Meet France's Toughest Rappers (Part 2/3)
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
- Cleo meets some of France's toughest gangster rappers, Morsay and Al K-Pote, then spends a night at the opera with mainstream rapper Mokobe
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Dans cet épisode, Cléo rencontre Morsay sur son stand aux Puces et AlKpote chez lui, puis passe la soirée à l'opéra avec Mokobé du 113.
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for information, morsay is one of the most hated french guy of all internet
Rapo amine mojito n'existait pas a l'epoque
^^
Rapo Seemed like a dickhead too.
so hes like Tekashi 69 for us
He can talk all the shit he wants but you can tell he aint gangsta for shit
I don't really like her as a reporter, she appears to clingy to people she hopes to interview like cough *Mokobe* cough. She also really overstepped her boundaries trying to film on stage pretending to have permission from him...
Luke Lemmons It seems like she really needs to work on her people skills and empathy.
These guys are from the Banlieus man! She doesn't show real respect to them and their situation.
Ok these people smell like onion and there are dead pidgeons in the boy's hangout ,but who fucking cares man!?
To be fair though she always was friendly in a weird way and understood, that they are generally good people.
feel the same way
+Luke Lemmons she just want to bring out the negative side of everything pretending she is this shy and innocent rule abiding reporter. I sense so much negativity in her it makes me negative. Thats probably why the rapper try to run away from her.
+Luke Lemmons Good thing this isn't real news, it's fucking Vice. What do you expect?
sérieux Morsay? Lol y avait pas de rappeurs sérieux à interviewer?
Et bim ! Ahahah
+samnik17 Le meilleur c'est ce qu'elle dit "il est réputé pour violer, torturer et tuer ceux qui se foutent de lui.." hahaha
+samnik17 il nest pas sérieux? j'suis américain alors je ne sais pas :p
James Henderson je t'invite à regarder ses vidéos sur youtube pour te faire ta propre idée,mais pour moi c'est tout sauf un rappeur...un youtubeur peut être
pourquoi vous (les francais) n'aiment pas Morsay?
These are all very poor examples of french hip hop.
thank you !
***** preach, guys like la fouine, rohff, booba didn't have time for her so she grabbed any rapper she could find.
I disagree with you on that one. Booba is one of the top artists who sells the most cd's. even if his last couple songs were sub-par he is still on top. booba also introduced kaaris to the world which is the best lyricist right now. La fouine fell off because of the beefs he has but when you listen to his lyrics he still got it.
No Alkpote is the best
Parle bien d’Alkpote
Its so brilliant that vice always send the person who will feel the most awkward for each piece. The polar opposite kind of person to the people they are going to have to hang out with.
Your reporter seems like a nice person, but she isn't professional.
she isn't. ..
give her a break, she was trying to get that d
FazoolGAMING | NintendoGamer I agree she wanted an interview but didn't ask any questions. Just kept complimenting him
well what did you expect from vice magazine
The only rapper you meet is Alkpote
113 c'est pas du rap pour toi? va dormir
@@atlas5459 médiocre mais oui du rap
Morsay is just an internet troll
Literally chose the worst reporter for this video
Nah I think she brings some personality
And the worst rapper
@Frankie Rizzo ikr ive been france and they seem so weird
Usually the Vice reporters are atleast mediocre, but this one is seriously utterly terrible.
Michael Mcewen you couldnt be more right imo
Michael Mcewen
"Published on Sep 28, 2012"
Might have somethin to do with it :d
Also probably why she isn't seen anymore
Those rich white people seem like the people from hunger games... They freaked me out.
Well if you ever wanted to see the face of french Bourgeoisie, here is it.
Parisian Bourgeoisie, then. My bad.
But don't mistake me for a man full of prejudice, I've been living in Paris for 10 years, and I know its content. I also know that most of parisian bourgeois like to pretend they aren't (so-called "bobos" in french). But I didn't wanted to get in this discussion as it's complex and controversial.
fuck the blind ritch hypocrits
@@TheDarckma
In France hoods, no youngster rape or kill innocents, they would get beaten up for that.
You know that pedophiles and rapers get fucked up by them in prison ?
@@TheDarckma
And no 9 year old buy drugs, those who buy are like 18-20 or more
Elle a une façon de parler qui fait chier
T'aimerais simplement te la faire, tu ne pourra jamais. D'où ton com' de merde. Putain de frustrė.
MDRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR elle casse les couilles avec sa voix de gamine, elle rabaisse tout le monde en anglais parce qu'ils comprennent pas : c'est une pure connasse :')
If she's a fan of Arielle Dombasle I think it says it all about her...
Boxer Footballer I think I would have to pass on this one.
Honestly, how hard is it to just say "awkward"
thank you
maybe im a slow reader, but goddamn french ppl speak fast... and im grown up in spain...
