Keny Arkana ( French pronunciation: [keni aʁkana] ; born 20 December 1982 in Boulogne-Billancourt , Paris ) is an Argentine – French rapper who is active in the alter-globalization and civil disobedience movements. In 2004 she founded a collective music called The Rage of the People ( fr ) , in the neighborhood of Noailles in Marseille .
Biography
Arkana was born on 20 December 1982 to an Argentine family in Boulogne-Billancourt , France , and raised in Marseille . Arkana began writing songs at the age of 12, and began rappelling publicly over two years later.
She later founded a hip hop music group called Mars Patrie, followed by another called Staff. His status in the French hip hop circles of Marseille rose, and in 2003 General Staff released their debut mixtape .
Arkana released her first solo EP , The missile is launched (“The rocket is launched”) in 2004. She released her first album, Between cement and stars, in October 2006. Her first single, Rabies (2006), comments on the 2005 civil unrest in France .
Keny Arkana also launched a series of local social fora through the association Call to the voiceless . [2]
Her later studio albums include The Sketch 2 (May 2011) and Everything revolves around the sun (December 2012).
Discography
Albums
Solo
| year | Album | Peak positions | certifications | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEL Wa |
FRA [3] |
SWI | |||
| 2005 | Sketching | – | 102 | – | |
| 2006 | Between cement and beautiful star | 88 | 18 | 95 | |
| 2008 | Disobedience | – | 14 | 50 | |
| 2011 | The Sketch Vol. 2 | 32 | 11 | 69 | |
| 2012 | everything turns around the sun | 72 | 20 | 61 | |
| 2016 | Emergency state | – | 99 [4] |
– | |
| 2017 | The sketch 3 | 47 | 10 [5] |
42 | |
EPs
As Staff
- 2003: Volume 1 (EP)
Solo
- 2004: The missile is launched (EP)
- 2006: Rabies (EP)
- 2009: State of emergency (EP)
Notes
- Jump up^ [1]
- Jump up^ callonlessvoice.org
- Jump up^ LesCharts.com: Keny Arkana page
- Jump up^ http://www.snepmusic.com/tops-weekly/top-albums-fusionnes/
- Jump up^ “The Top of the Week: Top Albums – SNEP (Week 23, 2017)” (in French). National Union of the Phonographic Edition . Retrieved 13 June 2017 .