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french rap

Last updated: Tue Oct 21 2025 02:28:40 GMT+0300 (Eastern European Summer Time)

Description

French rap emerged from the banlieues of Paris and other urban centers, blending American hip-hop influences with French linguistic flow and Mediterranean musical elements. The genre often features introspective storytelling, social commentary on immigrant experiences, and a distinctive melodic approach that sets it apart from anglophone rap. Production ranges from minimalist, atmospheric beats to orchestral arrangements, reflecting France's multicultural identity and the poetry of French street vernacular.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
19		1983	Martine	Allo maman bobo	belgium female vocalists french french rap hip-hop rap
31		1983	Martine	Natasha	belgium female vocalists french french rap hip-hop rap
44		1983	Martine	Sale	belgium female vocalists french french rap hip-hop rap
50		1983	Martine	SCHIZO	belgium female vocalists french french rap hip-hop rap
4		1991	Leys	Sortir de la tess	female vocalists france french french indie french rap hip-hop rap rap francais rappeuse urbain	rap francais # 26 urbain # 32 rappeuse # 73
64		1991	Leys	Parabellum (Nouvelle École)	female vocalists france french french indie french rap hip-hop rap rap francais rappeuse urbain	french indie # 30 rap francais # 65 urbain # 77 rappeuse # 93
80		1991	Suprême NTM	Authentik	french rap
35		1993	Suprême NTM	j'appuie sur la gachette	french rap
10		1994	IAM	Taxi 1	hip-hop french rap
71		1994-02-09	MC Solaar	Prose Combat	french
23		1995-03-06	Alliance Ethnik	simple et funky	funk
24		1995-03-06	Alliance Ethnik	Simple Et Funky	funk
52		1996	2 bal 2 neg	3x Plus Efficace	french rap
61		1996	Doc Gyneco	Premiere Consultation	french rap
38		1997	Koma	Tout est calculé...	french rap
83		1997	IAM	L'école Du Micro D'argent	french rap
40		1998	Expression Direkt	Le Bout du Monde	french rap
59		1998	Doc Gyneco	Les Liaisons Dangereuses	hip-hop rap french rap
68		1998-06-05	Les Sages Poètes de la Rue	Jusqu'à l'amour	french rap hip-hop rap
87		1998-10	ATK	Heptagone	french rap
47		1998-11-13	Sens Unik	Pole Position	francais french rap hip-hop
34		1999	NTM	j'appuie sur la gachette	french rap
46		1999	Menelik	Phenomenelik	french rap
78		1999-02-02	Zoxea	A mon tour de briller	french rap rap rap francais underground rap	rap francais # 80
76		1999-03-03	Mara	Foufoune	dancehall female vocalists france french french rap hip-hop paris parisienne rap rap francais switzerland urbain	paris # 38 parisienne # 60 rap francais # 79 switzerland # 84 urbain # 86
51		2000	Mara	Foulamerde	dancehall female vocalists france french french rap hip-hop paris parisienne rap rap francais switzerland urbain	parisienne # 13 switzerland # 51 rap francais # 53 urbain # 68
82		2000	Mara	Dans ta bouche	dancehall female vocalists france french french rap hip-hop paris parisienne rap rap francais switzerland urbain	paris # 65 parisienne # 78 rap francais # 89 switzerland # 92 urbain # 93
77		2000	Assassin	Touche d'espoir	french french rap rap
84		2000	Disiz la Peste	Le Poisson Rouge	french french rap rap
99		2000-10-25	Lunatic	Mauvais Oeil	french rap
3		2001	Starflam	La Sonora	french rap
88		2001	MC Solaar	Cinquieme As	french rap
17		2001-01	Sniper	Du rire aux larmes	rap	rap francais # 38
