Over the steady beat of the cymbals, rap duo Lunatic find their pace and announce themselves on their debut track "Le Crime Paie": "Wesh, wesh, écoute fils." That was in 1996. Nearly three decades ...

Several years ago I was trying to recommend some French rappers to a Brit, only to be told that they weren’t interested because they couldn’t speak the language. The argument was that, since lyrics ...