No its not just you.
We french people have the same problem with spanish!
Louis Assimon haha, weird how that works.
Saint Jonathan
yeah you spanish talk waaay too fast lol
Saint Jonathan Suburbs' effect ;)
I love this girl :) Having a non professional interviewer like her made the video quite interesting. The fact she wasn't even scared on camera to run around the roughest places around Paris..
"my first joints, my first thongs..."
sandles
"Throwing light bulbs at our cameramen was not nice at all." Man, I love Canadians.
ça aurait pu être un bon petit reportage à la vice on aurait tous kiffé avec une vraie profondeur...mais cette espèce de petite parisienne qui se la joue alterne ne passe pas du tout et ne peut pas être prise au sérieux. Dommage de gâcher un sujet qui a du potentiel à cause de cette tâche
just wanted to say it was a good documentary.... good job vice
La rencontre avec Alkpote xD
Incroyable ce gars
vice you just keep getting better and better!
I'm from the USA. Somebody from France please tell me who are the REAL best rappers from France? These guys didn't impress me.
*****
Good look man. I will look into these guys. I have heard of MC Solaar before- he had a song with Guru of Gangstar. Also, are there any french-speaking rappers from Canada who are good? Thanks man. Respect to Canada and France. I wanna come out and do some music with yall. Holla at ya boy. Yall cool with me.
murdoch1717 There is also Rocé, Flynt, Georgio, Vald, Lucio Bukowski, La Mannschaft, S Pri Noir, L'Indis, Deen Burbigo, Jazzy Bazz, Hugo TSR, Myth Syzer, Panama Bende, etc ;)
Chris Nevrotik
Good look man. I appreciate this list. I will be listening to all these artists and see what I think. Keep them coming. Like I said, I definitely wanna be up on French speaking rappers and know who is good and I wanna do some music with some French speaking artists in France, Canada and other places. Much respect to all my French, Canadian and other French speaking people out there. You have a brother in the US. Holla
*****
Merci!! LOL That's all I know so far but I will learn more. What part of France are you in?
***** Je suis carrément à l'opposé haha
i dont see why everyone is hating on this girl... shes with some closeminded scary stupid thugs and shes still having fun, pretty good to watch.
2:40 you can see she is really impressed...waiting for it to end lol
As a French I'll tell you that : Morsay is the biggest joke on the internet !
A little French community, similar to 4chan, had fun for a while making fun of Morsay to get him angry. It was really funny :')
14-18?
@@madpig7120 yes.
6 years later : I know think that Morsay is quite the man. Very funny dude.
Repling to comments 6 years later what a champ
@@madpig7120 same old account. ;)
the title is a bit hyperbolic ... just like the lady doing the interviews. Lamest rappers you could've chosen. Anyway, vice's flashy sensationalism & it's neocolonialist exoticism are just as vulgar as any other reality TV pile of trash.
First
Just 6 years late
she's so naiive lol it's adorable. I've never stepped foot in france and every time she's like "what do you mean by that" I'm like "WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT MEANS?!"
I can't take these rapper seriously cause they're talking french haha xD
Boxer Footballer what...
i cant take them srsly either, but not cause they're speaking french, just cause they're fucking ridiculous
Boxer Footballer Rap should only be for the people who made it...once it became "diverse" it turned into garbage!!
Chris Dodges so tell me who made rap... its about expressing your feelings, troubles
Waiting for the 2020 update
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Is this shit a fuckin joke? French rap has three artists: IAM, Mc Solaar, and Supreme NTM. And not one of them are in this video. Fuck yourself Vice. Va te foutre, putain
Boxer Footballer are you serious?
lasvegaspoker95498 mdr mon gars , je suis d'accord avec toi mais kery james aussi ptete nan?
they trying to get that mainstream bullshit in son.
basically she hears about these mean tuff rappers and go to their hoods and meet them and they turn out to be really nice.
Ok! I actually liked the kids at the end. Tense moments right before that 😳 I changed my mind. I give the correspondent some respect for being a pest no matter what and not running away when things got crazy.
"Ill grab the gun and itll be Baghdad here" bruh 😂
That guy was funny.
cleo got more annoying as the show went on
C'est le documentaire VICE que j'ai le plus détesté. Au monde.
Yeah the reporter seems extremely juvenile im not even hating but there were a couple of scenes mainly when they got caught filming backstage where i was like what are you doing and why would you show us that smh its like a teenager running around with a camera it was funny and interesting but not nearly as good as it could and should have been
Here innocently sounding comments make this documentary 999% better
You want good French rap, listen, really, listen:
Kaaris - Or noir, 63 or Paradis ou enfer
Guizmo - Tour de Pize or Le premier chagrin du jour
S crew - Aéroplane, MAC CAIN or Jungle urbaine
Joke - Majeur en l'air or Harajuku
Set&Match - Dans dix ans
L'entourage - Jim Morrison
After it's my taste and it is a very very small part of French rap
+Baptiste. B tes goûts sont vraiment à chier ça se voit que tu n'y connais rien
For peolple who does not understand, Alkpote is a very big lyricist ! 1 of the best french rapper...
