Walid Georgey (born 10 January 1995), known professionally as Maes, is a French rapper of Moroccan origin from

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.

. He has released two albums and a number of singles and is best known for "Madrina" featuring French rapper

Booba Élie Yaffa (; born 9 December 1976), better known under his stage name Booba, is a French rapper. After a brief stint as a break dancer in the early 1990s, Booba partnered with his friend Ali to form Lunatic. The duo released a critically ac ...

. He's Moroccan originally.

Life and career

Maes grew up in Beaudottes in

in the northeastern suburbs of

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

with his five brothers and two sisters. He started rapping at age of 14 forming the trio MSR with his friends Radmo and SY3. After high school, Maes served a sentence for 18 months in maison d'arrêt de Villepinte from 2016 to 2017. During his incarceration, he released a number of songs and a mixtape ''Réelle Vie''. After release from detention, he released "#MaesEstLibérable", and debuted as a supporting act for the groupe 13 Block at the gig in La Bellevilloise in December 2017. On 2 March 2018, he released a second mixtape ''Réelle Vie 2.0'' and upon its success was signed to the Millenium label, part of Capitol Music France. With the single "Madrina" featuring Booba, he topped SNEP, the French Singles Chart. The music video was shot in Bogota. With Millenium, he had released the albums ''Pure'' in 2018 and ''Les derniers salopards'' in 2020.

Discography

Albums

Mixtapes

Singles

As a lead artist

As a featured artist

Other charted songs

Notes

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Maes 1995 births Living people French rappers Rappers from Seine-Saint-Denis French people of Moroccan descent