Gilles Duarte (; born 21 May 1972), better known by his stage name Stomy Bugsy, is a

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rapper and actor from

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Biography

Born in Paris on 21 May 1972 from

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, Duarte co-founded hip hop band

Ministère AMER The Ministère AMER (Action, Musique Et Rap) is a French hip hop group from Sarcelles, consisting of the rappers Passi and Stomy Bugsy (both of whom are also major solo artists in the French hip hop scene), DJ Ghetch, and the Record producer, pro ...

in the early 90s. In 1996, he started a solo career with the album ''Le Calibre qu'il te faut'' (''The

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that you need'') and found great success with the single "Mon papa à moi est un gangster". Going on to release 5 more full-length solo albums, 10 collaborative albums including one live record with hip-hop collective

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. His latest solo release is ''Royalties'' in 2015, released online on April 27, 2015. Duarte has also had several acting roles especially ''

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'' in 1997, '' 3 Zeros'' in 2001, '' Gomèz and Tavares'' in 2003, '' Nèg maron'' in 2005 and '' Anna Meyer, assistante de choc'' in 2006, '' Aliker'' in 2008 which he portrayed André Aliker, a

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journalist in the

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, he later appeared in ''Bye Bye Blondie'' (2012), an adaptation of a book by author

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Stage name

His origin of the stage name was known in the 1980s his second part of the name ''Bugsy'' is named after the mafia

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Personal life

He has two sons, Bilal, born in 1992, who started a rapping career in 2014 under the stage name Sonof, and Lat Dior born in 2013 Stomy Bugsy is the nephew of the former Thai boxing champion Aurelién Duarte.

Discography

Albums

* ''Le prince des lascars'' (1996) (''The prince of thugs'') * ''Le calibre qu'il te faut'' (1996) (''The calibre that you need'') * ''Oh Lé Lé Lé (Cabo Verde) REMIX'' (1996) * ''Trop jeune pour mourir'' (2000) (''Too young to die'') * ''Black Pimp Fada'' (2000) * '' 4ème Round'' (2003) (''4th (French) Round (English)'') * ''Rimes Passionnelles'' (2007) (''Rhymes of passion'') * ''Royalties'' (2015) With

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