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Anouar Hajoui (, Latn, ar, Anūr Ḥājawī; born 6 May 1971), better known as DJ Cut Killer or simply Cut Killer, is a Moroccan-born French DJ and
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with a versatile repertoire of
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. He enjoys international fame and mixed in United States of America through invitations by DJ Big Dawg Pitbulls of
Funkmaster Flex Aston George Taylor Jr. (born August 5, 1967), professionally known as Funkmaster Flex, is an American DJ, rapper, record producer, and host on New York City's Hot 97 radio station. In 1992, he became host of the first hip hop radio show on Ho ...
and Shadyville DJ's of rapper
50 Cent Curtis James Jackson III (born July 6, 1975), known professionally as 50 Cent, is an American rapper, actor, and television producer. Born in Queens, a borough of New York City, Jackson began pursuing a musical career in 1996. In 1999–2000, ...
. For more than fifteen years, he has been one of the most emblematic DJs in
French hip hop French hip hop or French rap (, ), is the hip hop music style developed in Francophonie, French-speaking countries. France is the second largest hip-hop market in the world after the United States. History Beginning of French hip hop: the 70s ...
.


Biography

Anouar Hajoui as a young
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ian who loved music and a frenzied activist embraced wholeheartedly the emerging Parisian movement. He joined IZB, the first association to promote the hip-hop and organize concerts, and put down scratches on Original MC's 1991 album. He performed a memorable role as himself in a scene from the cult movie ''
La Haine (, ; released in the United States as ''Hate'') is a 1995 French social thriller film written, co-edited, and directed by Mathieu Kassovitz. Starring Vincent Cassel, Hubert Koundé and Saïd Taghmaoui, the film chronicles a day and night in ...
''. He was a DJ for
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's concerts, scratcher on IAM member
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's solo album, and a radio show on Radio Nova.


Career

In the middle of the 1990s, Cut Killer had already become a well-respected and active DJ. He adapted and consolidated New York hip-hop in France through many of his mix tapes, mixing the latest releases and freestyles of French rap, they became favorites and collectors' items. His dynamic mixes, his smartness to catch the best 12 inches before anyone, and his flair to find local rappers made his mix-tapes important. The big number of top brass of the second generation of French rap went through this: Sages Poètes de la Rue, Lunatic, 113 and many others. The ''Hip Hop Soul Party'' series, composed of double mixed CDs, started in 1996 at MCA's. From the second volume on, exclusive tracks began to appear from Fabe, Busta Flex, among others, with one CD dedicated to hip-hop, the other to R&B. In volume three, a CD was dedicated to international hip-hop, the other to French hip-hop. Killer, after the death of his rapper mate East established a label called Double H (for Hip-Hop) as a merchandising company and then a production label. In a few years, HH became one of the most influential independent labels on the market. When shifting from Universal to Small (Sony), the ''Hip-Hop Soul Party'' project became the ''Cut Killer Show'' with a first double CD published in 1997 (containing an outro by Jamel Debbouze), followed in 1998 by ''Operation Freestyle'', a record fully dedicated to French underground. In 1999, Cut Killer and his associates produced ''R&B 2000'', the collective album ''Double H DJ Crew'', but also highly respected artists such as Fabe, Doudou Masta and 113, who managed to make their album ''Les Princes de la Ville'' a platinum record to end up winning two "Victoires de la Musique" (French music awards) in 2000. Double H is still developing with a team of
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, a clothing line "HH Wear", a publishing company called "Eastory Editions", followed by another production and publishing label "Eastory Production". Besides, Killer is booked by Chaos Prod agency, created by his brother Chakri. As ''The Hip-Hop Soul Party'' and ''Cut Killer Show'' series reached the top of the charts and brought in gold and platinum awards, Cut Killer delegated R&B to his longtime accomplice,
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, West Coast music to the specialist DJ Cream, and gave himself a try with dancehall ''Ragga Killa Show'', before coming back to the French sound with ''1 Son 2 Rue''. Over the years, Cut Killer made or produced about twenty mixed albums. Fond of the cinema, Cut Killer mixed music in ''
La Haine (, ; released in the United States as ''Hate'') is a 1995 French social thriller film written, co-edited, and directed by Mathieu Kassovitz. Starring Vincent Cassel, Hubert Koundé and Saïd Taghmaoui, the film chronicles a day and night in ...
'', where he played music from
Édith Piaf Édith Giovanna Gassion (19 December 1915 – 10 October 1963), known as Édith Piaf (), was a French singer and lyricist best known for performing songs in the cabaret and modern chanson genres. She is widely regarded as France's greatest popu ...
and NTM on
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's beat.Killer music in ''La Haine''
/ref> Many offers followed and he signed several tracks on the OSTs of Zak Fishman's ''Gamer'', Fred Garson's ''The Dancer'', and Miguel Courtois' ''Un Ange''. He signed the complete score for Fabrice Genstal's ''La Squale'', with Herve Rakoto and Sofiane Le Cat's, followed by ''Le Raid'' (Djamel Bensallah), ''Trois Zéro'' (Fabien Onteniente), ''Peau d’Ange'' (Vincent Perez)... In the middle of the decade, Cut Killer returned to the fundamentals of dee-jaying on radio, and after four years on Radio Nova, he joins Skyrock, where he has a weekly show the best of global hip-hop evolution. Truly an international DJ, he became the first French DJ booked in the USA through Funkmaster Flex' DJ Big Dawg Pitbulls and 50 Cent's Shadyville DJs. Cut Killer has great versatility mixing the urban style, with rock, pop, reggae, in venues in Asia, Europe, USA, Australia bringing down barriers the barriers of language and geography.


