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Psy 4 de la Rime () are a
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hip hop Hip-hop or hip hop (originally disco rap) is a popular music genre that emerged in the early 1970s from the African-American community of New York City. The style is characterized by its synthesis of a wide range of musical techniques. Hip- ...
band formed 1995 in
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comprising several rappers with immigrant backgrounds from former
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. Their original name was KDB, Kid Dog Black. The band was signed to 361 Records, a Marseille-based independent label founded by fellow rapper
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. The group had three albums, the debut ''Block Party'' (2002), ''Enfants de la lune'' (2005) and ''Les cités d'or'' (2008). After split, members particularly
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and
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went on to have very successful solo careers with their own albums and single hits. The formation got together in 2013 to release a fourth album called ''4eme Dimension'' that made to number 3 on the French Albums Chart.


Formation and beginnings (1995–2001)

The group formed under the name of KDB (Kids Dog Black) in 1995, in Plan d'Aou in the northern districts of Marseille, in the Bouches-du-Rhône. The group begins with the scene, in particular in the first part of groups like the Sages Poètes de la Rue, the Fonky Family or the DJ Cut Killer. Thereafter, they will be brought to work with the Sad Hill Records label and get closer to DJ Kheops. From 1998, they madevarious titles on the soundtracks of films such as ''Zonzon'' by Laurent Bouhnikor ''Like a magnet'' with Akhenaton and Kamel Saleh at the helm, but also on the compilations ''Vague Nocturne'', ''La Cosca'', ''Time Bomb'', ''Groove 100% Marseille hip hop'', ''Sad Hill Impact'', ''Turntable Dragun'z'' and ''Sur un air positive''. Armed with these first experiences, the four rappers got down to their first album, ''Block Party'', which was released in March 2002.


Solo careers of members

Even before the split-up, some of the individual rappers in the band have continued their solo careers. *Most notable of them was
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who had already released a solo album while in the band titled ''Puisqu'il faut vivre'' that had made it to #2 in the
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French Albums Chart. His album ''La Colombe'' released in 2010 has even topped the French Albums Chart, with the follow-up 2011 album ''Le Corbeau'' making to number 3 on the same chart. In 2012 he had a joint album with R.E.D.K. titled ''E=2MC's'' making it to number 6 and a solo album ''Cosmopolitanie'' reaching number 2 in 2014. Soprano has had ten singles reach the Top 20 of the French Singles charts, including "Cosmo", "Fresh Prince", and "Le Diable ne s'habille plus en Prada" cracking the Top 10. *In similar fashion, Segnor Alonzo has continued to enjoy a good career under the shortened name
Alonzo Alonzo is both a given name and a Spanish language, Spanish surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name *Alonzo de Barcena, 16th-century Spanish Jesuit missionary and linguist *Alonzo de Santa Cruz (–1567), Spanish cartographer, ...
releasing three albums of his own starting with his 2009 solo album ''Un dernier coup d'œil dans le rétroviseur'' immediately after the split-up followed by the successful and critically acclaimed ''Les temps modernes'' in 2010, ''Amour, gloire & cité'' in 2012 making it to number 9 and the hugely successful ''Règlement de comptes'' reaching number 2 in the French Albums Chart. *Sya Styles continued to collaborate in a number of productions including with
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, Freeman and
DJ Abdel Abdel-illa Lamriq, better known as DJ Abdel, is a French Moroccan DJ and record producer playing hip hop, funk and contemporary R&B on major radio stations in France. DJ Abdel became known through his musical participation in the French Canal ...
. On 26 October 2015, DJ Sya Styles, the DJ of the formation died of cancer. He was 37.''
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Mort de Sya Styles, le DJ du groupe de rap marseillais Psy 4 De La Rime
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said it would be impossible to release a "Psy4 with 3 members" album, meaning an album without Sya Styles.


Discography


Albums

;Live albums


Singles


References


External links


Official Site
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French hip-hop groups Musical groups from Marseille {{France-band-stub