A documentary at the heart of French rap: its beginnings, its history, its influences. Featuring exclusive interviews, freestyles, and live performances from the French rap scene.

Deenastyle is a legendary French rap show first broadcast on Radio Nova between 1990 and 1993, which revealed a generation of rappers and marked a generation of listeners, back in 2021 on video, still with DJ Dee Nasty on the decks. A new format that combines freestyle sessions and interviews with different activists from the French-speaking hip-hop scene. The first show of 2021 will look back on the journey of Lionel D and the influence of Deenastyle in the French rap landscape of the time with interventions from M'widi, Iron2.0, RMC (New Generation Mc), Deadi, Dino Killabizz, Kohndo, Driver, Youval, Style J, G.Kill (2 Bal), Sheryo, Jaeyez (Afro Jazz), Les X, Cyanure (ATK), EJM, Hondo, Ike, Red Hurricayne, 2Spee Gonzales.

A chronological and thematic history of French rap, told through a list of 11 short films, emblematic titles from 1990 to the present day. Each episode ends with an original cover by an emerging French artist or rapper.

Carried by major figures like Dee Nasty, Assassin, IAM, and NTM, French rap has built a strong identity and inspired generations of fans. After its first tentative steps in the mid-1980s, rap became a phenomenon, supported by a music industry eager for fresh sensations. NTM, Soprano, Black M, MHD, Mokobé from 113, Les Sages Poètes de la Rue, Ménélik, and Dee Nasty, along with journalists such as Olivier Cachin, Mehdi Maizi, and Thomas Blondeau, recount this musical odyssey.