Nekfeu

Ken Samaras (, ; born 3 April 1990), better known by his stage name Nekfeu , is a French rapper, actor and record producer.

He is also a member of the crew L'entourage and the bands $-Crew and 1995. He started his career as a member of $-Crew, with childhood friends Framal, Mekra, 2zer Washington and DJ Elite. He joined 1995 in 2007, participating in open mic duels around Paris.

Released in 2015, his first solo album, Feu, received extensive media coverage; for this album, he won the 2016 Victoire de l'album de musiques urbaines. His second album, Cyborg, was released in 2016, and his third, Les Étoiles vagabondes, in 2019.

Over the course of his career, he has sold over 2 million albums, and holds two diamond discs and a double diamond disc.

Early life and career Samaras was born in La Trinité, a commune within the Nice metropolitan area, to a father of Greek descent and a mother of Scottish descent. At the age of 11, he and his family moved to the 15th arrondissement of Paris.

After two extended plays with 1995 (La Source in 2011 and La Suite in 2012), as well as the studio album Paris Sud Minute in 2013, Nekfeu released his debut studio album Feu on 8 June 2015, for which he won Best Urban Music Album at the Victoires de la musique in February 2016, as well as Destins Liés with $-Crew in June 2016. In 2015, he also wrote and performed a song for the French version of the film Creed. In 2016, he released his second album entitled Cyborg.

In 2017, he made his acting debut in the film Tout nous sépare, opposite Catherine Deneuve.

In 2019, he released his third album “les étoiles vagabondes”. The album premiered in cinemas, as a movie accompanied the album. The movie premiered 2h before the album was made available on streaming platforms. The album was extremely well received. It Included a song featuring mainstream Belgian rapper Damso (Tricheur), and many other songs entered the top 20 in the French charts.

Personal life Nekfeu is a fan of Paris Saint-Germain, based in the city where he grew up, and his hometown club OGC Nice.

Feu Release date: 8 June 2015 Record label: Seine Zoo / Polydor

FRA: 500.000

SNEP: Diamond BEA: Gold 2016 Cyborg Release date: 2 December 2016 Record label: Seine Zoo

SNEP: Diamond

FRA: 1.000.000

SNEP: 2× Diamond

Featured in

(featuring Framal and Doums) 51 — — "Oui et non" 56 — — "Rouge à lèvres" (featuring BJ the Chicago Kid) 58 — — "Chanson d'amour" 59 — — "De mes cendres" 64 — — "Jeux vidéo et débats" 66 — — "Dernier soupir" 74 — — "Nouvel homme" 76 — — "Interlude Fifty" 80 — — "A la base" 83 — —

Filmography Film 2017 : Tout nous sépare, directed by Thierry Klifa 2019 : L'Échappée, directed by Mathias Pardo

Television 2015 : Casting(s) (Television series, one episode : guest appearance as himself) 2019 : My Hero Academia (Dubbing the character All for One in the French version)