Yassine Sekkoumi ( ar, ياسين سيقوم, Yāsin Sayaqum), known by his stage name Ali, originally Daddy Ali (born 1975) is a French rapper of Moroccan origin. He started his music career with

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 ...

as rap duo

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 ...

and is now a solo rapper artist. For a certain time, he also used the stage name Africain Lié à l'Islam before deciding on using his mononym Ali. After the split-up of Lunatic, Ali released his album ''Chaos et Harmonie'' in 2005,abcdr Duson (le webzine rap): Ali – ''Chaos et Harmonie''
(in French) collaborating with 45 Scientific. In 2015, he released the album ''Que la paix soit sur vous''.

Discography

Albums

;as part of Lunatic *2000: ''

Mauvais œil Lunatic was a French hip hop duo from Boulogne-Billancourt. The lineup consisted of Booba (from Boulogne-Billancourt) and Ali (from Issy-les-Moulineaux), coming from the department of Hauts-de-Seine in the west suburb of Paris. After Lunatic ...

'' *2006: ''Black Album'' ;Solo

Appearances

;as Lunatic *1996: Le Crime Paie (Hostile Hip Hop) *1996: Time Bomb Explose (X-Men – "J'attaque du Mic") *1996: 16 rimes (La Brigade featuring Lunatic) *1997: Les Vrais Savent (L 432) *1998: Sang d'encre (Sang d'encre) ;as Ali *1999: Ali in "Nique la halla" – in mixtape ''Opération coup de poing'' *1999: Ali feat Oxmo Puccino – ''Esprit mafieux'' *2002: Ali feat Suspects – ''Ennemis publics'' *2002:

feat Ali – ''Strass et paillettes'' in Booba album ''Temps mort'' *2003: Hi-Fi feat Ali & Nasme – "Le code de la rue" on Hi-Fi album ''Rien à perdre rien à prouver'' *2004: Ali feat Keydj – "Lamentations" in compilation album ''Sang d'encre haut débit'' *2008: Ali – "Dramatique" in Beni Snassen album ''Spleen & idéal'' *2008: Abd al Malik feat Ali – in "L'unique" on Beni Snassen album ''Spleen & idéal'' *2008: Ali feat Case Nègre – in "Soufre" in mixta *2011: Tha Trickaz feat Ali, Shabazz the Disciple – in "The night the earth cried" on Tha Trickas album ''Cloud Adventure'' *2013: Shtar Academy feat Ali – "R.A.P rien a prouver" on the music project Shtar Academy *2014: R.E.D.K. feat Ali – "Murderer" on R.E.D.K. solo album

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ali French rappers Moroccan rappers French people of Moroccan descent 1975 births Living people Rappers from Hauts-de-Seine