Hamza Al-Farissi (
Berber: ⵃⴰⵎⵣⴰ ⵍⴼⴰⵔⵉⵙⵉ, ''Ḥamza l-Farisi'';
Arabic
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: حمزة الفارسي, ''Hamzat āl-Fārisi''; born 1 August 1994), better known by the mononym Hamza, is a Belgian rapper, singer and
beatmaker
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. Hamza is signed to Rec. 118 and Warner Music.
Career
Born in Laeken, a suburb of
Brussels
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, to parents of
Moroccan origin, he formed the hip hop band Kilogramme Gang as an adolescent with his friends Triton and MK. He also used the logo "Saucegod". The band released the urban project ''Gotham City Vol. 1''. Hamza composed the beats used by the band.
After the band broke up, Hamza went solo in 2013 releasing his solo debut ''Recto Verso''. After meeting Dakose, he resumed his musical activity with the latter as his manager. In May 2015, he released the mixtape ''H-24'' exclusively on the site HauteCulture.com, gaining public attention in Belgium and France. This was followed by the project ''Zombie Life'' with wider appeal, and in 2016, the EP ''New Casanova'' with dancehall beats. In December 2016, he added the mixtape ''Santa Sauce'', made available for free on
SoundCloud
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.
The mixtape ''1994'' has been his major chart success,
LesInrockuptibles: Hamza revient en force avec "1994", sa nouvelle mixtape
making it to number 13 on the French Belgian albums chart and to number 9 in France. A number of singles also charted including "Life", "Vibes" and "Paradise".
Discography
Albums
Mixtapes
EPs
Singles
As lead artist
*Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.
As featured artist
Other charted songs
References
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Belgian rappers
Belgian male singers
Belgian Muslims
1994 births
Living people
People from Laeken
Belgian people of Moroccan descent