89		2001-10-22	Saïan Supa Crew	X Raisons	french rap rap francais	rap francais # 93
42		2002	Les Sages Poètes de la Rue	Après l'orage	french rap
15		2002-09-02	Mara	Hot	dancehall female vocalists france french french rap hip-hop paris parisienne rap rap francais switzerland urbain	rap francais # 36 urbain # 38
43		2002-09-02	Mara	L'Elixir	dancehall female vocalists france french french rap hip-hop paris parisienne rap rap francais switzerland urbain	parisienne # 2 switzerland # 30 rap francais # 49 urbain # 62
33		2003	Leys	Seule	female vocalists france french french indie french rap hip-hop rap rap francais rappeuse urbain	rap francais # 45 urbain # 52 rappeuse # 82
65		2003	Enock	DERNIÈRE PLUIE	french rap
27		2003-10-31	Serum	On Vit Comme On Peut	french rap
69		2004	Juice	Multifruits	french rap rap rap francais	rap francais # 67
97		2004	Booba	Panthéon	french rap rap francais	rap francais # 98
37		2004-04-02	Expression Direkt	X sessions	french rap
79		2004-10-20	Psykick Lyrikah	Des lumières sous la pluie	french rap
53		2005	La Cedille	Vu Du Large	french rap
90		2005-10-17	La Caution	Peines de Maures / Arc-en-ciel pour Daltoniens	french french rap hip-hop rap
85		2007	Passi	Electric	breakbeat electronic french french rap g-funk rap francais	g-funk # 47 rap francais # 90
62		2007	Mysa	Les poésies du chaos	french rap
36		2008	George Ka	Garçon manqué, fille manquante		rap francais # 46 rappeuse # 83
63		2008	George Ka	Par avance	french rap hip-hop rap rap francais rappeuse	rap francais # 60 rappeuse # 92
72		2008	George Ka	Jolies personnes	french rap hip-hop rap rap francais rappeuse	rap francais # 71 rappeuse # 95
66		2008-03-24	Hugo	Flaque de samples	french rap hip-hop
1		2008-12	C-Projects	Nou Libere	america europe french rap hip-hop rap francais	rap francais # 24
55		2009	Sinik	Ballon D'Or	french rap
75		2009	Oxmo Puccino	Lipopette Bar	france french rap
18		2011	Doria	Triste époque	female vocalists france french french rap hip-hop paris parisienne rap rap francais rappeuse	rap francais # 39 rappeuse # 78
30		2011	Doria	Paris	female vocalists france french french rap hip-hop paris parisienne rap rap francais rappeuse	rap francais # 43 rappeuse # 80
32		2011	Doria	Plus personne	female vocalists france french french rap hip-hop paris parisienne rap rap francais rappeuse	rap francais # 44 rappeuse # 81
45		2011	Doria	Tempo	female vocalists france french french rap hip-hop paris parisienne rap rap francais rappeuse	parisienne # 5 rap francais # 50 rappeuse # 85
57		2011	Doria	Depuis le départ	female vocalists france french french rap hip-hop paris parisienne rap rap francais rappeuse	parisienne # 25 rap francais # 56 rappeuse # 88
58		2011	Doria	Pas le choix	female vocalists france french french rap hip-hop paris parisienne rap rap francais rappeuse	parisienne # 26 rap francais # 57 rappeuse # 89
56		2011-01-31	Mokless	Le poids des mots	french rap hip-hop rap
21		2012-06-18	Rocca	Le Calme Sous La Pluie	french rap rap
28		2013	Théodore	TOCTOC	france french rap rap
39		2014-06-21	Asocial Club	Toute Entrée est définitive	french french rap hardcore rap hip-hop rap underground hip-hop
70		2015	Bigflo Oli	La cour des grands	french rap
11		2015-03-30	Lautrec	La cruauté tranquille du quotidien suffit	french rap hip-hop rap
2		2016-01	Doria	Calcul	female vocalists france french french rap hip-hop paris parisienne rap rap francais rappeuse	rap francais # 25 rappeuse # 72
