Joy France shocked battle rap fans by facing a younger U.S. rapper at 70, proving age was no barrier to bars, respect and hip-hop culture.

France has long been the largest market for rap outside of the US but it has been noticeably absent from the country's mainstream awards. The first awards ceremony in France for rap, R&B and Afrobeats ...

Francois Hollande is to hire gangsta rap expert, Pierre Evil aka Pierre-Yves Bocquet as his new speech writer. Reuters/Amazon Facing the lowest approval rates for a president in modern French history, ...