Yvon Krevé
| Yvon Krevé | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Henry Green-Dupré |
| Also known as | Von Von le Vet |
| Origin | Canada |
| Genres | Hip hop |
| Associated acts | Sans Pression |
Henry Green-Dupré known by his stage names of Yvon Krevé and Von Von le Vet, is a French Canadian hip hop artist of Haitian origin.[1][2] Krevé was rose to notice following collaborations with the duo Sans Pression.[3] His 2000 debut, L'accent grave, topped the Quebec sales charts and was nominated for an ADISQ hip-hop award in 2001, and won best francophone album at the Canadian Music Awards.[4] and in 2009 was described in the newspaper La Presse as one of the five albums that had defined Quebec rap.[3] A single from that album, "Yvon Krevé", reached number one on the countdown programme for Canada's leading francophone music video channel (Décompte MusiquePlus).[4]
The name is a play on words: while Yvon is a not-uncommon first name, it matches the informal Quebec French pronunciation of ils vont (they will). Thus the full name sounds like ils vont crever, or "they're gonna die".
Discography
- 6 June 2000: L'accent grave
- 18 March 2003: Quand j'rap pas
- 25 October 2005: Von Von Le vet
See also
- (French) Rap québécois, on French Wikipedia
References
- ↑ Scooter Pegram (30 September 2005). Choosing their own style: identity emergence among Haitian youth in Québec. Peter Lang. pp. 119–. ISBN 978-0-8204-7868-5. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
- ↑ Marie-Christine Blais (16 October 2010). "La force du nombre: le hip-hop, modèle québécois". La Presse. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
- 1 2 Philippe Renaud. "Cinq albums qui ont défini le rap québécois". 6 August 2009. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
- 1 2 "Biographie de Yvon Krevé". musiqueplus.com. 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
External links
- (French) Orange Music (label) site: Yvon Krevé
- (French) HHQC: Yvon Krevé