20Syl

20syl
Birth name	Sylvain Richard
Born	17 February 1979 Nantes, France
Genres	Hip hop, French rap, jazz rap, turntablism, electronic music
Occupation(s)	Rapper, disc jockey, composer, beatmaker, producer, graphic designer
Years active	1995–present
Associated acts	Hocus Pocus, C2C, AllttA

Sylvain Richard (born 17 February 1979), better known by his stage name 20syl, is a French rapper, disc jockey and producer. He is a composer and MC in the group Hocus Pocus, and member of beatmaker collective of DJs C2C, quadruple world champion DMC Team. He published his first EP, Motifs, in 2014, followed by Motifs II in 2015.

During his career, he also produced for artists and groups such as Diam's, Disiz, Kohndo, Slum Village, Fabe, Scred Connexion, Nakk, Sully Sefil, and is involved in projects such as Just Us vol.1 or Original Bombattak.

20syl, originally a graphic designer, graduated from the Graduate School of Fine Arts in Nantes Métropole. He began his musical career in his room with his parents in Rezé.

In 1995 20Syl and Cambia released their first mixtape, Première Formule. Recorded in a makeshift studio, the first self-produced cassette is sold in the courtyard of their school. In 1997, they associate with DJ Greem, a high school friend of 20Syl to form the group Hocus Pocus, and release their first album as a trio, Seconde Formule, in 1998. Hocus Pocus mixes elements specific to hip-hop (scratches, samples, rap) to an instrumental sound influenced by jazz, soul and funk. Alongside Hocus Pocus, they create in collaboration with DJ Atom and DJ Pfel, a group called C2C (Coups2Cross). C2C was the world champion DMC team four years in a row from 2003 and 2006. They found the collaboration of two MCs and a DJ did not work on stage and went their separate ways; 20Syl continued his productions and DJ Greem invested specifically in C2C.

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