- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- September 17, 1968
- Place of Birth
- Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Akhenaton
Philippe Fragione was born on September 17, 1968 in the 13th arrondissement of Marseille. Coming from a family of Italian immigrants from Naples, young Philippe and his brother Fabien live in the suburbs of Marseille with their mother, an EDF employee. After a stay with his father's family living in New York in 1982, Philippe discovered rap. From that day on, his outlook on life changed completely. He will abandon his studies in the first year of DEUG in biology. His first recording appearance is on the title This Is The B Side, B side of the vinyl Let's Make Some Noise by Choice MC's recorded in Brooklyn in 1988, making it the first Franco-American rap featuring. Back in Marseille, his meetings with Shurik'n, Kheops and Imothep led to the creation of the group. IAM, and in 1989 they released the self-produced cassette "Concept". In 1991, the first studio album of the group De La Planète…
Filmography
movie"Opération dragon", la révolution Bruce Lee
2026 · Intervenant
movieLamomali avec -M- aux Francofolies de La Rochelle
2025 · Self
movieLa banlieue, c’est le paradis
2025 · Self - Guest
movieÀ jamais les premiers
2023 · Self
movieMichel Gondry: Do It Yourself
2023 · Self - Singer
tvSoprano: Sing or Die
2022 · Self
movieIAM - Warrior Tour 2021 - Live à l'Olympia
2022 · Self
movieIl était une fois Marseille
2022 · Self
movieIAM est de retour Dans le Club
2022 · Self
movieIAM à l'Olympia
2021 · Self
movieD'IAM à Jul, Marseille capitale du rap
2020 · Self
tvWe're Live
2020 · Self - Musical Guest
movieHip hop live : L'anthologie
2020 · Self
movieIAM Symphonic - Basique, le concert
2019 · Self
movieFrench Game
2019 · Self
tvConcrete Feeling
2019 · Self
movieSoprano : le documentaire événement
2018 · Self
movieOmar Sy, c'est ta chance
2018 · Self
tvBasique, le concert
2018 · Self
movieThe Perfect Day
2018 · Self
movieIAM Concert Alcaline
2017 · Self
movieSymphonic Hip Hop
2016 · Self
movieIAM Concert Arte Studio
2014 · Self
movieIAM Concert Privé Le Mouv'
2013 · Self
movieIAM Concert Mouv'Live
2012 · Self
movieBacon on the Side
2010 · Original Music Composer
movieConte de la frustration
2010 · Le double rappeur de Daniel, Music, Director, Script
movieIAM 20 - Retour aux Pyramides
2008 · Self
tvSalut les Terriens !
2006 · Self - Guest
movieAlias Akhenaton
2005 · Self
movieIAM Live au Dôme de Marseille
2004 · Self
movieAu Cœur d'IAM : Génèse d'un album
2004 · Self
tvSamedi soir en direct
2003 · Self - Musical Guest
movieAkhenaton : Live au dock des suds
2002 · Self
movieRap Attack
2002 · Self
movieThe Magnet
2000 · Sauveur, Writer, Director, Original Music Composer
movieI Rap Therefore I Am
1999 · Self
movieTaxi
1998 · Original Music Composer
movieRapLine
1993 · Self
tvGroland
1992 · Theme Song Performance
movie1992 : pourquoi les jeunes aiment le rap ?
1992 · Akhenaton (rappeur)
tvVictoires de la musique
1985 · Self
tvTélématin
1985 · Self
movieIAM - HHHistory Tour 2024
— · Self, Compositor