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Sofiane (rapper)
Sofiane Zermani (, ar, سفيان زرماني; born 21 July 1986) is a French rapper. He is also known as Fianso (; verlan of his first name). Born in Saint-Denis, Paris Region, he lived in the nearby Stains until age 13 when he moved to Le Blanc-Mesnil. In 2011, he released independently the album ''Blacklist'' followed by ''Blacklist II'' in 2013. In 2016, he launched a series of videos titled #JeSuisPasséChezSo inviting other less-known rappers to take part. In November 2016, he was signed to Capitol Records, an affiliate of Universal Music France. In January 2017, he released "Ma cité a craqué" featuring Bakyl. The album #JeSuisPasséChezSo, same title as the earlier series has peaked at #2 on SNEP, the French Albums Chart. The album is certified Platinum in May 2017 for selling over 100,000 copies internationally. In May 2017 Sofiane released the album ''Bandit saleté'' ("Filth bandit"), which again was certified platinum. For the music video for the song "Toka" fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis
Saint-Denis (, ) is a commune in the northern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. Saint-Denis had a population of 112,091 as of 2018. It is a subprefecture (french: sous-préfecture) of the department of Seine-Saint-Denis, being the seat of the arrondissement of Saint-Denis. Saint-Denis is home to the royal necropolis of the Basilica of Saint-Denis and was also the location of the associated abbey. It is also home to France's national football and rugby stadium, the Stade de France, built for the 1998 FIFA World Cup. Saint-Denis is a formerly industrial suburb currently changing its economic base. Inhabitants of Saint-Denis are called ''Dionysiens''. Name Until the 3rd century, Saint-Denis was a small settlement called ''Catolacus'' or ''Catulliacum'', probably meaning "estate of Catullius", a Gallo-Roman landowner. About 250 AD, the first bishop of Paris, Saint Denis, was martyred on Montmartre hill and buried in ''Catolacus''. Shortly aft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Recording Sales Certification
Music recording certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped, sold, or streamed a certain number of units. The threshold quantity varies by type (such as album, single, music video) and by nation or territory (see List of music recording certifications). Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories, which are named after precious materials (gold, platinum and diamond). The threshold required for these awards depends upon the population of the territory where the recording is released. Typically, they are awarded only to international releases and are awarded individually for each country where the album is sold. Different sales levels, some perhaps 10 times greater than others, may exist for different music media (for example: videos versus albums, singles, or music download). History The original gold and silver record awards were presented to artists by their own record companies to publicize their sales achi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sadek (rapper)
Sadek Bourghuiba (born 25 May 1991), known by the mononym Sadek (), is a French rapper from Neuilly-Plaisance, also known by aliases Johnny Niuuum and Sadek Niuum. He was signed to Hostile Records. He started in battles and freestyles parisiens, and in 2007 performed during the streetball tournament "Le Quai 54" gaining favour when Mokobé asked for rappers to perform for 5 minutes. He also caught the attention of the event organizer Hammadoun Sidibé who encouraged him to launch a musical project. He appeared on various compilations like ''Street lourd'', ''Capitale du Crime'' and cooperated with DJ Abdel for an album. Since then, he has released 3 mixtapes and one studio album with considerable chart success in France. End of 2015, Sadek released 6 freestyle tracks under the collective title ''Roulette-Russe'' to announce his next project for 2016, ''Nique le Casino''. Six tracks were chosen being a reference to the number of bullets that can be inserted in the cylinder of a .3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soolking
Abderraouf Derradji ( ar, عبد الرؤوف درّاجي; born 10 December 1989), known professionally as Soolking, is an Algerian singer and rapper. He started his career under the pseudonym MC Sool until 2013 before adopting his new stage name. He incorporates reggae, soul, hip hop and Algerian raï in his music. Life and career Derradji was born in Algeria in a northern suburb of the capital Algiers, also known as Staouali. His father was a percussionist and he started very young in a rock band incorporating music and dance. He arrived in France in 2008, but returned to Algeria to be included in the Algerian rap formation Africa Jungle. The band released two albums. He started his solo career in 2016 and is signed to the label Affranchis Music launched by Sofiane. He had an initial success with "Milano" and "Guérilla" before a phenomenal success with "Dalida", an homage to the singer Dalida, sampling her hit "Paroles, paroles". On 2 November 2018, Soolking released his d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vald (rapper)
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, Île-de-France, he studied at ''Lycée privé catholique l'Espérance'' where he received a Baccalauréat S (Sciences). He then studied medicine for a semester before moving to Mathematics/Information, graduating with a ''licence''. 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaaris
Okou Gnakouri Armand Olivier (; born 30 January 1980), better known by his stage name Kaaris (, ; stylized as KΛΛRIS), is a Ivorian-born French rapper, record producer, composer and actor. ''Or Noir'', his major album on Therapy Music / AZ / Universal Music, was released on 21 October 2013. Early life Born in Cocody, a suburb of Abidjan in the Ivory Coast, Kaaris was raised in Sevran in the Seine-Saint-Denis department, northeast of Paris. Career Kaaris started rapping in 1999, and released his first mixtape in 2001. He returned to his native Ivory Coast for a while, but returned to France after political unrest in the country. In 2007, he released his street album ''43ème Bima'' (pronounced "Quarante-troisième Bima"), that led to signing with a new independent label French Cut Music. However, his meeting with French rapper Booba and producers Therapy gave him his first recording with Booba, "Criminelle league" released as part of Booba's '' Autopsie Vol. 4''. Kaaris had hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
