French Music

We featured 113 back in May 2008. Here’s another video from the French hip hop group entitled Au Summum. Enjoy!

IAM is a French hip hop group that was formed in 1989 and is active up to now. The group is composed of :

• Philippe Fragione
• Geoffroy Mussard
• Malek Brahimi
• Eric Mazel
• Pascal Perez
• François Mendy

Shaka Ponk is a French crossover band which uses different styles like rock, funk, and hip – hop. Shaka Ponk’s lyrics are in a mixture of English, French, and Spanish.

Chagrin d’amour is a French pop duo, often hailed as the music artists to record the first French hip hop album. In 1982, they released Chacun fait ce qui lui plait, a recording of songs all performed in French with obvious influences by the rap music style. The album gained instant success in the country and sold over 3 million copies. Chagrin d’amour’s songs with simple rhymes and rap techniques caused many amateur music artists to become interested in the hip-hop style, beginning a new era of French music.