9:01 la gêne dans le regard de Mokobé... ça n'a pas de prix !
Excellent! @elmouton ill look up all these. Still studying the french starting to come along now, I can understand some movies etc so these will be great :)
Why did they think picking this chick to be the reporter was a good idea?
Believe me or not, but she did good at playing the innocent girl and all. It distracted them. If she showed herself more distant, things could have gone worse.
People living in French Ghettos (kinda cliché, but hey, those aren't fictions) are known for being quite touchy with girls, and when you reject their flirt attempts, they usually go batshit crazy, like flaming you or worse...
And if she were simply a man, she/he would have his smashed up. I imagine that having a white dude asking : "So, bruh?? How's life in the Ghetto?" could easily piss them off.
j'estime qu'il est parce qu'elle peut parler francais
belgian and dutch rappers completely outclass these guys
I love her… She is so adorable, and persistent, and naive. I always hope that she remains safe in her journeys.
Whats up with the 160year old french madonna looking lady you would see standing on the highway, holding a sign that reads 'need money for my 3kids'.
Morsay, the toughest ??? Ok I like Vice but this must be deleted !
This really gives me the impression of a kinda clueless, Beverly Hills type girl that grew up 5 blocks AWAY from the hood and hung out with her cousin's neighbor who knows someone from the hood. Very oblivious to the very real danger of assault and death around every corner. She's either blissfully ignorant or protected by some people in very high places to be carrying on the way she does. Bless her courage (or lack of awareness).
lol those kids wont last one minute in the hoods of US, this sh*t is hilarious.
why not? violence and hate are the same ;) we just don't have guns and it's a good things
Idan Melicio Not having guns a good thing? Maybe for criminals it is.
notleftbehind YES!! you think you're though because you have guns?? at least here we don't kill eachother every 2 mins like in the US.. shit is stupid
Eva MM Not sure why you want to make it a gun issue but actually you have less crimes with guns cause you dont have the freedom to have one but you have more crimes overall because the criminals are running loose knowing you cant protect yourself. You should learn your stats before making an argument, a little advise for you.
i dont think you understood. im not talkin about protecting ourselves im talking about the young people in america who kills themselves all the time for nothing
she seems like the kind of person that would film a documentary at buzzfeed
First guy would sell anything? He'd cut an arm to sell it even? Then he's not a tough rapper, he's a jew!
eïb
Je suis déjà avec la tienne blaireau.
T'inquiète, t'auras pas de petit frère, elle préfère par derrière :)
Il fait pitié ce bouffon, le mec pour se faire écouter sa musique de merde il en fait des tonnes, il a pas compris que surjouer c'était pas forcément bien...
Ash G o])
"Like a Buddha in the Buddhist temple with Big Buddha Cheese."
05:45
Sevran ça aurait été mieux, en plus y'a plus de rappeur dans cette ville comme Kaaris, Kalash criminel, 13 block, walid etc...
are there any other videos of cleo? Really enjoed the footage!
Les ricains vont être mort de rire une x de plus
hey vice got to any state in America and see the same stuff. I see this violence every day and it hasnt stiped since the early 90s
they ain't show any good rappers...
Fidelepourtoujours Alkpote si good
I like this chick, she comes to bad ass people talk to them nicely and concludes in the end they r nice people :D Pure optimist :)
the french havent been bad ass since Napolean lol
Hmmm, conquest of Algeria, conquest of Tunisia, conquest of Morroco, conquest of half of black Africa, conquest of Indochina (nowadadys Vietnam, Laos and Cambodgia), overwhelming victory over the austrians under Napoleon III, Crimean war of 1853, crushing of the berber uprising by a small occupation corps of legionnaires, WWI...
And recent examples: Libya, Mali, CRA.
Get your facts right
TwoFistsOneHalleluja
French are not proud of thats.
TwoFistsOneHalleluja you think that makes you badass 😭😭😭
lol i like that guy "ill even cut off a guys arm and sell it" XD
"jsuis en pleine méditation comme un bouddha dans le temple bouddhiste mon pote"
i can't even
Why do I have a feeling that if someone pulled a gun on Cleo, she'd put her hands on her hips and bark something like "You put that pistol down this instant, young man."
That intro music tho... Hard af.
I like reporter the most in these videos
your name is very rare and amazing, thank you.
