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Naps (rapper)
Nabil Arlabelek (; born 27 July 1986, Marseille Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Fra ...), better known by the stage name Naps, is a French rapper of Algerian origin. Coming from the Air Bell suburb of Marseille, he started rapping in 2006 at the age of 15. Two years later he formed Click 11.43 with two other rappers, KOFS and Sahime. The formation had considerable following particularly with the incarcerated population in France. Naps also released his own solo materials and collaborated with many other rappers. In January 2020, Naps announced that he has stopped all artistic activity and has destroyed his gold certified album. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marseille
Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern France, it is located on the coast of the Gulf of Lion, part of the Mediterranean Sea, near the mouth of the Rhône river. Its inhabitants are called ''Marseillais''. Marseille is the second most populous city in France, with 870,731 inhabitants in 2019 (Jan. census) over a municipal territory of . Together with its suburbs and exurbs, the Marseille metropolitan area, which extends over , had a population of 1,873,270 at the Jan. 2019 census, the third most populated in France after those of Paris and Lyon. The cities of Marseille, Aix-en-Provence, and 90 suburban municipalities have formed since 2016 the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis, an indirectly elected metropolitan authority now in charge of wider metropolitan issues, with a po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soso Maness
Sofien Hakim Manessour (born 21 March 1987 in Marseille Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Fra ...), known professionally as Soso Maness (), is a French rapper of Algerian descent. He has released three albums, ''Rescapé'' in 2019, ''Mistral'' in 2020 and ''Avec le temps'' in 2021. ''Mistral'' reached number 2 on the French Albums Chart. His song "Petrouchka" featuring rapper PLK reached number 1 on the French Singles Chart. Discography Albums Singles Other charting songs Featured in References {{DEFAULTSORT:Soso Maness Rappers from Bouches-du-Rhône 1987 births Living people Musicians from Marseille French people of Algerian descent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Rat Luciano
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 , DJ Djel, dancer Blaze, singer Karima, Flex (fetus) Nandell, and manager Fafa. Fonky Family made their first appearance on the French hip hop scene in 1994, after IAM had paved the way for new hip hop artists originating from Marseille. In 1995, they appeared in the song titled "Les Bad Boys de Marseille" on ', the first solo album by IAM's Akhenaton. Their first album, ', came out in 1997 and soon received a gold album. Karima left the group before the release of the album. In 1998, the group were invited to collaborate with Akhenaton on the soundtrack of Luc Besson's film ''Taxi''. The film became a huge success and its soundtrack topped the French charts. After numerous collaborations with different members of IAM on their solo albums, the group released one EP record with six live and ed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vald (rapper)
Valentin Le Du (; born 15 July 1992), better known by his stage name Vald (; sometimes stylized as VALD), is a French rapper. Born in Aulnay-sous-Bois, in Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, he studied at '' Lycée privé catholique l'Espérance'' where he received a Baccalauréat S (Sciences). He then studied medicine for a semester before moving to Mathematics/Information, graduating with a '' licence''. He also studied sound engineering. He started rapping at age 17. He released a mixtape, ''NQNTMQMQMB (Ni Queue Ni Tête Mais Qui Met Quand Même Bien)'' in 2012, followed by another mixtape ''Cours de rattrapage'' the same year. Both were re-edited in 2016 as a double CD released through his website. On 27 October 2014, he released his debut EP ''NQNT (Ni Queue Ni Tête)'' with a music video, ''Bonjour'', finding success. It was followed by the release of EP ''NQNT 2'' on 25 September 2015. On 20 January 2017, he released his debut album ''Agartha'' on Mezoued Records & Suth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sofiane (rapper)
Sofiane Zermani (, ar, سفيان زرماني; born 21 July 1986) is a French rapper. He is also known as Fianso (; verlan of his first name). Born in Saint-Denis, Paris Region, he lived in the nearby Stains until age 13 when he moved to Le Blanc-Mesnil. In 2011, he released independently the album ''Blacklist'' followed by ''Blacklist II'' in 2013. In 2016, he launched a series of videos titled #JeSuisPasséChezSo inviting other less-known rappers to take part. In November 2016, he was signed to Capitol Records, an affiliate of Universal Music France. In January 2017, he released "Ma cité a craqué" featuring Bakyl. The album #JeSuisPasséChezSo, same title as the earlier series has peaked at #2 on SNEP, the French Albums Chart. The album is certified Platinum in May 2017 for selling over 100,000 copies internationally. In May 2017 Sofiane released the album ''Bandit saleté'' ("Filth bandit"), which again was certified platinum. For the music video for the song "Toka" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mister You
