bourjolly and Traction Avant. Fame was brief, however, and hip hop quickly retreated to the French underground. Hip hop was adapted to French context, especially the poverty of large cities called banlieues (suburbs) where many French of foreign descent live, especially from the past colonial countries (West Africa and Caribbean). If there is some influence of African music and of course American hip hop, French hip hop is also strongly connected to French music, with strong mutual influences, from French pop and chanson, both in music and lyrics.

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Paname city Rappin in the year 1984 by Dee Nasty was the first album produced, and the first major musicians were Supreme NTM, IAM, and MC Solaar, whose 1991 Qui Seme le Vent Recolte le Tempo, was a major hit. Through the nineties, the music grew to become one of the most renowned genres in France with big success of the pioneers (IAM, Supreme NTM) and newcomers (Ministere Amer, Lunatic and Oxmo Puccino). France is the world’s second largest hip hop market. The most famous rappers of the 2000s are Booba, Kenz Farah and Diam’s with successful musicians more underground such as la Caution, TTC and La Rumeur.