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Keny Arkana
Argentine-French rapper and activist

Keny Arkana

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Argentine-French rapper and activist
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Place of birth
Boulogne-Billancourt
Age
42 years
Keny Arkana
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Keny Arkana (French pronunciation: ​[keni aʁkaˈna]; 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 music collective called La Rage du peuple, in the neighborhood of Noailles in Marseille.

Biography

Kenny Arkana at Rennes

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 rapping publicly about two years later.

She later founded a hip hop music group called Mars Patrie, followed by another called Etat-Major. Her status in the French hip hop circles of Marseille rose, and in 2003 Etat-Major released their debut mixtape.

Arkana released her first solo EP, Le missile est lancé ("The rocket is launched") in 2004. She released her first album, Entre ciment et belle étoile ("Between concrete and stars"), in October 2006. Her first single, La rage (2006), comments on 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").

Her later studio albums include L'Esquisse 2 (May 2011) and Tout tourne autour du soleil (December 2012).

Discography

Albums

Solo
YearAlbumPeak positionsCertifications
BEL
Wa

FRA
SWI
2005L'Esquisse102
2006Entre ciment et belle étoile881895
2008Désobéissance1450
2011L'Esquisse Vol. 2321169
2012Tout tourne autour du soleil722061
2016État d'urgence99

EPs

As Etat-Major
  • 2003: Volume 1 (EP)
Solo
  • 2004: Le missile est lancé (EP)
  • 2006: La rage (EP)
  • 2016: Etat d'urgence (EP)

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