5		2016-01	Doria	96	female vocalists france french french rap hip-hop paris parisienne rap rap francais rappeuse	rap francais # 27 rappeuse # 74
13		2016-01	Doria	On prend tout	female vocalists france french french rap hip-hop paris parisienne rap rap francais rappeuse	rap francais # 34 rappeuse # 75
14		2016-01	Doria	DGT	female vocalists france french french rap hip-hop paris parisienne rap rap francais rappeuse	rap francais # 35 rappeuse # 76
20		2016-01	Doria	Booska Do	female vocalists france french french rap hip-hop paris parisienne rap rap francais rappeuse	rap francais # 40 rappeuse # 79
49		2016-01	Doria	VRRR	female vocalists france french french rap hip-hop paris parisienne rap rap francais rappeuse	parisienne # 12 rap francais # 51 rappeuse # 86
73		2016-01	Doria	MDP	female vocalists france french french rap hip-hop paris parisienne rap rap francais rappeuse	paris # 22 parisienne # 52 rap francais # 72 rappeuse # 96
100		2016-09-16	PNL	Dans La Légende	french french rap	french # 69
94		2016-12-02	Shay	Jolie garce	french rap rap
26		2017	Sianna	Diamant noir	french rap rap
8		2017-06-16	Fonky Family	Si Dieu Veut (Inch Allah)	french rap
95		2018-01-19	Swing	Marabout	french rap hip-hop rap
91		2018-01-26	Sofiane	Affranchis	french rap rap
92		2018-07-06	Dosseh	VIDALO$$A	french rap rap
93		2019-06-06	Nekfeu	Les étoiles vagabondes	france french rap hip-hop paris rap urbain	france # 42 paris # 88 urbain # 98
74		2019-09-19	Suprême NTM	1993... J'appuie sur la gachette	french rap
9		2019-10-11	Arm	Psaumes	french rap hip-hop rap
98		2019-11-29	Dinos	Taciturne	french rap
25		2020-01-31	Edgar Sekloka	Ici / Là-bas	french rap hip-hop rap
81		2020-10-23	Yassine Stein	HAYAT	french rap hip-hop rap rap francais underground rap	rap francais # 88 underground rap # 99
12		2021	DINOR RDT	Octogone	french rap rap francais	rap francais # 32
96		2021-01-29	Lala &ce	Everything Tasteful	french rap trap
86		2022-06-17	kaky	Room 404	french rap
7		2023-04-14	47ter	La Corrida - Souvenirs d'été	france french french rap hip-hop rap rap francais	rap francais # 30
16		2024	Leys	Bad Gyal	female vocalists france french french indie french rap hip-hop rap rap francais rappeuse urbain	rap francais # 37 urbain # 40 rappeuse # 77
54		2024	Leys	Codes	female vocalists france french french indie french rap hip-hop rap rap francais rappeuse urbain	rap francais # 55 urbain # 70 rappeuse # 87
29		2024	Arsenik	Quelques Gouttes Suffisent...	french rap
6			Saï-saiz	vieilles tracks en vrac (1995 - 2003	french rap hip-hop rap rap francais underground hip-hop	rap francais # 29
22			SOUMEYA	Résilience	female vocalists france french french indie french rap rap rap francais urbain	rap francais # 42 urbain # 44
41			Vannye	DIGITAL	female vocalists france french french indie french rap indie pop pop rap rappeuse rnb urbain	urbain # 58 rappeuse # 84
60			Uzi Freyja	Stand	electro female vocalists france french french indie french rap hip-hop paris rap rap francais rappeuse	french indie # 13 rap francais # 59 rappeuse # 91
67			Kery James/Salif Keita	Si C'était à Refaire	rap francais french rap rap hip-hop	rap francais # 69
48			Donut's GANG	À coeur ouvert	french french rap rap

Related genres

• rap
• rap francais
• french
• female vocalists
• hip-hop
• france
• urbain
• rappeuse
• french indie
• paris