Fonky Family () or La Fonky Family (often shortened to La Fonky, or La FF), is a
French hip hop
French hip hop is the hip hop music style developed in French-speaking countries. France is the second largest hip-hop market in the world after the United States.
History
Beginning of French hip hop: the 70s and 80s
By 1982 and 1983, a numbe ...
band from
Marseille
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, consisting of four
rappers
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, Le Rat Luciano, , and
Sat
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,
producer ,
DJ Djel,
dancer
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Blaze, singer
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However Karima in Africa among the agik ...
,
Flex
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(fetus)
Nandell, and
manager
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Fafa
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* Fafá de Belém (born 1956), Brazilian singer
* (born 1968), French DJ
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.
Fonky Family made their first appearance on the French hip hop scene in 1994, after
IAM
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had paved the way for new hip hop artists originating from Marseille. In 1995, they appeared in the song titled "Les Bad Boys de Marseille" on ', the first solo album by IAM's
Akhenaton
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. Their first album, ', came out in 1997 and soon received a gold album. Karima left the group before the release of the album.
In 1998, the group were invited to collaborate with Akhenaton on the soundtrack of
Luc Besson
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's film ''
Taxi
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''. The film became a huge success and its soundtrack topped the French charts. After numerous collaborations with different members of IAM on their solo albums, the group released one EP record with six live and edited titles, titled ''Hors série volume 1'', in spring 1999. ''Hors série volume 2'' was released in 2000.
Their second album, ''
Art de rue'', came out in 2001. After that, many members of the group chose to pursue solo careers: Le Rat Luciano had already released a solo album in 2000, and Sat and Don Choa followed in 2001 and 2002 respectively. DJ Djel produced two compilations in 2001 and 2003.
In January 2006, Fonky Family released their third album ' (Jive/Sony BMG), which debuted on the French charts straight at number one.
Fonky Family have a global music publishing deal with
BMG Music Publishing
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.
Fonky Family's track "La Furie et la Foi" was used as the soundtrack for French skateboarder J. B. Gillet's part in the film ''Rodney Vs Daewon Round II''.
Lead members
Le Rat Luciano
Le Rat Luciano (; real name Christophe Carmona ; born 9 April 1976) is a
French rapper
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from
Marseille
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. His father is of
Spanish
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origin and his mother comes from
Martinique
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. He got noticed as a rapper in 1994 when he was part of the group Fonky Family.
Sat l'Artificier
Sat l'Articier or just Sat born Karim Haddouche in
Marseille
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on September 16, 1975 in Marseille, France), is a French rapper of Algerian origin and is a member of the group Fonky Family. Born to an
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n father and
French mother of
Corsican descent, Sat discovered rap at an early age. In 1993, along with his neighborhood friends
Le Rat Luciano
Fonky Family () or La Fonky Family (often shortened to La Fonky, or La FF), is a French hip hop band from Marseille, consisting of four rappers, Le Rat Luciano, , and Sat, producer , DJ Djel, dancer Blaze, singer Karima, Flex (fetus) Nand ...
,
Don Choa
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and
Menzo, they created the group Fonky Family. After meeting with
IAM
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* Identity and access management, a concept that combines business processes, policies and technologies
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's
Akhenaton (rapper)
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they started working on their first album. Since then, the group has released 4 albums and are considered one of the biggest rap groups in
France
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.
Discography
Albums
Live albums
EPs
Others
*2001: ''Si Dieu veut / Art de rue'' (Peak FR: #89)
*2002: ''Art de rue / Hors Serie Vol. 2'' (Peak FR: #135)
Singles
References
External links
Fonky Family– Official site
Fonky Familyat MCM.net
Fonky Family Biographyat Radio France International
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French hip hop groups
Musical groups from Marseille
Rappers from Bouches-du-Rhône