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Favorite thing: I have really taken a liking to french Hip Hip it has a brutal honesty about it and sings about the experience of the marginalised in France. Most French hip hop artists come from poor suburbs of Paris, Strasbourg, Toulouse or Marseille.
Hip hop first appeared in France in the early 1980s, just as the genre was achieving some success in the US. Paname City Rappin (1984, by Dee Nasty) was the first album released, and the first major star was MC Solaar with his first hit "Qui sème le vent récolte le tempo".

If you have an opportunity listen to a group called IAM from Marseille www.iam-style.com . Massilia sound System are also pretty cool.