Delica Landry (born 19 November 1977), better known by his stage name Dry, is a French

rapper Rapping (also rhyming, spitting, emceeing or MCing) is a musical form of vocal delivery that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular". It is performed or chanted, usually over a backing beat or musical accompaniment. The ...

of Congolese origin. He is also known by the aliases "L'Amiral" and "L'Intransférable". Landry Delica grew up in

Sevran Sevran () is a commune in the French department of Seine-Saint-Denis, northeastern suburbs of Paris, Île-de-France. It is located from the center of Paris. Geography Sevran is located northeast of the Boulevard Périphérique.

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, outside of

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, where he was friends with the rapper

Nessbeal Nabil Sahli (born 16 August 1978), better known by his stage name Nessbeal, is a French rapper. Nessbeal started earlier as NessBeal under which he released his debut studio album '' La mélodie des briques''. At times he has also used NE2S or ...

before moving in 1991 to

Orly Orly () is a commune in the southern suburbs of Paris, Île-de-France. It is located from the center of Paris. The name of Orly came from Latin ''Aureliacum'', "the villa of Aurelius". Orly Airport partially lies on the territory of the co ...

in the

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. In addition to his solo work, Dry is a member of French rap group

Intouchable Intouchable is a French rap band from Choisy-le-Roi, Val-de-Marne, founded in 1992 by rappers Dry and Demon One. They are also part of the rap/urban collective Mafia K-1 Fry. Besides important collaborations with the collective, the band rele ...

alongside band member

Demon One Hakim Sid (born 2 July 1975), better known by his stage name Demon One, is a French rapper of Algerian origin. Hakim Sid was born Choisy-le-Roi, Val-de-Marne of an Algerian father and a French mother started rapping at a very young age. He was ...

(real name Hakim Sid). He is also part of the French rap collective

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(sometimes stylized as Mafia K'1 Fry) alongside the other Intouchable member

. 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 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 ...

and

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before releasing with Intouchable the 2000 album ''Les points sur les I''. In 2004, he took part in the third album Rohff ''La fierté des nôtres'' and in the compilation '' Street Lourd Hall Stars'' with "La hass" featuring Kamelancien, de Bicêtre -94-, and Rohff. In 2005, Intouchable released their second album ''La vie de rêve'' with a joint title "La gagne" featuring

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. Dry has also been featured on a number of

Sexion d'Assaut Sexion d'Assaut (), formerly known as 3ème Prototype (for "Troisième Prototype" ; en, "3rd Prototype"), is a French hip hop band formed in 2002, composed of eight Parisian rappers. They are signed to independent record label Wati B, which i ...

rap band. In 2008, Dry had his debut solo album as a street tape entitled ''De la pure pour les durs'' including many unreleased tracks of Dry. In 2009, he released his debut studio album ''Les derniers seront les premiers'' followed up by a second solo studio album on 20 February 2012 called ''Tôt ou tard''.

Discography

Albums / Mixtapes

;Solo ;As part of

*2000 : ''Les points sur les I'' *2001 : ''I Have a Dream'' (maxi) *2004 : ''Original Mix-Tape'' (mixtape) *2005 : ''La vie de rêve'' ;In collective

Mafia K'1 Fry Mafia K-1 Fry sometimes stylized as Mafia K'1 Fry is a French collective of hip hop artists, rappers, beatboxers, DJs, MCs and music producers mostly coming from the Val-de-Marne and the Orly-Choisy-Vitry-Joinville axis (being locations in Orly ...

*1997 : ''Les liens sacrés'' *1999 : ''Légendaire'' *2003 : ''La cerise sur le ghetto'' *2007 : ''Jusqu'à la mort''

Singles

*Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts. For Ultratip peaks, added 50 positions to arrive at an equivalent Ultratop position ;Featured in *Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts. For Ultratip peaks, added 50 positions to arrive at an equivalent Ultratop position

Appearances

;Main *2003: Dry - "Freestyle" on mixtape ''Pur son ghetto Vol. 2'' *2003: Dry feat Rohff, Sefyu & Zesau - ''Baiser'' sur la compile ''Talents fachés 1'' *2006: Dry feat Singuila - "Coup du sort" in the compilation ''Street couleur'' *2008: Dry feat Belly Blanco - "Je suis l'un d'eux" in the compilation ''Département 94'' *2009: Dry feat AP, Selim Du 9.4 & OGB - "J'ai la rime" in the compilation ''Les yeux dans la banlieue Vol. 2'' ;Featured in *1996: Ideal J feat Dry,

, Rim-K & Manu Key - "Show Bizness" in Ideal J EP ''Original Mc's sur une mission'' *2007:

Rim'K Abdelkrim Brahmi a.k.a. Rim'K (born 21 June 1978 in Paris, France) is an Algerian–French rapper. Rim'K was raised in the Parisian suburb of Vitry-sur-Seine. His family is originally from Barbacha in Algeria and is mentioned many times in his ...

feat Dry & Medine - "Le billet de banque" in Rim'K album ''Famille nombreuse'' *2008:

Kery James Alix Mathurin (; born 28 December 1977) better known as Kery James, is a French rapper, singer, songwriter, dancer and record producer from Orly, who was born in Guadeloupe to Haitian parents. Prior to his solo career, he was in Idéal J where ...

feat Dry - "Egotripes" in the Kery James album ''A l'ombre du show business'' *2008: 3ème Prototype feat Dry - "Normal" on the Street CD of 3^e Prototype, ''Le renouveau'' *2008: Gooki feat Dry & S'Co - "J'ai fait un rêve" in the Gooki album ''Trop de choses à dire'' *2009: Kennedy feat Dry, Ol Kainry,

Seth Gueko Nicolas Salvadori (; born 27 October 1980), better known by his stage name Seth Gueko (, ), is a French rapper. He has released two albums that have charted in France and a number of street albums and mixtapes. Career Nicolas Salvadori was bor ...

, Black Barby,

Despo Rutti Pascal Trésor Azu'Simba, better known as Despo Rutti "Rutt's" (born 26 June 1982 in Kinshasa), is a French rapper from Democratic Republic of the Congo. Spending his life in Kinshasa and in Brazzaville, he immigrated to France in 1992. He releas ...

& Alonzo - "Code de la rue Remix" in the Kennedy album ''Cicatrice'' *2009: AP feat Dry & OGB - "Tempéraments" in the AP album ''Discret'' *2009:

feat Dry - "Wati bon son" in the Street CD of Sexion D'assaut ''L'écrasement de tête'' *2010: Mister You feat Dry, John Steed & Wira - "Vieille meuf" in the Mister You album ''Présumé coupable'' *2010: 400 Hyènes feat Dry, Zesau, Alpha 5.20, Iron Sy & Beli Blanco - "Union malsaine" in the 400 Hyènes album ''L'esprit du clan'' *2010: Sexion d'Assaut feat Dry - "Wati by night" in the Sexion d'assaut album ''L'école des points vitaux'' *2010: Ol Kainry feat Dry - "Beleck" in the Ol Kainry album ''Au max 2.0''

References

External links

SkyRock Dry pagehttps://web.archive.org/web/20140714183117/http://www.mafiak1fry.fr/
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dry 1977 births Living people French rappers French people of Republic of the Congo descent Rappers from Val-de-Marne