Known For
Acting
Born
Aug 04, 1982
Place of Birth
Bujumbura, Burundi
Credits
16 titles
Gaël Faye
Biography
Gaël Faye (born 6 August 1982) is a Rwandan-French singer, rapper, and writer. Faye was born in Bujumbura, Burundi of a French father and Rwandan mother. He moved to France at the age of 13, escaping from the Burundian civil war. He studied economics and finance. He is married and has two daughters. Faye wrote a novel inspired by his teenage-years' experience of the war in Burundi. Small Country (Petit Pays) was first published in France in August 2016 by Grasset. It won five literary prizes. It has been translated into 36 languages and made into a movie, released in 2020. In 2010, Faye and Edgar Sekloka released a rap and hip-hop album entitled Milk Coffee and Sugar (also the name of their group). Faye then released three solo albums and one EP: Pili Pili sur un Croissant au Beurre (2013),Des fleurs EP (2014), Lundi Méchant (2020) and Mauve Jacaranda (2022). Lundi Méchant went gold in 2022. Source: Article "Gaël Faye" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known For
Filmography
Le meilleur des Francofolies
Self
Gaël Faye, live at the Musée du Louvre
Savages
MC Outang (voice)
Ephémère, le doc'
Self
Ephémère - Le concert
Self
Tété à la Cigale : À la faveur des rencontres
Self
Étincelle: the Curse of the Black Opal
Songs
Rwanda : the silence of words
Director
Father's Day
Executive Producer
Small Country: An African Childhood
Novel
Symphonic Hip Hop 2
Self
Quotidien
Self - Guest
Brooklyn
Rapper
Clique
Self - Guest
Victoires de la musique
Self
Jacaranda
Writer