Lunatic was a French hip hop duo from Boulogne-Billancourt. The lineup consisted of

Booba Élie Yaffa (; born 9 December 1976), better known under his stage name Booba, is a French rapper. After a brief stint as a break dancer in the early 1990s, Booba partnered with his friend Ali to form Lunatic. The duo released a critically a ...

(from Boulogne-Billancourt) and

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(from

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), coming from the department of Hauts-de-Seine in the west suburb of Paris. After Lunatic split up in 2003, both members went on to solo careers. Their release "Le Crime Paie" was produced by DJ Mars.

Ali

Ali, originally Daddy Ali (born in 1975 at

), is a French rapper of Moroccan origin who started his music career with

as rap duo Lunatic and now is a solo rapper artist. After split-up, Ali released his album ''Chaos et Harmonie'' in 2005 collaborating with 45 Scientific.

Booba

Elie Yaffa, better known under his stage name Booba (), is a French rapper. He became hugely successful being the most legally downloaded artist in France.Booba : L'année nous appartient, interview vidéo sur NRJ12
melty.fr (3 January 2011). Retrieved on 2012-12-30.

Discography: Lunatic

Albums

Singles

*1996: "Le crime paie" *1997: "Les vrais savent"

Appearances

*1996: Time Bomb – ''Time Bomb explose'' *1996: Time Bomb – ''Le guidon'' *1996: Lunatic – ''Le crime paie'' *1996: La Brigade Feat Lunatic – ''16 rimes'' *1997: Lunatic – ''Les vrais savent'' *1997: Lunatic – ''Le jour J'' *1997: Lunatic – ''Chateau rouge'' *1997: Lunatic – ''Viens danser avec les Lunatic'' *1997: Oxmo Puccino Feat

– ''Pucc fiction'' *1997: Lunatic – ''Bouge comme un diablotin'' *1998: Lunatic Feat Ärsenik – ''Sang d'encre'' *1999: Lunatic Feat Comité De Brailleurs – ''On s'maintient'' *1999: Lunatic Feat Malekal Morte – ''Test ton mic'' *2000: Lunatic Feat Dicidens – ''De larmes et de sang'' *2000: Lunatic Feat Mala – ''Hommes de l'ombre'' *2002: Black Jack Feat Lunatic & Mala – ''Diaspora d'Afrique'' *2002: Lunatic – ''Que le message passe'' ' *2003: Booba Feat

Nessbeal Nabil Sahli (born 16 August 1978), better known by his stage name Nessbeal, is a French rapper. Nessbeal started earlier as NessBeal under which he released his debut studio album '' La mélodie des briques''. At times he has also used NE2S or ...

– ''Tout c'qu'on connait''

Discography: Ali

*2005: ''Chaos et Harmonie'' *2010: ''Le Rassemblement'' *2015: ''Que la paix soit sur vous''

Discography: Booba

*2002: ''

Temps mort ''Temps mort'' (, literally "Time out") is the debut album by French rapper Booba. For the song "Nouvelle école" exists also a remix which features American rap duo Mobb Deep. Track listing Samples *"Indépendants" contains a sample of ...

'' *2004: ''

Panthéon The Panthéon (, from the Classical Greek word , , ' empleto all the gods') is a monument in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France. It stands in the Latin Quarter, atop the , in the centre of the , which was named after it. The edifice was b ...

'' *2006: ''

Ouest Side ''Ouest Side'' (French for "West side") is the third album by French rapper Booba released on 13 February 2006 on Tallac Records, via the major Barclay Records / Universal Music Group. History The cover realized by Armen is inspired by a famous ...

'' *2008: ''

0.9 ''0.9'' is the fourth album by French rapper Booba and released on November 24, 2008, on Tallac Records via the major Barclay Records Barclay is a French record company and label founded by Eddie Barclay in 1953. Eddie Barclay was a bandle ...

'' *2010: ''

Lunatic Lunatic is an antiquated term referring to a person who is seen as mentally ill, dangerous, foolish, or crazy—conditions once attributed to "lunacy". The word derives from ''lunaticus'' meaning "of the moon" or "moonstruck". History The te ...

'' *2012: '' Futur'' *2013: '' Futur 2.0'' *2015: '' D.U.C'' *2015: ''

Nero Nemesis ''Nero Nemesis'' is the eighth studio album by French rapper Booba, which was released on 4 December 2015 by AZ and Tallac Records. Track listing # "Walabok" (3:05) # "Talion" (4:02) # "Zer" (featuring Siboy & Benash) (4:40) # "92i Veyron" (3:37 ...

'' *2017: '' Trône''

References

{{Authority control French hip hop groups Rappers from Hauts-de-Seine Hip hop duos Musical groups established in 1994 Musical groups disestablished in 2003 1994 establishments in France