Gaël Faye (born 6 August 1982) is a
Rwandan–French singer, rapper, and writer.
Personal life
Faye was born in
Bujumbura,
Burundi of a French father and Rwandan mother.[1] He moved to France at the age of 13, escaping from the
Burundian civil war.[2] He studied economics and finance.[3]
Faye wrote a novel inspired by his teenage-years' experience of the war in Burundi.[5]Small Country (Petit Pays)[6] was first published in France in August 2016 by
Grasset. It won five literary prizes.[7][8] It has been translated into 36 languages[9][10] and made into a movie, released in 2020.[11]
Music
In 2010 Faye and Edgar Sekloka released a
rap and
hip-hop album entitled Milk Coffee and Sugar (also the name of their group).[12]
Faye then released three solo albums and one EP: Pili Pili sur un Croissant au Beurre (2013),Des fleurs EP (2014)
[13]Lundi Méchant (2020) and Mauve Jacaranda (2022). Lundi Méchant went gold in 2022.[14]