Keny Arkana
Keny Arkana (born 1982 in Boulogne-Billancourt, France) is a French rap artist. 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.
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[edit] Biography
Raised in Marseilles of Argentine heritage, Arkana began rapping in 1996, with her first texts at the age of 12. 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.
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.
Keny Arkana also launched a series of local social fora through the association Appel aux sans voix (Call to the voiceless).[2]
"L'Esquisse 2" is her latest album, released in May 2011.
[edit] Etat-Major Discography
- 2003 : Volume 1 (EP)
[edit] Solo discography
- 2004 : Le missile est lancé (EP)
- 2005 : L'Esquisse
- 2006 : La rage (EP)
- 2006 : Entre ciment et belle étoile (October 16)
- 2008 : Désobéissance (EP) (April 7)
- 2011 : L'Esquisse 2 (May 23)
- 2012 : Tout Tourne Autour Du Soleil (2012)
[edit] Notes
- ^ Coucher à la belle étoile means "to sleep out" in French
- ^ http://www.appelauxsansvoix.org
