Valentin Le Du (; born 15 July 1992), better known by his stage name Vald (; sometimes stylized as VALD), is a French rapper.
Born in
Aulnay-sous-Bois, in
Seine-Saint-Denis
() is a department of France located in the Grand Paris metropolis in the region. In French, it is often referred to colloquially as ' or ' ("ninety-three" or "nine three"), after its official administrative number, 93. Its prefecture is Bobi ...
,
Île-de-France
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, he studied at ''
Lycée
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* ''Collèges'' () cater for the first four years of secondary education from the ages of 11 to 14.
* ''Lycées'' () provide a three-year course of further secondary education for students between ...
privé catholique l'Espérance'' where he received a
Baccalauréat S (Sciences). He then studied medicine for a semester before moving to Mathematics/computer science, graduating with a bachelor's degree, known in France as a ''
licence
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A license is granted by a party (licensor) to another part ...
''. He also studied sound engineering.
He started rapping at age 17. He released a mixtape, ''NQNTMQMQMB (Ni Queue Ni Tête Mais Qui Met Quand Même Bien)'' in 2012, followed by another mixtape ''Cours de rattrapage'' the same year. Both were re-edited in 2016 as a double CD released through his website. On 27 October 2014, he released his debut EP ''NQNT (Ni Queue Ni Tête)'' with a music video, ''Bonjour'', finding success. It was followed by the release of EP ''NQNT 2'' on 25 September 2015. On 20 January 2017, he released his debut album ''Agartha'' on Mezoued Records & Suther Kane Films, and on Millenium, Capitol, Universal; the album earned a
platinum certification
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in France. A
leak
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of song material resulted in the release of the EP project ''NQNT 3''. On 2 February 2018, Vald released his second album ''XEU'' featuring collaborations with rappers Sirius, Suik'on Blaz AD and
Sofiane; the album received a double platinum certification. This was followed by the mixtape ''NQNT33'' in September 2018. In October 2019, he released a third album, ''Ce monde est cruel'' (''This world is cruel'').
Personal life
Vald is of
Breton descent through his father. In an interview with radio station
Mouv'
''Mouv '' () (formerly ''Le Mouv'') is a French youth-oriented radio station which began broadcasting on 17 June 1997. As part of Radio France, it is a public radio station. The station primarily plays youth-oriented music, centered on urban mu ...
, he stated he has a son, Charles, born in 2014.
Good Morning Cefran - 26 May 2017
(in French).
Discography
Albums
EPs
Singles
Other charted songs
*Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.
Featured in
*Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.
References
External links
Official website
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French male rappers
French people of Breton descent
1992 births
Living people
Rappers from Seine-Saint-Denis