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France has slowly developed into the next biggest hip-hop capital after the United States of America, but unknown to many, there exists two notable difference in style: Northern and Southern French Hip-Hop.

The geographical location is what primarily sets apart these two styles, with major cities such as Paris comprising the Northern Hip-Hop group while other cities such as Marseilles are what make up the Southern style of French Hip-Hop. However, we can easily tell one from group from the other [...]

France has slowly developed into the next biggest hip-hop capital after the United States of America, but unknown to many, there exists two notable difference in style: Northern and Southern French Hip-Hop.

The geographical location is what primarily sets apart these two styles, with major cities such as Paris comprising the Northern Hip-Hop group while other cities such as Marseilles are what make up the Southern style of French Hip-Hop. However, we can easily tell one from group from the other without necessarily having to look into their geographical [...]

France is not a nation you associate with Hip Hop. You are more than likely to associate many other things with French culture and the French people. Food, wine, and cheese probably rate highly on the list. Most of Europe would not rate high on the list, but there is an active urban hip hop scene in European. Many of the hottest European Hip Hop artists have come from the French town of Marseilles.

The names will not be recognized by many Americans of course, but that does [...]

Today’s Best Hip-Hop Artists from France

France is actually the second largest market for hip-hop in the world after the United States. Although the scene mirrors the American scene quite a bit, it is arguably more message-based than the US scene. The French scene also has many of the same categories.

Sexion D’Assaut is a regular chart-topping group and they’ve just released a new album called “En attendant L’Apogee, Les Chroniques du 75 Volume 2″.

Youssoupha was born in the Congo and has a literature degree. He is widely known for his criticisms against [...]