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Doums
Mamadou Coulibaly (born March 3, 1992), commonly known by his stage name "Doums", is a French rapper, born in Bamako, Mali. He was part of a duo called "2Fingz" from 2011 with the late rapper Népal, which was active until Népal's death in 2019, and is a member of the collective L'Entourage (). He is pillar member of the group and is especially close to Nekfeu, who he often appears with. After numerous appearances and a project with L'Entourage, he released three successive EPs: ''Pilote'' (2017), ''Pilote & Co'' (2019) and ''Pilot3'' (2021). Biography Born in Bamako, Mali, Doums grew up in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. In 2008, he co-founded the L'Entourage collective, while he was gradually made his mark on the Paris rap scene. With rapper Népal, they formed the duo 2Fingz, and together they released their first homonymous project ''2Fingz'' in 2011, followed by a second,''La Folie des Glandeurs'' () in 2013. ''Jeunes entrepreneurs'' (), the collective's first projec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Népal (rapper)
Clément Enzo Florian di Fiore (; 12 October 1990 – 9 November 2019), better known by his stage name Népal (), was a French record producer and rapper. He was also known as KLM and GrandMaster Splinter. A co-founding member of the collective 75e Session, he produced their EP ''16par16'' in 2014. He also formed with Doums the duo 2Fingz. He was also close to the collective L'Entourage, to the band 1995 and the project Les Gars Laxistes. Népal attached great importance to remain anonymous, covering his face with a hood, a mask, or even with makeup. Népal died on 9 November 2019. He was 29. The announcement came after 11 days on social networks on 20 November 2019 including the posthumous release of his album ''Adios Bahamas'' that he had just completed recording. The actual circumstances of his death are not clear, but many believe he committed suicide. In December 2019, a graffiti work was launched as a tribute to his work by the collective 75e Session and the musical p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nekfeu
Ken Samaras (, ; born 3 April 1990), better known by his stage name Nekfeu (), is a French rapper, actor and record producer. He is also a member of the crew L'entourage and the bands $-Crew and 1995. He started his career as a member of $-Crew, with childhood friends Framal, Mekra, 2zer Washington and DJ Elite. He joined 1995 in 2007, participating in open mic duels around Paris. Released in 2015, his first solo album, '' Feu'', received extensive media coverage; for this album, he won the 2016 Victoire de l'album de musiques urbaines. His second album, Cyborg, was released in 2016, and his third, Les Étoiles vagabondes, in 2019. Over the course of his career, he has sold over 2 million albums, and holds two diamond discs and a double diamond disc. Early life and career Samaras was born in La Trinité, a commune within the Nice metropolitan area, to a father of Greek descent and a mother of Scottish descent. At the age of 11, he and his family moved to the 15th arrondi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adèle Exarchopoulos
Adèle Exarchopoulos (; born 22 November 1993) is a French actress. She had her career breakthrough starring as Adèle in the romance '' Blue Is the Warmest Colour'' (2013). At the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, she became the youngest person in the history of the festival to be awarded the Palme d'Or. She won it with her co-star Léa Seydoux. Exarchopoulos won two César Awards for ''Blue is the Warmest Colour'' (2013) and '' All Your Faces'' (2023). She was also nominated for Cesars for her roles in '' Mandibles'' (2020) and '' Zero Fucks Given'' (2023). Her other notables roles feature her in such films as '' Racer and the Jailbird'' (2017), '' The White Crow'' (2018), ''Sibyl'' (2019), '' The Five Devils'' (2022), and '' Passages'' (2023). She voiced Ennui in the Pixar animated film ''Inside Out 2'' (2024). Early life Exarchopoulos grew up in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, near the Place des Fêtes. Her father is a French restaurant manager at the Palais omnisports de Paris- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freeze Corleone
Issa Lorenzo Diakhaté (born 6 June 1992 in Les Lilas, Seine-Saint-Denis), better known as Freeze Corleone, is a French rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer. He is also the founder of the collective 667, and CFR (with Norsacce and Osirus Jack). He lives in Dakar, Senegal. Early life Corleone was born in Les Lilas in Seine-Saint-Denis to a Senegalese father and an Italian mother. In an interview with ''Les Inrocks,'' he claims to have spent his early years in Pantin, before attending high school in Dakar, Senegal. Career ''LMF:'' Debut studio album and controversies On 11 September 2020 Freeze Corleone released his first studio album, ''LMF'' (La Menace Fantôme). The album reached #2 on the French charts and was certified gold three weeks after its release. Following the release of this album, the International League Against Racism and Anti-Semitism pointed to numerous remarks deemed antisemitic in his lyrics and to Corleone's "obsession with Jews". On 17 Septemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Headie One
