Keny Arkana

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Argentine-French rapper

French hip hop
political hip hop

Years active1996–presentWebsitewww.keny-arkana.com

Musical artist

Victoire Monnier^[2] (born December 20, 1982, in Boulogne-Billancourt), professionally known by her stage name Keny Arkana, 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 [fr], in the neighborhood of Noailles, 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 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").^[3]

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

Discography

Albums

Solo

Year	Album	Peak positions			Certifications
Year	Album	BEL Wa	FRA ^[4]	SWI	Certifications
2005	L'Esquisse	—	102	—
2006	Entre ciment et belle étoile	88	18	95	SNEP: Platinum^[5]
2008	Désobéissance	—	14	50	SNEP: Gold^[5]
2011	L'Esquisse Vol. 2	32	11	69
2012	Tout tourne autour du soleil	72	20	61	SNEP: Gold^[5]
2016	État d'urgence	—	99 ^[6]	—
2017	L'esquisse 3	47	10 ^[7]	42
2021	Avant l'exode	—	—	—

EPs

As Etat-Major

2003: Volume 1 (EP)

Solo

2004: Le missile est lancé (EP)
2006: La rage (EP)
2016: Etat d'urgence (EP)

Notes

^ "Prod-By: Crédits des Albums de Rap Français: Keny Arkana - Entre Ciment et Belle Etoile". 28 February 2008.
^ "Tribunal de grande instance de Paris, 25 juin 2009, 09/01817, Keny ARKANA vs Front National". Archived from the original on 2023-01-09. Retrieved 2024-05-15.
^ "appelauxsansvoix.org". Archived from the original on 2009-08-01. Retrieved 2012-12-27.
^ LesCharts.com: Keny Arkana page
^ ^a ^b ^c "SNEP – National Union of Phonographic Edition". Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
^ "TOP Albums fusionnés GFK / Mai 2013". 10 June 2013.
^ "Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums – SNEP (Week 23, 2017)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 13 June 2017.^{[permanent dead link]}