Younes Latifi (; ar, يونس لطيفي; born 5 February 1984), better known by his stage name Mister You, is a French rapper of Moroccan descent known for his freestyles. Career Born in Paris, he was raised in the Belleville area of the capital city. He lived in the south of France trying to make a career in music.StreetLive: Mister You en cavale interview inédite (in French) His first official album was in December 2009 entitled ''Présumé coupable'' (meaning Presumed guilty). When in 2009, the French police issued a warrant for assistance in his arrest, he gave an interview in October 2009 daring them to stop him. He accompanied that with a defiant underground indie album entitled ''Arrête You si tu peux'' (meaning Catch You if you can in F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lacrim
Karim Zenoud (; ar, كريم زنود, born 19 April 1985), better known by his stage name Lacrim (, ; sometimes stylized as LaCrim), is a French rapper of Algerian descent. Career After collaborations with various rappers, he released his album ''Faites entrer Lacrim'' in May 2012 followed by a mixtape ''Toujours le même'' in December 2012. The following two albums, ''Corleone'' in 2014 and ''Force & Honneur'' in 2017 both topped the French Albums Chart. He also released three successive mixtapes under the ''R.I.P.R.O'' series two in 2015 and a third in 2017. Legal issues Accused of possession of a kalashnikov gun, he was condemned to three years of imprisonment. After 8 months of hiding in Morocco,Pure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rohff
Housni M'Kouboi (; born 15 December 1977), better known as Rohff and at times stylized as Roh2f, is a French rapper. Born in Antananarivo, Madagascar, to a family of Comoran origin, he immigrated in 1985 to France living in Vitry-sur-Seine, in south suburbs of Paris.Salmon, CasparRohff Biography, Allmusic, retrieved 2011-06-17 His stage name Rohff () stands for "Rimeur Original Hardcore Flow Fluide". Rohff began rapping around 1990 and in 1994, he participated in the production of the album ''Première Classe'' (''First Class''), working on the track "On fait les choses" alongside Neg'Marrons, Mystik, and Pit Baccardi, and started becoming known to a larger audience. He is a member of the Mafia K'1 Fry, a group of rappers from Val-de-Marne composed. The group released the album ''Légendaire'' (''Legendary'') in 1999. The same year, Rohff began to write his first solo album to be released in 1999 under the title ''Le Code de l'Honneur'' (''The Code of Honor''). Tracks include ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heuss L'Enfoiré
Karim Djeriou ( ar, كريم جريو; born August 20, 1992), better known by his stage name Heuss l'Enfoiré (; , sounding like "Huss"), is a French rapper of Moroccan descent. Early life He was born in Villeneuve-la-Garenne, In a family of Moroccan origins in the Hauts-de-Seine department. He grew in La Sablière quarters of the city and later in Saint-Ouen and Seine-Saint-Denis. At age 20, he moved to Schaerbeek, Brussels, Belgium. Career He started rapping in 2014, under the pseudonym Heustleur (sounding like ''Hustler''), signed to Esprit Music record label. In 2015, he released videos, gaining fame, particularly when he was featured with rapper Kofs. He was briefly imprisoned but moved on with rappers Zepek, Soolking and others, engaging in a number of freestyles with stories of the banlieues. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soolking
Abderraouf Derradji ( ar, عبد الرؤوف درّاجي; born 10 December 1989), known professionally as Soolking, is an Algerian singer and rapper. He started his career under the pseudonym MC Sool until 2013 before adopting his new stage name. He incorporates reggae, soul, hip hop and Algerian raï in his music. Life and career Derradji was born in Algeria in a northern suburb of the capital Algiers, also known as Staouali. His father was a percussionist and he started very young in a rock band incorporating music and dance. He arrived in France in 2008, but returned to Algeria to be included in the Algerian rap formation Africa Jungle. The band released two albums. He started his solo career in 2016 and is signed to the label Affranchis Music launched by Sofiane. He had an initial success with "Milano" and "Guérilla" before a phenomenal success with "Dalida", an homage to the singer Dalida, sampling her hit "Paroles, paroles". On 2 November 2018, Soolking released his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rim'K
Abdelkrim Brahmi a.k.a. Rim'K (born 21 June 1978 in Paris, France) is an Algerian–French rapper. Rim'K was raised in the Parisian suburb of Vitry-sur-Seine. His family is originally from Barbacha in Algeria and is mentioned many times in his lyrics. He is a member of the group 113 alongside Mokobé and AP and the super-group music collective Mafia K-1 Fry. He also has a group called Maghreb United. Having been innovative in many musical aspects, such as the introduction of Maghrebian folk rhythms in rap. Rim'K thus remains one of the major figures of the French-speaking rap scene. His musical success, which can be explained both in the quality of his art and in his artistic finds, also comes from the fact that Rim'K is perceived as a link linking the Maghreb to France and that his longevity in music has made him a father figure to many french rap listeners. Discography Albums Solo with 113 *1998 : ''Ni Barreaux, Ni Barrières, Ni Frontières (EP)'' *1999 : ''Les Pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