93 Empire
''#93 Empire'' is a French hip hop compilation joining some 40 hip hop artists mostly from Seine-Saint-Denis, released on 5 October 2018. French rapper Sofiane wrote the lead single from the album and who launched the project. The album sold 130,000 copies and was certified platinum. Three tracks, "Woah", "Sur le drapeau" and "Empire" were released as main singles from the album in 2018, although 18 of the album's 22 total tracks charted in the French SNEP Top 200 on the basis of downloads of individual tracks. Tracklist (Peak positions in SNEP French singles charts) #"Empire" ( Sofiane & Kaaris) (3:12, peak #8) #"Woah" (Sofiane feat. Vald, Mac Tyer, Soolking, Kalash Criminel, Sadek & Heuss L'Enfoiré (4:06, peak #7) #"Nouvelle monnaie" (Landy, Kaaris & Sofiane) (3:17, peak #34) #"Iencli" (Vald & Sofiane) (3:42, peak #11) #"Crépuscule des empires" (Alpha 5.20 & Sofiane) (3:41, peak #88) #"Apollonia" (Dadju & Sofiane) (3:48, peak #48) #"Maman veut pas" (Q.E Favelas, Sadek ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MHD (rapper)
Mohamed Sylla (; born 10 September 1994), better known by his stage name MHD, is a French rapper from Paris, who is known for blending trap music with music of West Africa; a genre he coined as " Afro Trap". He was previously part of the rap collective ''1.9 Réseaux''. Born in Vendée to a family of West African extraction, MHD began his career as a rapper in Paris at the age of 18. He found success in the mid-2010s through material he published on social media (notably music videos on YouTube) and in 2016 released his debut album '' MHD'', which sold more than 200,000 copies in 6 months. He later received international recognition, and toured in Guinea, England, Senegal and Morocco. His second album, titled ''19'', was released in September 2018. In January 2019, MHD was arrested by French police and charged with second-degree murder following investigation into a murder case dating back to 2018. While claiming his innocence, he was remanded in custody for 18 months, before be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalash Criminel
Amira Kiziamina, known better by his stage name Kalash Criminel, is a French rapper. He is albino and chooses to wear a balaclava, because when his musical activities began, he had to hide his face as his mother did not want him to rap. However, he received positive reactions for wearing the balaclava, and now wears it by choice. He is signed to Def Jam Recordings and Universal Music. He collaborates often with Kaaris, with whom he notably made the song "Arrêt du Cœur" on his album ''R.A.S''. Biography Kalash Criminel was born in Zaïre, now known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo on 14 February 1995. Initially, he lived in Kinshasa with his family, but with the onset of the First Congo War, he and his family fled to France. He and his family arrived in Rougemont, in Sevran and have been living there since. In his youth, he began to rap, initially becoming a part of the group Hall 14 avec les rappeurs Daystiil, Kifa, Krimo JS et Zino5."Biographie de Kalash Criminel" r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rohff
Housni M'Kouboi (; born 15 December 1977), better known as Rohff and at times stylized as Roh2f, is a French rapper. Born in Antananarivo, Madagascar, to a family of Comoran origin, he immigrated in 1985 to France living in Vitry-sur-Seine, in south suburbs of Paris.Salmon, CasparRohff Biography, Allmusic, retrieved 2011-06-17 His stage name Rohff () stands for "Rimeur Original Hardcore Flow Fluide". Rohff began rapping around 1990 and in 1994, he participated in the production of the album ''Première Classe'' (''First Class''), working on the track "On fait les choses" alongside Neg'Marrons, Mystik, and Pit Baccardi, and started becoming known to a larger audience. He is a member of the Mafia K'1 Fry, a group of rappers from Val-de-Marne composed. The group released the album ''Légendaire'' (''Legendary'') in 1999. The same year, Rohff began to write his first solo album to be released in 1999 under the title ''Le Code de l'Honneur'' (''The Code of Honor''). Tracks include ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mac Tyer
Socrate Petteng (born April 23, 1979), better known as Mac Tyer (), is a French rapper of Cameroonian descent, from Aubervilliers, Île-de-France The Île-de-France (, ; literally "Isle of France") is the most populous of the eighteen regions of France. Centred on the capital Paris, it is located in the north-central part of the country and often called the ''Région parisienne'' (; en, Pa .... He is also known as Monsieur Socrate or mononym Socrate. He was also member of Perestroika, a rap/hip hop trio made up of Mac Tyer, Mac Kregor (real name Makenzy Guerrier), also from Aubervilliers, France but of Haitian descent and Dontcha. The band was formed in 1999, and active initially for one year, with very rare appearances later on. With Dontcha opting to continue on a solo career, Mac Tyer and Mac Kregor turned it into a rap duo renaming it Tandem in 2000. Tandem remained active until 2014, although its members also released solo albums of their own. Tandem was signed at various ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syndicat National De L'Édition Phonographique
The National Syndicate of Phonographic Publishing (french: Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique; SNEP) is the inter-professional organisation that protects the interests of the French record industry. Originally known under the acronym SNICOP, the organisation was established in 1922 and has 48 member companies. SNEP's responsibilities include collecting and distributing royalty payments for broadcast and performance, preventing copyright infringement of its members' works (including music piracy), and sales certification of silver, gold, platinum and diamond records and videos. SNEP also compiles weekly official charts of France's top-selling music, including singles and albums. Official charts History The first attempt at a French national chart of best-selling records originated from a request by the American music industry magazine '' Billboard''. The magazine's French correspondent, Eddie Adamis, compiled a top 10 list of the country's preferred format, the exten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
