Kenza Farah

Kenza Farah is a French singer of Algerian descent, born on July 8, 1986 in Béjaïa, Algeria, who became one of the notable female voices in French R&B and urban pop during the 2000s. She rose to prominence with her debut single «Je me bats», taken from her first album Authentik, which quickly achieved double gold certification in France and established her as a rising star in the French R&B scene.

Her music blends R&B, pop and rap influences, often addressing themes of resilience, love, and personal struggle, delivered with a smooth, emotionally accessible vocal style that resonated with a young, urban French audience. Over the course of her career she released a series of albums and singles that kept her a consistent presence in French urban music, collaborating with rap and R&B artists from the French scene and contributing to the broader visibility of women within a genre historically dominated by male artists.

Songs such as «Coup de coeur», «Premier pas», and «Lettre du front» reflect her range across romantic ballads and more socially conscious material, while her broader catalog shows an artist comfortable moving between mainstream pop hooks and grittier urban production. Kenza Farah remains a recognizable name in French R&B, valued for having helped open space for female artists in a French rap and R&B landscape that was, at the start of her career, still finding its footing for women.