OM, the players who brought rap into the locker room

We are at the end of the 1998-1999 fiscal year. Olympique de Marseille has just seen the title of French champion slip away from under its nose, to the benefit of the Girondins de Bordeaux on the final day of the First Division.

At the time,
Peter Luccin is one of the great hopes of French football. This native of the Marseille city is an indisputable starter for Rolland Courbis in the Marseille midfield. And this young man, who has just celebrated his twentieth birthday, is an avid listener of French rap.

At the end of the 90s, a period corresponding to the first golden age of French hip-hop, the Fonky Family is on the rise.
“Peter is a real connoisseur. In his car, there are only pure CDs… No mistake”, confirms Sat, member of the group, during a meeting organized by the magazine
Groove between the FF and the footballer.

Luccin and Jambay in a FF clip

Today, most French footballers have been “fed” with this musical style. A quarter of a century earlier, in a locker room with players like Laurent Blanc, Christophe Dugarry, Robert Pirès and Fabrizio Ravanelli, Peter Luccin was an exception. Even if he wasn't the only one listening to it.

Indeed, the defender Hamada Jambay is also a fan of “pe-ra”. He also appears in the FF music video, “Sans remission”, from the classic album “Si Dieu willing”, with… Peter Luccin. They are probably the first two French footballers to have undertaken such an exercise.