Keny Arkana performing in 2007 in Rennes

Keny Arkana is a female French rap artist. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Rapping (also known as emceeing, MCing, spitting, or just rhyming) is the Rhythmic spoken delivery of Rhymes wordplay and She is active in the alter-globalization movement with "La Rage Du Peuple", a music collective created in 2004 in the neighborhood of Noailles in Marseilles. Alter-globalisation (or Alter-mondialization from the French altermondialisme) is the name of a Social movement whose political line is close to Anti-globalization Musical collective is a phrase used in reference to a leaderless entity that is predisposed to performing music that may be considered experimental. Marseille, ( English alt Marseilles mɑrˈseɪ — French: maʁsɛj locally — Provençal Occitan: Marselha maʀˈsijɔ

Biography

Born in Marseilles in December 1982 of Argentine heritage, Arkana began rapping in 1996. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. She formed the collectives Mars Patrie and later Etat-Major, gaining performance experience in the Marseilles underground scene, culminating in the 2003 release of Etat Major's first mixtape. A mixtape or mixed tape is a compilation of Songs recorded in a specific order traditionally onto a Compact audio cassette.

After several solo appearances on various projects, Arkana released her first EP Le missile est lancé (The rocket is launched) in 2004. Her first album Entre ciment et belle étoile (Between concrete and stars)^[1] was released in October 2006. Her first single, La rage, released in 2006, pointedly references the 2005 civil unrest in France. The 2005 civil unrest in France of October and November was a series of Riots and violent clashes involving mainly the burning

Keny Arkana also launched a series of local social fora through the association Appel aux sans voix (Appeal to voiceless people)^[2].

"Désobéissance" is her last Street album (It is released in 2008)

Etat-Major Discography

• 2003 : Volume 1 (EP)

Solo Discography

• 2004 : Le missile est lancé (EP)
• 2005 : L'esquisse
• 2006 : La rage (EP)
• 2006 : Entre ciment et belle étoile (Album)
• 2008 : Désobéissance (EP)

Notes

Links

• Official site of Keny Arkana
• La Rage du Peuple
• La Rage (sound file)