Intruduction to French Hip Hop (through several internet articles) :

France has now become the second largest market for rap music.

http://www.uri.edu/news/releases/html/02-1024-03.html

Article on cut killer (a DJ)

Forget everything you know about France: the city of love, famous towers and haute-couture, France is now the second market for Hip Hop in the world, right after the US

http://www.hiphopgame.com/index2.php3?page=doubleh

NY times article

For at least a dozen years, the French hip-hop scene has been the world's most vibrant outside of the United States, yet it has been almost completely ignored by the American music press.

http://www.slate.com/id/2130120/

Wikipedia list of French hip hop artist

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_French_hip_hop_artists