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: ⵢⵓⵙⴻⴼ ⴰⵇⴷⵉⵎ, ar, يوسف أقديم, link=no; born 4 July 1985), better known as Lartiste (), is a French-Moroccan singer and rapper. Born in

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, he emigrated to France at 7 years old, having lived in

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and later in

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, outside of

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. At age 13, he became part of the rap band Malédiction and at 16 he adopted the stage name Lartiste ("L'artiste" - "The artist" in English). He released "Évasion", his first maxi solo, in 2006 and joined the collective French Cut, having released a mixtape, ''Rap 1.9'', in 2010. Going solo, his 2013 studio album, ''Lalbum'' ( l'album - "the album" in English), included several musical influences including funk, soul, pop, electro and African sounds. He released his second studio album, ''Fenomeno'', in 2015, his third and fourth albums, ''Maestro'' and ''Clandestino'', in 2016, and his fifth ''Clandestino'', in 2018. Also in 2018, the third single from ''Clandestino'', "Mafiosa", which features Brazilian singer Caroliina, reached number 2 in the main French singles chart, number one in the Megafusion chart (which contabilizes the selling and streaming numbers in France), number six in

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and number one in

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, where it was also the first radio hit containing a significant part of lyrics in French since

Stromae Paul van Haver (; born 12 March 1985), better known by his stage name Stromae (), is a Belgian singer, rapper, songwriter and producer. He is mostly known for his music blending hip hop and electronic music. Stromae came to wide public attenti ...

's "

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", in 2014.

Discography

* ''Lalbum'' (2013) * ''Fenomeno'' (2015) * ''Maestro'' (2016) * ''Clandestino'' (2016) * ''Grandestino'' (2018) * ''Quartier Latin Vol.1'' (2019)

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