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L'Institut
L'Institut is a French hip hop collective, established in 2005 as an offshoot of Sexion d'Assaut, and associated with Wati B. L'institut was formed by various rap and hip hop / freestyle acts mostly coming from 9th arrondissement in Paris. L'Institut released the collective album ''Equipe de nuit'' in June 2013 that included in addition various collaborations with L.I.O. Pétrodollars, S.Pri Noir and Shin Sekaï The Shin Sekaï is a French singing / rapping fusion duo made up of Dadju (vocals) and Abou Tall (rap). The band's name means "New World" in Japanese (新世界, ), and was taken from a fictional territory in the popular manga series ''One Piece' .... The group was dissolved in 2014, despite encouraging initial success with various band members concentrating on solo projects and collaborations. Members of the collective notably Dr. Beriz, Insolent and Abou Debeing have also had many separate releases, collaborations and chart success in their own right. Members Abou D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wati B
Wati B () is a French record label established in 2000 by Dawala and rap band Intouchable and owned by Sony Music Entertainment. "Wati B" comes from , a Bamanankan expression that means "all the time". Dawala directs the operations of the label. Due to the popularity of its signed acts across the French-speaking world, Wati B established its own "Wati B" line of fashion apparel with the first "Wati Boutique" opened on 1 February 2011 in Paris. Signed artists The label has signed many acts including the very successful Sexion d'Assaut. It also produced ''Pur Son Guetto'' series with two volumes released. ;Presently signed artists ;Previous signed acts *Jarod *H-magnum * Demon One *Maryam *Esaloss *Le 3e prototype – a subgrouping of Sexion d'Assaut (2005 to 2009) made up of Lefa, Maitre Gims, Barack Adama, Maska and Jeryzoos Major releases ;Singles featured in *2012: "WatiBigAli" ( Big Ali featuring Wati B) **Wati B represented in the single "WatiBigAli" by Black M, Dry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black M
Alpha Diallo (born 27 December 1984), better known by his stage name Black M (originally Black Mesrimes), is a French rapper, singer, songwriter and member of the Sexion d'Assaut group. In 2014, he released his first solo album, entitled '' Les yeux plus gros que le monde'', which shortly after was certified diamond. It was due to this album that Black M was launched into the French scene. Early life Alpha Diallo's parents are of Guinean origin, precisely from the Donghol-Sigon region in Fouta Djalon. He grew up in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, a district in which he still lives today, coming from a modest family. Career Sexion d'Assaut (2002–2012) The pseudonym Black Mesrimes is a play on words, a contraction between the name of the former public enemy number one, Jacques Mesrine, and the words “rhymes” and “black” evoking his skin color. Since 2020, he is mainly referred to as Black M. During his appearances in Sexion d'Assaut music videos, he uses ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, fourth-most populous city in the European Union and the List of cities proper by population density, 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2022. Since the 17th century, Paris has been one of the world's major centres of finance, diplomacy, commerce, culture, Fashion capital, fashion, and gastronomy. Because of its leading role in the French art, arts and Science and technology in France, sciences and its early adoption of extensive street lighting, Paris became known as the City of Light in the 19th century. The City of Paris is the centre of the Île-de-France region, or Paris Region, with an official estimated population of 12,271,794 inhabitants in January 2023, or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imen Es
Imen Essrhir better known as Imen Es (born 3 June 1998 in Sevran) is a French singer. In 2020 she released her debut album ''Nos vies''. She has many collaborations and singles most notably " 1ère fois" certified diamond. Career She was born to Moroccan immigrants to France coming from Meknès, Morocco. She grew up in Sevran and initially was involved in football and boxing. After releasing videos online, she was supported by French rapper Abou Debeing, who became her producer. The two released "Mes défauts" in 2018. She also collaborated with Lartiste and DJ Kayz in "Fonce". Then she launched a solo career with her first major hit in " Attentat". On 14 February 2020, she released her debut album ''Nos vies'' with 20 tracks and collaborations with Dadju, 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 (–1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soprano (rapper)
Saïd M'Roumbaba (; born 14 January 1979), better known by his stage name Soprano, is a French rapper, singer and songwriter from Marseille Marseille (; ; see #Name, below) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Bouches-du-Rhône and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region. Situated in the .... He was a part of the rap band Psy 4 de la Rime. After leaving the group, he recorded his solo debut ''Puisqu'il Faut Vivre'' which made the ''Billboard'' European Top 100. He returned in 2010 with a new solo album called ''La Colombe'', which included collaborations with numerous artists such as Indila and Amadou & Mariam. He has continued to work with Psy4 de la Rime: their third album, ''Les Cités d'Or'', was released in 2008, and their fourth album ''4eme Dimension'' came out in April 2013. Alongside his music career, he participated as a coach on the French version of '' The Voice Kids ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
H Magnum
Guy-Hervé Imboua, better known by his stage name H Magnum, is a French rapper of Ivorian origin signed to the LoudSchool Production record label. Guy-Hervé Imboua was born in Yopougon, Ivory Coast, and immigrated at the age of 9 years old to France and resided in the 20th arrondissement of Paris. He started rapping in various bands, notably Aconit, a collective of young rappers from Saint-Blaise region, and appeared in various compilations. He later joined the rap collective L'Injection Lyricale. Gaining fame, he opened for Akon
Aliaune Damala Bouga Time Puru Nacka Lu Lu Lu Badara Akon Thiam (born April 16, 1973), known mononymously as Akon (), is a Senegalese-United St ...
