Acting
Community Rating
6.4
TMDB estimate
Born
August 4, 1982 (age 43)
Born in
Bujumbura, Burundi
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.

Gaël Faye, live at the Musée du Louvre
2025

Savages
as MC Outang (voice)
2024

Ephémère, le doc'
as Self
2023

Ephémère - Le concert
as Self
2023

Tété à la Cigale : À la faveur des rencontres
as Self
2023

Étincelle: the Curse of the Black Opal
as Songs
2023

Rwanda : the silence of words
as Director, Writer
2022

Father's Day
as Executive Producer
2022

Small Country: An African Childhood
as Novel
2020

Symphonic Hip Hop 2
as Self
2017

Quotidien
as Self - Guest
2016

Brooklyn
as Rapper
2015

Clique
as Self - Guest
2013

Victoires de la musique
as Self
1985