Signed to Kool Shen's IV My People label, Grenoble rapper Jeff Le Nerf (b. 1982)
released the albums Le Nerf à Vif in 2005 and Tout Ce Que J'ai in 2007, but
failed to achieve the success he had hoped for after the heavy rotation of the
track "Génération". Nevertheless, he remains the eternal hope of French rap.
After the lacklustre commercial results ofEnnemis d'État (2011), Jeff le Nerf
continued on the independent circuit with Kilos de Plume et Grammes de Plomb
(2013), followed two years later by his Black Album.