Artists
Riot !n Paris
Brooklyn, New YorkRiot in Paris are a hip-hop rock duo from Brooklyn, NY. The duo are currently signed to Champion Sound and are preparing to release their first album in 2010.
Mercy and Pete Hype were initially solo acts performing in the New York City area when Grammy-winning producer Devo Springsteen first discovered the two. With an on-stage chemistry evident to the producer, the two began to work together in the studio in early 2008 as The Freshmen.
Performing throughout New York City as The Freshmen, the two changed the group name to Riot !n Paris shortly after signing with Champion Sound. Their name is derived from Igor Stravinsky’s music to the ballet, The Rite of Spring. The work’s innovative music and violent departure from classical ballet would cause unrest in the audience and degenerate into riot with Paris police arriving at intermission to restore the order. With a sound breaking traditional classifications of genre, the band would take on the name Riot !n Paris in their goal to reshape the music industry.