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Dry (rapper)
Delica Landry born 16 March 1977 in Villepinte, Seine-Saint-Denis, Villepinte, better known by his stage name Dry, is a French Rapping, rapper of Congo (area), Congolese origin. He is also known by the aliases "L'Amiral" and "L'Intransférable". Landry Delica grew up in Sevran in Seine-Saint-Denis, outside of Paris, where he was friends with the rapper Nessbeal before moving in 1991 to Orly in the Val-de-Marne. In addition to his solo work, Dry is a member of French rap group Intouchable alongside band member Demon One (real name Hakim Sid). He is also part of the French rap collective Mafia K-1 Fry (sometimes stylized as Mafia K'1 Fry) alongside the other Intouchable member Demon One. Intouchable, Dry and Demon One had a lot of collaborations with other members of the collective. As member of Mafia K-1 Fry, Dry took part in albums by rappers Ideal J, Rohff and 113 (band), 113 before releasing with Intouchable the 2000 album ''Les points sur les I''. In 2004, he took part in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maître Gims
Gandhi Alimasi Djuna (born 6 May 1986), known professionally as Maître Gims and more recently just Gims (stylized in all caps), is a Congolese people in France, Congolese singer, rapper, producer, and songwriter. He grew up in France and currently lives in France and Morocco. He rose to fame as a member of the Hip hop music, hip hop group Sexion d'Assaut. He pursued an individual career under the name Maître Gims in 2013. He previously released an extended play in 2006, titled ''Ceux qui dorment les yeux ouverts''. During his career he has worked with several international artists such as Sia, Pitbull (rapper), Pitbull, Lil Wayne, Stromae, Maluma, Sting (musician), Sting, and others. He has sold over 5 million records, including 3 million albums since the start of his career. He started his solo career in 2013 with the release of his first album, Subliminal (album), ''Subliminal'' in May on Wati B and Monstre Marin Corporation, which sold over a million copies and peaked at numbe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gradur
Wanani Gradi Mariadi (born November 28, 1990), better known by his stage name Gradur (), is a French rapper of Congolese origin from Roubaix, Hauts-de-France. He first gained recognition from a series of freestyles called Sheguey. He started as part of the rap band 59. Enjoying great following online, he formed his own entourage dubbed Sheguey Squad sheguey meaning "child of the street" in Congolese lingo and released his mixtape ''ShegueyVara'' in 2014 with the music video "Traction". His greatly expected debut album ''L'homme au Bob'' was released on February 23, 2015 with collaborations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alonzo (rapper)
Kassim Djae (born 25 July 1982), better known by his stage name Alonzo, is a French rapper and singer. He was signed to Def Jam Recordings France. He started rapping from 2002 onwards and was part of the Marseille-based hip hop band Psy 4 de la Rime as Segnor Alonzo alongside band members Don Vincenzo (real name Illiassa Issilame), Soprano (rapper), Soprano (real name Saïd M'Roubaba) and DJ Sya Styles (real name Rachid Aït Baar). In 2010, he released a solo album ''Les temps modernes''. His 2012 album ''Amour, gloire & cité'' (aka AG&C) contains collaborations with a number of artists such as Kenza Farah, Soprano (rapper), Soprano and L'Algérino. His two next albums ''Règlement de comptes'' and ''Avenue de Saint-Antoine'' are Music recording sales certification, certified List of music recording certifications, gold and double platinum. Childhood and family Kassim Djae was born on 25 July 1982 in Marseille, in the Bouches-du-Rhône. He grew up in Plan d'Aou in the 15th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aya Nakamura
Aya Coco Danioko (born 10 May 1995), known professionally as Aya Nakamura, is a French-Malian singer-songwriter. She began publishing her music online, gaining a following with the songs "Karma" and "J'ai mal". Dembo Camara, a longtime friend, became her producer and manager. Her song "Brisé" garnered traction on YouTube, and a duet with rapper Fababy, "Love d'un voyou", resulted in her charting in France for the first time. She released her debut album, ''Journal intime'', in 2017, followed in 2018 by ''Nakamura (album), Nakamura'', which was certified diamond in France and has sold more than 1.2 million copies worldwide. The album spawned the hit singles "Djadja (song), Djadja" and "Copines" and launched the singer's international career. The same year, she beat the record held by Édith Piaf since 1961 as the most-listened-to French-speaking female artist in the Netherlands. Throughout her career, Nakamura has accumulated List of artists who reached number one on the French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dadju
Dadju Alimasi Nsungula (; born 2 May 1991), better known by the mononym Dadju or at times Prince Dadj, is a French-Congolese singer. He was signed to the label Wati B and in 2017 signed with Polydor Records of Universal Music Group. He was a member of the musical formation Shin Sekaï alongside rapper Abou Tall from 2012 to 2016. The duo was part of the label Wati B and released the album ''Indéfini''. The duo announced that they were breaking up so they can each follow solo careers. Dadju released his solo album ''Gentleman 2.0'' in 2017. Personal life Dadju comes from a musical family. His father is Djanana Djuna, a Congolese vocalist of Papa Wemba's band. His half-brother is Gims, a famous solo singer and ex-member of the successful French rap group Sexion d'Assaut, a major act under the music label Wati B. His other brothers Bedjik and Xgangs are also rappers in their own right. In 2016, he got married and had a daughter a few months later. He welcomed a baby boy in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
