Latest Release

- SEP 11, 2023
- Warrior Tour (Live Studio)
- 24 Songs
- L'école du micro d'argent · 1997
- L'école du micro d'argent · 1997
- L'école du micro d'argent · 1997
- Platinum · 1993
- L'école du micro d'argent · 1997
- L'école du micro d'argent · 1997
- L'école du micro d'argent · 1997
- Addicted To You · 2020
- L'école du micro d'argent · 1997
- L'école du micro d'argent · 1997
Essential Albums
- 2021
- 2019
- 2017
- 2013
- 2013
- 2007
2017
2017
2012
2009
2009
Artist Playlists
- These veterans helped found the French rap scene.
- The French rappers dabble in ‘90s cool and 3D animation.
- Uncovering gold rhymes and priceless beats from the mystical hip-hop legends.
- 2021
- 2019
- 2017
- 2017
- 2017
- 2017
Compilations
- 2009
- 2005
More To Hear
- Les 25 ans de L’école du micro d’argent
About IAM
For more than 30 years, the pioneering French hip-hop collective IAM has made politically charged, globally minded music. The group has worked with the likes of Wu-Tang Clan, Redman, and Beyoncé. • The collective formed in the port city of Marseille in 1988. With 1991’s De la Planete Mars, IAM became the country’s first hip-hop group to release an album. • The lineup included Philippe “Akhenaton” Fragione, Geoffroy “Shurik’n” Mussard, Éric “Khéops” Mazel, Pascal “Imhotep” Perez, François “Kephren” Mendy, and Malek “Freeman” Brahimi. • Their 1993 single “Je Danse le Mia,” which samples George Benson’s hit “Give Me the Night,” reached No. 1 on the French charts. Future Oscar winner Michel Gondry directed the music video. • IAM’s 1997’s single “Petit Frere” samples the Wu-Tang Clan’s “C.R.E.A.M.” Wu producer RZA later recruited IAM for the 2003 compilation The World According to RZA. • As with Wu-Tang, IAM juggled group projects with frequent solo releases, especially by Akhenaton and Freeman. • For 2003’s Revoir un printemps, IAM recruited Beyoncé for “Bienvenue” and Redman and Method Man for “Noble Art.” The album topped the charts in France and Belgium. • In the early 2010s, IAM signed with a division of legendary label Def Jam. The 2013 album Arts Martiens topped the French charts.
- HOMETOWN
- Marseilles, France
- FORMED
- 1989