Elams

Elams is a French rapper from Marseille, associated with the city's distinctive southern rap scene and known as part of the collective Marseille en Vrai / Compagnie du Bagdad circle. His music blends the raw, streetwise storytelling typical of Marseille rap with melodic hooks and a strong sense of local identity tied to his neighborhood in the city's northern districts.

He built his reputation through tracks that mix hard-edged rap verses with catchy, radio-friendly choruses, often touching on hustle, loyalty, and life in working-class Marseille. Songs like «Homme à terre» and «La frappe» showcase his ability to move between aggressive delivery and more accessible pop-rap hooks, which helped him reach audiences beyond the traditional rap underground.

Elams represents part of a generation of Marseille artists who pushed the city's rap scene to greater national visibility in France during the 2010s, standing alongside other southern French rap figures while keeping a distinctly local voice rooted in his neighborhood's realities.