DTF (acronym for Dans Ta Face, translates into "In Your Face") is a

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duo consisting of RKM (born Karim Azzouz) and RTI (born Samy Taourirt).

History

Early life and beginnings

Samy and Karim are from the Cité Gagarine district of

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. They started rapping with a few friends from the neighborhood and Karim's cousins: Tarik and Nabil Andrieu brothers, who later formed the PNL. Karim has appeared on PNL's 2015 mixtape, ''

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'' and 2015 album, ''

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''.

Formation and breakthrough

Formed in 2015, they made their debut with the release of an

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(EP) titled ''Le H avant le B''. In 2016, the duo released its first album ''La hass avant le bonheur'', followed by the second, ''Sans rêve'' in the next year. In 2017, the duo was selected as one of the opening acts for PNL's six-city tour in France. In 2019, DTF released its third album ''On ira où ?'', which has peaked at number four in the

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. For the promotion of the album, the duo gave its first television interview to Mouloud Achour's

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show ''Clique''.

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Singles

Other charting songs

References

External links

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