Alonzo & Booba | |
Number of songs: 1 | Total weeks on charts: 9
Appearing in a total number of: 5 charts | Total period running: 36 days
Appearing in a total number of: 5 charts | Total period running: 36 days
Biography
Kassimou D'Jae, better known by his stage name Alonzo, is a French rapper and singer of Comorian descent who is signed to Def Jam France.
He started rapping from 2002 onwards and was part of the Marseille-based hip hop band Psy 4 de la Rime as Segnor Alonzo alongside band members Don Vincenzo (real name Illiassa Issilame), Soprano (real name Saïd M'Roubaba) and DJ Sya Styles (real name Rachid Aït Baar).
His 2010 solo album Les temps modernes won critical acclaim. His 2012 album Amour, gloire & cité (aka AG&C) contains collaborations with a number of artists like Kenza Farah, Makiavel, Soprano, L'Algérino, M.o.h & Fahar, and Kalif Hardcore.
lie Yaffa, better known under his stage name Booba (French pronunciation: ​[buˈba]) 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 acclaimed album in 2000 but disbanded in 2003. Booba has since embarked on a successful solo career, selling more than ten million discs over his career and becoming the most legally downloaded artist in French history.
Today, Booba is an icon of modern French pop culture, typically revered for the quality of his flow and beats but often criticized because of controversial nature of his lyrics. He has also established the label Tallac Records specializing in rap and hip-hop. Booba has also developed his own line of jewellery in cooperation with a well known jewellery label Tony Bling.
Sources: Wikipedia, Top40-Charts.com Editorial team