Youssoupha

This article is about a French rapper. For basketball player, see Youssoupha Mbao.
For other uses of "Youssoupha", see Youssoupha (disambiguation).
Youssoupha

Youssoupha in January 2013 at the NRJ Music Awards ceremony.
Background information
Birth name Youssoupha Mabiki
Born (1979-08-29) August 29, 1979
Kinshasa, Zaire
Genres French rap, Conscious rap
Years active 2005-present
Website www.youssoupha.com/

Youssoupha Mabiki, better known by his mononym Youssoupha (French pronunciation: [jusuˈfa]; born in Kinshasa on 29 August 1980) is a French rapper of Congolese origin.

He was born to a Congolese father and a Senegalese mother. His father was a musician and Congo-Kinshasa political figure Tabu Ley Rochereau. After passing his childhood in Congo-Kinshasa, at the age of 10, he moved to France to live with relatives in Beziers, then Osny, Cergy and Sartrouville. He finished his French baccaleureat at Académie de Versailles with high grades and continued with Cultural Mediation, Communication at Roanne and La Guillotière. After obtaining his master's degree, he consecrated himself to music.

He first formed Frères Lumières trio with two other friends. They released a maxi single. He was also involved in many musical projects including the album Tendance by the band Bana Kin (with Sinistre Kozi Philo and Mic genie).

His own street DVD was released at end of 2005 as Eternel Recommencement followed in 2006 and was signed to Hostile record label. After working with a number of renowned rappers, he released his debut studio album in March 2007 titled À chaque frère ("To Every Brother") containing collaborations from Diam's, Kool Shen, S'Pi and Mike Génie.

His second album came out in Octobre 2009 called Sur les chemins du retour ("On the Ways of Return") and an international tour. In preparation of his third album, he also released a downloadable Digi-tape En noir et blanc - En attendant Noir Désir ("Black & White, Waiting for Black Desire") where he included some remixes of the album. In January 2012, he released his third studio album Noir désir ("Black Desire") featuring Taipan, Corneille, S-Pi, Sam's, Indila, LFDV and his own father Tabu Ley Rochereau"

In popular culture

Accolades

Decorations

Discography

Albums

Year Album Charts Certification Notes
FR
[5]
BEL
Vl

BEL
Wa

SWI
2007 À chaque frère 32 FRA : Gold
2009 Sur les chemins du retour 21 FRA : Gold
2011 En noir et blanc - En attendant Noir Désir (Digitape) 117
2012 Noir Désir 3 7 FRA : Platinum Also known as Noir D****
2013 On se connaît 138
2015 NGRTD 4 82 6 12 Also known as Négritude

Singles

Year Single Charts Album
FR
[5]
BEL
(Wa)

SWI
[5]
2011 "Menace de mort" 43 Noir desir
2012 "Histoires vraies"
(feat. Corneille)
75
"Dreamin'"
(feat. Indila & Skalpovich)
14 65
"Les disques de mon père"
(feat. Tabu Ley Rochereau)
137
"On se connait"
(feat. Ayna)
9 7 61 Non-album release
2014 "Boma Yé" 138
2015 "Entourage" 77
"Public Enemy" 158 NGRTD
"Smile" 54
"Chanson française" 143
"Love Musik" 168
Featured in
Year Single Charts Certification Album
FR
[5]
BEL
(Wa)

2012 "I Know" (Remix Street version)"
(Irma feat. Youssoupha)
138 Letter to the Lord
2013 "Paname Boss"
(La Fouine feat. Sniper, Niro, Youssoupha, Canardo, Fababy, Sultan 7)
54 42 Drôle de parcours
"Il se passe quelque chose"
(La Fouine feat. Youssoupha)
101
"Coeur de Guerrier"
(Big Ali feat. Corneille, Youssoupha and Acid)
Urban Electro
"Kitoko"
(Fally Ipupa feat. Youssoupha)
Power World
"Fire"
(Ayọ feat. Youssoupha)
Ticket to the World
2016 "Bada Bing"
(Cris Cab feat. Youssoupha)

See also

References

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, April 16, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.