Discography


Mixtapes

*2009: New Jack Collect-or *2009: East & Fabe *2008: Tribute II *2007: Street Français 4 *2007: Mixtape Trailer *2007: Psychanalyse avant l'album *2007: Summer Tour 2007 *2006: Street Français 2 *2006: Street Français 3 *2006: Opération Freestyle Maroc 2006 *2006: Evolution *2006: Un Combat Sans Fin Part 2 *2005: Street Français 1 *2005: Lunatic *2004: Live Milan *2003: International hustler *2003: rnb 11 *2003: Summer Tour 2003 *2002: 1 Son 2 Rue *2002: LIVE JAY-Z *2002: 1 son 2 rue freestyle 3 *2002: New Jack réedition *2001: Triptik *2001: Ouragan *2001: RNB 9 *2001: Mix du dragon *2000: Freestyle Canada *2000: comité 2 brailleur *2001: La Tempête *2001: Live Portugal *1999: HH DJ Crew *1999: Les liens sacres *1999: Live bad boy *1999: Pitt Bull Street Team *1998: Freestyle 2 vol 3 Province *1998: Freestyle 2 Vol 1 Paris *1998: Live Vevey Suisse *1998: Freestyle 2 vol 2 Banlieues *1997: Cut Killer Party Jam *1997: Afro Jazz *1997: D.Abuz Suspects *1996: Hip Hop Summer Jam 96 *1996: Hip Jop Never Die *1996: Timide et Sans Compexe Boogotop *1996: Hip Hop Summer Jam *1996: La Cliqua *1996: Un Combat Sans Fin Part 2 *1996: Represent *1995: Freestyle *1995: Keep It Real *1995: Cut Killer Tape 7 *1995: Les Lunatics *1995: Ménage à 3 *1995: Mixtape N°14 *1994: 19361


Albums

*2003: Hip hop Soul Party 6 *2003: Party Jam *2003: Mastamorphoze *2003: HH Classics volume 1 *2002: Ragga Killa Show *2002: La Rage de Dire *2002: Le Prologue *2001: Double H Dj Crew *2001: Hip Hop Soul Party 5 *2001: Cut Killer Show 2 *2001: R&B 2000 International *2000: Hip Hop Soul Party 4 *1998: Cut Killer Show *1998: Opération Freestyle *1998: Détournement de Son *1998: Trop Loin *1998: Eastwoo *1997: Mal Partis *1996: Hip Hop Soul Party 1 *1996: Hip Hop Soul Party 2 *1996: Hip hop Soul Party 3


Film themes (OST)

*1995 : La Haine, Mathieu Kassovitz (1 titre) *2000 : Gamer, Valentin Rousseau (3 titres) *2000 : The Dancer, Fred Garson (post synchro) *2001 : Un ange, Michel Courtois (1 titre) *2001 : La squale, Fabrice Genestal (intégralité)


Participations

*2004 : Liberté d'expression 2 *2005 : Comités de brailleurs


DVDs

*2002 : DJ School feat. Various DJs *2004 : DVDeejay feat. Various DJs *2004 : RnB invasion *2005 : The Cut Killer Show


Clubs appearances & residences

*Base Club (Dubai) *Palais (Cannes) *Boudoir (Dubai) *VIP Room (Cannes, Paris, St Tropez) *St Germain (Zurich) *Platinum (Geneva) *NOXX (Anvers) *Kiss & Fly (New York) *B Club (Moscow) *Chinawhite (London) *Pacha (Ibiza) *Pacha (Marrakech) *Bora Bora (Sousse) *Via Notte (Porto Vecchio) *Karement (Monaco) *Planches (Deauville) *Dune (Toulouse) *Macumba *Indochine (Zurich) *Bar Rouge (Shanghai) *Mix (Beijing) *Mint (Hong Kong) *Zone Club (Prishtina, Kosovo) He also mixed for: Nike, MTV, Foot Locker, SNCF, PlayStation, Sobieski, Europa, Toyota, Première, Nintendo, Canal +, J&B, Adidas, Philips, Chaumet, Chopard, Agnès B, Puma, Louis Vuitton, Universal, Sony, Apple, Blackberry


Filmography


Actor

*1995: ''
La Haine (, ; released in the United States as ''Hate'') is a 1995 French social thriller film written, co-edited, and directed by Mathieu Kassovitz. Starring Vincent Cassel, Hubert Koundé and Saïd Taghmaoui, the film chronicles a day and night in ...
'' as DJ *1998: ''Hang the DJ'' as himself *2000: ''The Dancer'' as DJ Atomic *2006: ''
Arthur et les Minimoys ''Arthur and the Minimoys'' () is a 2006 English-language French live-action/animated fantasy film directed and co-written by French filmmaker Luc Besson. It is based on the first two books of the ''Arthur'' children's books series, ''Arthur and ...
'' as DJ Easy Low (uncredited) *2008: ''9 – Un chiffre, un homme'' as himself


Composer

*2000: ''La squale''


See also

*
List of French hip hop artists French hip hop or French rap (, ), is the hip hop music style developed in Francophonie, French-speaking countries. France is the second largest hip-hop market in the world after the United States. History Beginning of French hip hop: the 70s ...


References


External links


DJ Cut Killer website
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DJ Cut Killer radio show archive
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cut Killer French rappers Shadyville Entertainment artists 1971 births Living people Moroccan expatriates in the United States People from Meknes Moroccan emigrants to France Moroccan DJs Moroccan rappers