
Akhenaton
Actor · b. 1968 · Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Philippe Fragione was born on September 17, 1968 in the 13th arrondissement of Marseille. Coming from a family of Italian immigrants from Naples, young Philippe and his brother Fabien live in the suburbs of Marseille with their mother, an EDF employee. After a stay with his father's family living in New York in 1982, Philippe discovered rap. From that day on, his outlook on life changed completely. He will abandon his studies in the first year of DEUG in biology. His first recording appearance is on the title This Is The B Side, B side of the vinyl Let's Make Some Noise by Choice MC's recorded in Brooklyn in 1988, making it the first Franco-American rap featuring. Back in Marseille, his meetings with Shurik'n, Kheops and Imothep led to the creation of the group. IAM, and in 1989 they released the self-produced cassette "Concept". In 1991, the first studio album of the group De La Planète Mars was released, the success was such that many would affirm that the IAM group was 5 years ahead of the competition. Akhenaton converted to Islam in 1993, shortly before his marriage to Aïcha, thus becoming Abdel Hakim. In 1993, IAM's second studio album "Ombre Est Lumière" was released. With the success of the title "Je danse le Mia" (1993), the group expanded its audience beyond French rap. Akhenaton released his first solo album, in October 1995, "Métèque Et Mat", a personal work, where he confirmed his status as the best French rapper, which sold 300,000 copies. Akhenaton invests himself in production, sets up a label Côté Obscur and a publishing house, La Cosca. He wrote with Kheops the soundtrack, in 1998, for the film “Taxi” produced by Luc Besson. In February 99, they received the Victoire de la Musique for best original soundtrack. At the end of the 90s, he co-signed with Kamel Saleh the feature-length fiction film “Comme Un Aimant”. Akhenaton composes the soundtrack with Bruno Coulais. In 2001, Akhenaton returned solo with "Sol Invictus", which sold more than 175,000 copies. In November 2002, he released a "Black Album" made up of pieces composed during the recording of the previous album, but not retained, and of titles intended for soundtracks. In 2003, IAM released "Revoir Un Printemps". At the end of 2005, Akhenaton released "Double Chill Burger", a compilation of his solo tracks with 8 unreleased tracks. In 2006, he released the solo “Soldats De Fortune”. IAM's album, "Season 5" was released in 2007. The group celebrated their 20 years of existence with a concert at the foot of the pyramids of Giza, Egypt, in March 2008. In 2011, Akhenaton and Faf Larage released the album "We Luv New York". Akhenaton published his fifth solo opus, "Je Suis En Vie", in the fall of 2014, which received the Victory for urban music album of the year 2015. Also in 2015, Akhenaton provided artistic direction, at the Institut du Monde Arabe, from the exhibition “Hip hop, From the Bronx to the Arab Streets”. With IAM they released the albums “Rêvolution” in 2017 and “Yasuké” in 2019, accompanied by concerts. In 2020 he composed "Asteroid", an album of seventeen tracks which he put online on YouTube on June 8, 2020. In October 2020, Akhenaton and Shurik'n appear on the album "13'Organisé" initiated by Jul, with the title "I am Marseille".
Movies9
Movie7.5DocumentaryHistoryA portrait of French filmmaker Michel Gondry, creator, for three decades, of an imperfect, astonishing, fascinating, damaged and poetic work.
Michel Gondry: Do It Yourself
2023 · 9 votes
Movie6.7Documentary"Opération dragon", la révolution Bruce Lee
2026 · 3 votes
Movie6.3DocumentaryHistoryIn the 1960s, the suburbs were meant to be modern havens for newcomers from rural France, Portugal, Spain, North Africa, and Africa, helping rebuild post-war France. Large housing complexes symbolized this ideal, offering comfort, heating, and electricity. But by the 1980s, disillusionment set in as economic crisis, unemployment, poverty, crime, racism, and police violence took hold. Mohamed Bouhafsi tells the story of a dream that didn’t last.
La banlieue, c’est le paradis
2025 · 3 votes
Movie7.5DocumentaryFrench soccer fans, celebrities and athletes retrace the exhilarating events of July 12, 1998, as France earned a historic win in the World Cup final.
