Guillaume Tranchant (; born 20 February 1980), better known by his stage name Gringe (), is a French rapper, songwriter and actor. He is one half of the French hip hop duo Casseurs Flowters, along with Orelsan, with whom he has released two studio albums: ''

Orelsan et Gringe sont les Casseurs Flowters ''Orelsan et Gringe sont les Casseurs Flowters'' is the debut studio album by Casseurs Flowters, a French hip hop duo consisting of rappers Orelsan and Gringe. It was released on 15 November 2013 by 7th Magnitude and Wagram Music in France and ...

'' in 2013, and the

original soundtrack A soundtrack is recorded music accompanying and synchronised to the images of a motion picture, drama, book, television program, radio program, or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of ...

for their 2015 film ''

Comment c'est loin ''Comment c'est loin'' is a 2015 French quasi-autobiographical musical comedy-drama film written by French rapper Orelsan and directed by Orelsan and Christophe Offenstein. The film stars Orelsan and fellow French rapper Gringe, both of whom for ...

''.

Career

In 2004, Gringe formed the hip hop duo Casseurs Flowters with his colleague Orelsan, and with help from French record producer

Skread Matthieu Le Carpentier (; born on September 22, 1981 in Hérouville-Saint-Clair), known professionally as Skread (), is a French hip hop record producer and composer. He is the co-founder in 2006 of the record label 7th Magnitude, with his partn ...

, they released their first

mixtape A mixtape (alternatively mix-tape, mix tape or mixed tape) is a compilation of music, typically from multiple sources, recorded onto a medium. With origins in the 1980s, the term normally describes a homemade compilation of music onto a cassette ...

''Fantasy: Episode 1'' in 2004 with 11 tracks.Charts in France: Orelsan : un nouvel album des Casseurs Flowters avec Gringe!
Afterwards, the two decided to focus on building their solo careers; Gringe collaborated with a number of artists including El Matador,

Brasco Brasco is a French rapper, originally from Guadeloupe Guadeloupe (; ; gcf, label= Antillean Creole, Gwadloup, ) is an archipelago and overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands— Basse ...

, Pit Baccardi, La Province, Jamal and Nubi, while he also appeared on the song "

Ils sont cools "Ils sont cools" ("They are cool" ) is a song by French rapper Orelsan featuring fellow French rapper and Casseurs Flowters member Gringe. Produced by Spanish producer- DJ duo Cookin' Soul, it was released on 22 June 2012 as the sixth and final s ...

", from Orelsan's second studio album ''

Le chant des sirènes ''Le chant des sirènes'' is the second studio album by French rapper Orelsan, released on 26 September 2011 by 3ème Bureau, 7th Magnitude and Wagram Music. In its first week, the album entered the French Albums Chart in third place with 15,529 ...

'', which peaked at number 66 on the French ( SNEP) Singles Chart. On 3 July 2013, Gringe released his first collaborative single as Casseurs Flowters with Orelsan, "

Bloqué "Bloqué" is a song by French hip hop duo Casseurs Flowters, and produced by Skread. It was released on July 3, 2013 as the lead single from their debut studio album ''Orelsan et Gringe sont les Casseurs Flowters'', in which the song's title is " ...

", as a pre-release for their upcoming debut studio album, ''

'', which was released on 15 November 2013 to generally positive reviews. On 9 December 2015, Orelsan and Gringe released their second collective studio album ''

'', which also served as the soundtrack for their comedy film of the same name, peaking at number 24 on the French Albums Chart and earning a

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in France 13 months later. In April 2017, Gringe announced that he was working on his debut solo album, but did not provide any exact date for its release. On 3 November 2018, Gringe released his first solo album ''Enfant lune''.

Discography

:''Refer also to

Casseurs Flowters discography The following article outlines the discography of French hip hop duo Casseurs Flowters, consisting of rappers Orelsan and Gringe, which includes two studio albums, one mixtape and two singles. Their debut studio album, ''Orelsan et Gringe s ...

'' Solo

Albums

Singles

Other charted songs

Featured in

Filmography

Cinema *2015: ''Comment c'est loin'' as himself *2017: ''Carbone'' as Simon Wizman *2018: ''Les Chatouilles'' as Manu *2019: ''L'Heure de la sortie'' as Steve *2019: ''Damien veut changer le monde'' Television *2015–2016: ''Bloqués'' (TV series) in le ''Petit Journal'' of Canal + – as himself *2016–2017: ''Serge le Mytho'' (TV series, 5 episodes) in le ''Grand'' and le ''Gros Journal'' on Canal + – as himself

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gringe 1980 births Living people People from Val-d'Oise Casseurs Flowters French male singers French rappers French songwriters Male songwriters