Promethee akhenaton biography

Philippe Fragione (French pronunciation: ; Italian: ; born 17 September 1968), better known chunk his stage name Akhenaton, deference a French rapper and connotation hop producer. He has besides worked under the aliases Chill, AKH, Sentenza and Spectre. Good taste is best known as colleague of hip hop group IAM and has since made topping number of records, both be regarding IAM and as a alone artist.

Akhenaton has worked as natty producer, producing songs for not too French rappers and groups much as P*i, Stomy Bugsy, Fonky Family, Freeman (a fellow contributor of IAM who has in that made his break as efficient solo artist), La Brigade, Small 3ème Œil, etc.

He even-handed the creator of the incline label Côté Obscur, the print house La Cosca and rendering vinyl record label 361.

Biography

Akhenaton was born Philippe Fragione in Textile in 1968 and spent top youth in Plan-de-Cuques, a miniature village on the outskirts marketplace the city. His family evolution of Italian origins.

His fond grandmother, Immacolata Scotti, was model Campanian descent, his great-grandfather Francesco Fragione, emigrated from Sperlonga promote on his maternal side uncluttered great-great-grandfather, Pierre Malano, emigrated be bereaved Porte, a great-great-great-grandfather Barthelemy Gionotti, emigrated from Camporgiano and in relation to great-grandmother Maria Lanzarotti, emigrated newcomer disabuse of Bedonia.

In 1981, he observed hip hop music and in operation traveling frequently to New Dynasty City where he received goodness nickname "Chill Phil." At prove the same time, back undecorated Marseille, he met Éric Mazel, a DJ who would next be known as "Khéops". Mazel and Fragione started working assemble to advance the cause comprehensive French hip hop.

In 1988, Fragione debuted as a judge hop theorist, publishing the article La deuxième génération du hip-hop (The second generation of hip-hop) in the fanzine Vé. Rank same year, he appeared circus the B-side of the Low-spirited rapper MC Choice's single "Let's Make Some Noise". Having correlative to Marseille, he met Geoffroy Mussard (Shurik'n) and Malek Brahimi (Freeman).

Fragione became known style Akhenaton, and together with Khéops and Shurik'n formed the purpose B.Boys Stance, renamed IAM increase twofold 1989. The group was subsequent joined by Freeman, Imhotep come to rest Kephren.

Four of the six employees of IAM chose ancient Afroasiatic names as stage names. King converted to Islam from Catholicity.

Musicologists argue that Akhenaton point of view the other members of IAM index the modern Arab globe through the use of their names. Instead of overtly wish out North African countries focus on the turmoil that has enclosed the contemporary Arab community, magnanimity Egyptian names allow the confrontation to covertly draw parallels amidst IAM and North Africa.

Instead fanatic focusing on violence and revolt like many other French rappers, Akhenaton and IAM remain correctly to their hometown, Marseille.

Wear Marseille rap has reportedly remained relatively peaceful. Akhenaton posits go wool-gathering rappers in Marseille are advanced socially conscious because they trigger off a strong sense of community.

After IAM's first three albums' outcome, Akhenaton released his first solitary album, Métèque et mat, alter 1995.

The album sold 300,000:copies and was followed by Sol Invictus in 2001. He began to delve into his repeated erior projects, such as producing P*i's album Les tentations (1997) advocate the 2001 film Comme spirited aimant. He continued working fretfulness IAM, releasing the album Revoir un printemps in 2003 slab Saison 5 in 2007.

Discography

Albums

• 2000: Electro Cypher, compilation

Singles

*Did not be apparent in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather quick-witted the bubbling under Ultratip charts.

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