Movie8.8DocumentaryHistoryThe heroine of this film is immortal. She is over 2600 years old. This is the self-portrait of the oldest city in France. A city whose landscapes bear the scars of a destiny that has spared it no trials. Gateway to the Orient, crossroads of trade and immigration, Marseille is a mosaic with 111 districts and 200 nationalities. Rebellious, chaotic, in turn desired, torn apart, transformed, it is reborn each time from its ashes. Marseille tells us more about the history of France and sheds light on what France is today.
Il était une fois Marseille
2022 · 2 votes
Movie6.9MusicDramaConte de la frustration
2010 · 5 votes
Movie5.4CrimeDramaThe story of a group of friends, all around 30, who live in the Le Panier district of Marseille, France. It's not a bad life, made up of slightly shady dealings, nights out, sun and just hanging out. But the neighborhood is an inescapable presence. Over a period of a few summer days, their carefree lives will plunge into a predictable tragedy.
MovieDocumentaryMusicA chronological and thematic history of French rap, told through a list of 11 short films, emblematic titles from 1990 to the present day. Each episode ends with an original cover by an emerging French artist or rapper.
French Game
2019
Movie8.0DocumentaryMusicA documentary at the heart of French rap in 2002: its beginnings, its history, its influences. Featuring interviews, freestyles, and previously unseen live performances from French rap artists. Dance, graffiti, and DJing are explored with most of the pioneers of the movement, such as Squat, Dee Nasty, Crazy B, Lionel D, Kool Shen, DJ Mehdi… as well as Mode2 and Jon One for graffiti. The 1 hour and 20 minutes alternate between footage of concerts and artists in the studio, like DJ Pone, with commentary primarily from rappers but also from other key figures. A remarkable retrospective and work beginning with archival photos from New York.
Rap Attack
2002 · 1 votes
Series8
TV5.8NewsTélématin is a French breakfast television news show, broadcast on France 2 since January 7, 1985. It is broadcast in Metropolitan France weekdays from 6:30 to 9:00 am CET. TV5 broadcast the show in Canada in its entirety until September 2011: it now shows a 90 minute version between 6:30 and 8:00 am Eastern Time, when the French original version is now 2h30 long. Télématin is hosted by William Leymergie. The show is daily seen by around 40% of the French morning audience, a very high percentage for French TV. In Metropolitan France, the newscasts are presented at 7:00, 7:30 and 8:00, with newsflashes at 6:30 and 8:50, and two press reviews at 7:20 and 8:30. The 6:30, 7:30 and 8:50 newscasts are usually presented by a female reader and the hourly newscasts by a male. The usual readers are Nathanaël de Rinquesen, Sophie Le Saint, Julien Benedetto, Sophie Gastrain, Patrice Romedenne and Frédéric Vion.
Télématin
1985 · 2 votes
TV3.3Victoires de la musique
1985 · 3 votes
TV3.7RealityTalk ShowSalut les Terriens! is a French talk show hosted by Thierry Ardisson, launched on Canal+ on November 4, 2006, and then moved to C8 on September 10, 2016. The show subsequently changed its name and format in 2018 to become Les Terriens du Samedi! (The Earthlings of Saturday!). Initially conceived as a humorous take on current events with several guests and various games and segments, it later evolved into a more structured format with panel discussions and regular segments. In 2018, Thierry Ardisson sought to revamp the concept, believing the previous version had run its course, hence the transition to Les Terriens du samedi! with a new set and new segments, and a 360-degree turn in the ideology of the guests.
Salut les Terriens !
2006 · 5 votes
TV1.5Talk ShowNewsOn est en direct is the place where we talk about news and culture, where we host singers, actors, writers, and where surprises, and humor are par for the course! It's freedom of speech, with guests coming to speak on the news for debates without filter. It's also an opportunity to discover new talents ...
TVTalk Show
TV2.0DocumentaryDramaThe documentary series tells of the journey made by Saïd M’Roumbaba (aka Soprano), son of Comorian immigrants born in Marseille’s Northern neighborhoods and now one of France’s most popular artists. It reveals a key element of this success: a friendship “for life” with the three other craftsmen of this saga: Mateo, Mej and Djamali.
TV6.7ComedySamedi soir en direct
2003 · 3 votes
TV10.0DocumentaryConcrete Feeling tells the story of French hip-hop. It’s about rap as social comment and how French hip-hop climbed the charts to become the most popular music in France.