Guilhem Gallart, known professionally as Pone, is a French record producer. He was a member of the band

Fonky Family Fonky Family () or La Fonky Family (often shortened to La Fonky, or La FF), is a French hip hop band from Marseille, consisting of four rappers, Le Rat Luciano, , and Sat, producer Pone, DJ Djel, dancer Blaze, singer Karima, Flex (fetus) ...

Early life

Born in

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, he left at 19 for

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Music

Fonky Family

In 1994, he co-created the Fonky Family band, and would produce the entirety of the group's first album which released in 1997. He was also as an independent producer for other artists including Sat l'Artificier. The Fonky Family disbanded in 2007.

Independent career in music

In 2015, it was revealed that Gallart suffered from

amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as motor neuron disease (MND) or—in the United States—Lou Gehrig's disease (LGD), is a rare, Terminal illness, terminal neurodegenerative disease, neurodegenerative disorder that results i ...

. In 2018, in response to the lack of public information about the disease, Gallart published a book titled ''ALS for Dummies.'' At the start of 2019, Gallart continued musical production despite his paralysis. This included the release of albums including ''Vision'' in 2020 with members of

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and ''Kate & Me.'' In 2022, comedian Marc-Antoine Le Bret gave his voice to Gallar which allowed him to speak with a synthetic voice. This was made into a short documentary by Brux.

References

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