All those angry guys are SO wrong. I'm from those suburbs (93) and you can definitely make it out of there, you just have to work. After high school, I went to the University for free and got money from the state to help me out. I don't think I could've done it without the help from France. I really don't understand how they can hate France so much. Especially when you know how much money their mothers get from France to help raise them... They go to school for free, they have access to many different formations to get jobs... At some point they're just the ones looking for that "thug life". It's pure and simple stupidity.
The way Vincent speaks to Mokobé leaves the impression that he is treating him like a little show pony or adorable puppy that does tricks. I have a feeling that this dynamic exists between A LOT of the white elites and the people that entertain them.
I really like the reporter Cleo, she takes everything in stride and is very nonjudgmental I say go her!
mdr j'avais jamais vu sa !
*Le moins crédile avec son désnozeur😂*
"et j'arrivais pas à les attrapés et..." Ouuuuuu x'D du grand morsay, on va délirer un peu
And I thought America rap was bad.
aureliusva This is in no way what I'd call French hip hop, it's just people that call themselves artists but who are all about money. This only represents a part (a big part indeed but still only a part) of French rap. I suggest you listen to what I like to refer as 'true' French hip hop artists such as IAM, NTM, Stupeflip or MC Solaar... Unless you don't really give a shit, which is also cool with me ;)
Maë Toma Thanks for the info.
aureliusva your mama is bad too but i like it
iBakuu Really? A mom joke? So tell me son, when does school let back in?
Maë Toma I notice that most if the artists you mentioned are quite old. Early-mid nineties. IAM, NTM havent done much in a while., and they are all in their 40s now. I dont even know if Solaar still raps. That being said they were ALL greats, but... their times is LOOOONG gone.
Also NTM wasnt exactly smart rap, compare to Solaar or IAM
ps: I never heard of Stupeflip.
this is real hip hop Rooted in the struggle. i dont agree with some of the various rappers lyrics but i feel it because i can feel the REALNESS in their lyrics. Yo Vice real talk if you decide to do another piece like this link me,
I like the way French Rap sounds but as for as tough rappers, she needs to come to the states and see what the hoods are like here.
In a different language there is a whole new rhyme scheme, also different common words to rhyme, so it becomes a whole new culture of rap. a brand new level.
"I don't like the aesthetics of reggae, I like the way it sounds I don't like the way it looks" SMFH Oh aesthetics is how things look! Thanks for that! I love the way Vice reporters see beyond the surface of things and trends!
I really get a kick out of how Mokobé treats Cleo. He treats her like his annoying little sister always tagging along. Nice to see a celebrity interacting with common people like a normal, young man.
Dude has that Niko Belic vibe 😄 🤣
Han, toughest rappers with Morsay : they forgot Cortex. :D
She's french. She was born a few hours away. It was in the first couple minutes of the documentary.
why are you all hating on the reporter? She's a strong independant young woman, cute, looks good, and she's smart.Hell, she can take my interview whenever she wants!!
Alkopte present from the beginning
Really like the idea of this documentary, but as stated before, the reporter makes it hard to watch this all the way through.
Cleo has my heart. Wow.
"On vient rencontrer de jeunes rappeurs"
Et vous êtes même pas foutus de citer leurs noms, aucun respect.
welcome to vice
thank you^^
French expressions : '' Faire les 400 coups'' who can roughly translate to pull as many mishcief or trick you can on someone or in life in general. It have no real equivalent in english language and one meaning of coups translate into blow, but not the one they intended. Hope it helped.
I noticed when French People argue they use A LOT of hand movement.
Did these series actually pass the VICE's quality assurance? seriously? I am disappointed.
Who are not french ?? This is guy is a genius !
These guys make chief keef look like a dope rapper 😂
chief keef is a goat u stupid asshole
Vice sent their most adorable correspondent to interview some of France's most hardcore rappers. Eyeopening documentary though. Me being a typical ignorant American and not realizing that France's ghettos are extraordinarily similar to our own.
"I'm the camera man, and I am FUCKING TERRIFIED"
I wouldn't be suprised if you see George St.Pierre there with a bandanna
Soo How tf am i suppose to read the subtitles when theres a description title over the subtitles?!?! Its been like 15yrs since i understood French !!
HAHA, now she's wearing make-up, she jazzy NOW!
Lol I am sorry. but I can NOT take any of these guys serious. Their threats are not scary and not to mention that they are French.. there is NOTHING threatening or dangerous about the French. The music can sound cool, but other than that.. nope. :P
LOL, come to a french ghetto, in 2000's years it was fire and very dangerous
the reporter looks like one of my old friends in school
Sorry, but he french language just doesn't sound intimidating to me. I just feel like an angry chef is yelling at me.
Cleo tries too hard to sound posh, typical frog trying to be English. 'Mokobee'?! What's with the fake RP accent? No matter how many cups of tea you sip, you'd always be a frog! Haha!