Wanani Gradi Mariadi (born November 28, 1990), better known by his stage name Gradur (), is a French rapper of Congolese origin from
Roubaix
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Hauts-de-France
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[''Jeune Afrique: Les sons de la semaine #28 : Moh! Kouyaté, Gradur, J. Martins et Youssou Ndour'']
/ref> He first gained recognition from a series of freestyles called Sheguey.
He started as part of the rap band 59. Enjoying great following online, he formed his own entourage dubbed Sheguey Squad sheguey meaning "child of the street" in Congolese lingo and released his mixtape ''ShegueyVara'' in 2014 with the music video "Traction". His greatly expected debut album ''L'homme au Bob'' was released on February 23, 2015
with collaborations from
Niro,
Lacrim
Karim Zenoud (; , born 19 April 1985), better known by his stage name Lacrim (, ; sometimes stylized as LaCrim), is a French rapper of Algerian descent.
Youth
Karim Zenoud was born in the 20th arrondissement of Paris to Algerian immigrant pare ...
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Alonzo
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Given name
*Alonzo de Barcena, 16th-century Spanish Jesuit missionary and linguist
*Alonzo de Santa Cruz (–1567), Spanish cartographer, ...
(from
Psy4 de la Rime),
Kayna Samet,
Chief Keef and
Migos
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Discography
Albums
Mixtapes
Singles
*Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.
Featured in
*Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.
Other songs
References
External links
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Living people
1990 births
Black French musicians
Black French rappers
French people of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent
French male rappers
People from Roubaix
Rappers from Nord
Trap musicians