Song of the day: Keny Arkana-La Rage Du Peuple

Keny Arkana is an Argentine-French rapper who is active in the alter-globalization and civil disobedience movements. She began writing songs at the age of 12 and began rapping publicly about two years later. She later founded a hip hop music group called Mars Patrie, followed by another called Etat-Major. In 2004, Arkana released her first solo EP “Le missile est lancé (The rocket is launched)”. In October 2006, she released her first album, “Entre ciment et belle étoile (Between concrete and stars)”. Her first single, La rage (2006), comments on the 2005 civil unrest in France. She also launched a series of local social fora through the association Appel aux sans voix (Call to the voiceless). In May 2011, she released her album L'Esquisse 2 and “Tout tourne autour du soleil (Everything turns around the sun) in December 2012.