Irving Ampofo Adjei (born 6 October 1994), known professionally as Headie One (formerly Headz), is a British rapper and singer. In 2018 he released his second solo mixtape, titled ''The One'', which included the single "Know Better" featuring rapper Rv (rapper), RV, which became an "underground hit". He is best known for his tracks "18hunna" featuring rapper Dave (rapper), Dave, "Only You Freestyle" featuring rapper Drake (musician), Drake, "Ain't It Different" featuring rappers AJ Tracey and Stormzy and his solo single "Both". The track "18hunna" peaked at number 6 on the UK Singles Chart, while "Only You Freestyle" peaked at number 5 on the UK Singles Chart and "Ain't It Different" peaked at number 2 on the UK Singles Chart. Headie One has released a series of mixtapes. In 2019, he released his seventh and first mainstream mixtape titled ''Music x Road'', which peaked at number 5 on the UK Albums Chart. In 2020, he released the critically-acclaimed joint project 'GANG' with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L'Entourage
L'entourage () is a French hip hop crew composed of several bands and solo artists founded in 2008. The members emanated from the battle-rap contest Rap Contenders as well as support of many artists and bands. The collective's first studio album ''"Jeunes Entrepreneurs"'' was launched by Believe Recordings on 26 May 2014 with a premier concert at the Paris Olympia on 14 June 2014 with all members of the collective on stage. Members Nekfeu is a main contributor. The collective also includes three of his S-Crew: 2zer, Framal, and Mekra. Nekfeu, Alpha Wann, and Fonky Flav' are also from the earlier rap formation 1995 (band), 1995. Members in alphabetical order are: *2zer Washington *Abou *Alpha Wann *Candy Cotton *Deen Burbigo *Doums *Eff Gee *Fonky Flav' *Framal *Jazzy Bazz *Mekra *Nekfeu Discography Albums Singles Videography List of music videos: * 2014: "Les Rois" * 2014: "Soixante Quinze" * 2014: "Bal Masqué" * 2014: "Toujours là" * 2014: "Jim Morrison" * 2014: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Une Main Lave L'autre
Alpha Oumar Wann (; born 2 July 1989), also known as Phaal or Philly Phaal, is a French rapper and songwriter, and was the main member of the band 1995 that also included Nekfeu, Areno Jaz, Fonky Flav', Sneazzy and DJ Lo' (aka Hologramme Lo'). He was also member of the band L'entourage. He is the founder of Don Dada Records, and he signed to Universal Music Universal Music Group N.V. (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as Universal Music Group or Universal Music) is a Dutch– American multinational music corporation under Dutch law. UMG's corporate headquarters are located in Hilversum .... A founding member of 1995, Alpha Wann launched also a solo career releasing three consecutive EPs as a trilogy known as Alph Lauren. On 21 September 2018, he released his debut album, ''Une main lave l'autre'' also known as ''UMLA'' which was certified gold a year later. At the end of 2020, he released his successful mixtape [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laylow
Jeremy Larroux (born 1993), better known as Laylow is a French rapper from Toulouse. In 2018, Laylow released the EPs ''.RAW'' and ''RAW-Z''. His first album, ''Trinity'', featured collaborations with Lomepal, S.Pri Noir, Jok'Air, Wit., Alpha Wann, and was released on 28 February 2020. The album reached number 3 in the French Albums Charts. The follow-up ''L'étrange histoire de Mr. Anderson'' peaked at number 1 with collaborations with Damso, Nekfeu, Hamza, Alpha Wann and Slowthai. Early life Laylow was born in 1993 in Toulouse, a city in southern France, where lived there until the age of nine, when he left for Tunisia with his father briefly, before joining his mother in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. He then spent some time in the city of Mirande in the Gers at a boarding school, where he met his future manager, and ended up settling in Toulouse. It was at this age that he began to rap after his older brother introduced him to the art. He was influenced by American artists such as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crowd Surfing
Crowd surfing is the process in which a person is passed overhead from person to person (often during a concert). The "crowd surfer" is passed above everyone's heads, with everyone's hands supporting the person's weight. Origins Iggy Pop leapt into the crowd at the 1970 Cincinnati Summer Pop Festival, an early example of crowd surfing. In early 1980 Peter Gabriel crowd surfed during performances of " Games Without Frontiers" by falling into his audience "crucifix style" and then being passed around. The rear sleeve of his 1983 album '' Plays Live'', recorded during Gabriel's 1982 tour, features a photograph of him crowd surfing. Said Gabriel: The first official video release to depict Gabriel crowd surfing was ''POV'', a concert video released in 1990 and produced by Martin Scorsese. When Billy Joel crowdsurfed in a concert during his 1987 concert tour of the Soviet Union, bandmate Kevin Dukes described it as the "Peter Gabriel flop". Crowd surfing extended for the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PLK (rapper)
Mathieu Claude Daniel Pruski (, ; born 15 April 1997) better known by the stage name PLK (acronym for Polak), is a French rapper of Polish descent. His father is Polish and immigrated to France with his grandfather during World War II. His mother is Corsican. Pruski grew up in 14th arrondissement of Paris. He started writing lyrics when he was nine and composing when he was 13. Being called "mini Polak", he adopted Polak (PLK) as his artistic name to emphasize his Polish roots. At 14, he was part of the formation La Confrérie alongside Ormaz and Zeu. He later became a member of the formation Panama Bende a band formed by seven young artists from Paris together releasing the EP ''Bende Mafia'' in 2016 and the album ''ADN'' in 2017. In 2015 and 2016, he released two EPs, ''Peur de me tromper'' and ''Dedans''. He launched a solo career by signing with the label Panenka Music in June 2017 after having collaborated with Fonky Flav' known as "Fonk", a member of the rap group 1995. Fonk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
