Thomas Gérard Idir (; born 26 June 1980), better known by his stage name Sinik (sometimes spelled as S.I.N.I.K.), is a French-language rapper. He is also known as Malsain ("Unhealthy") and L'assassin ("The Murderer"). His father is

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n while his mother is French. In 2001, he founded his label ''Six o Nine'' (6-0-9).

Collaborations / Feuds

His meeting with Diam's at 14 was the turning point of his career. They consider themselves as ''brother and sister''. ''Le Toit du Monde'', released in 2007, contains a song called "Je réalise" which features British singer songwriter,

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. The single is bilingual, with English parts performed by Blunt and French parts by Sinik. He is also notorious for a number of feuds with other rap artists, most notably Kizito, Booba and Gaiden

Discography

Albums

Street albums

Other releases

Mixtapes *1999: ''Ul'Team At Home 1er Volet'' (Mixtape Ul'Team Atom) *2011: ''Immortel'' (Best of de Sinik ) ''Maxis *2000: ''Malsain'' *2002: ''Artiste triste''

Singles

References

External links

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Sinik – AOL Music
1980 births Living people French male rappers French hip-hop musicians French people of Algerian descent French people of Kabyle descent Rappers from Essonne {{Algeria-bio-stub