L'Algérino
| L'Algérino | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Samir Djourhlel |
| Born |
2 May 1981 Marseille, France |
| Genres | Rap |
L'Algérino (the Algerian), whose real name Samir Djoghlal, born May 2, 1981 in the Bouches-du-Rhône, in Marseille, France, is a French-Algerian rapper whose family came from Khenchela, Algeria. A childhood friend of the Soprano, Alonzo and JUL rappers. He was discovered in 2001 by rapper Akhenaton, a member of the IAM group, who signed him on his 361 Recordz label, and in which he published his first album "The Last Be the First" (French: Les derniers seront les premiers), in June 2005. At the age of 25, L'Algérino becomes the first Marseille artist signed on an independent Paris label, the Sinik Six-O-Nine.
Samir Djoghlal known as 'L'Algerino' of Algerian parents, was born on May 2, 1981 in Marseille, France, and grew up in Felix Pyat, a difficult neighborhood of Marseille. Even, if he started the music at a very early age, l'Algerino confides that he was not originally intended to pursue a musical career, since after his bachelor degree, he moved toward to study engineer or mathematics. It is afterwards that he devotes himself more to rap music.
L'Algerino was introduced to rap at a very young age listening to Suprême NTM and IAM in the northern districts of Marseille. He started rapping at the age of 11 and quickly began releasing mixtapes and appearing in local concerts. He had brief stints with groups 'B-Vice Junior' and '45 Niggaz', releasing independent albums with both of them. The work of Algérino is produced in its early days by Hichem Gombra and Hafid Fédaouche (HF Production), with whom he recorded his first maxi two titles called "T'sais c'est qui qui cause?" (English: Do You Know who's who causes?), whose instrumental is composed by Soprano of Psy4 De La Rime. He officially made a name for himself when he appeared on Psy 4 de la Rime's album 'Block Party'.
L'Algerino was discovered in 2004 by Akhenaton, a member of the IAM group, who signs him on his label 361 Records; his first album, "Les derniers seront les premiers" (English:The Last Be the First), is distributed by Naïve Records and released in 2005. The group offers him the first parts of their concerts, with Psy4 De La Rime. During a concert in Chambéry, L'Algérino and Sinik share the poster and meet for the first time. It is in Paris that they meet again several times and plan to move together after the departure of Sam 361 Records. Aged 25, L'Algérino became the first Marseille artist to be signed on an independent Paris label, Six-O-Nine. After relative success of his debut album, he released in 2007 album "Mentalité pirate" (English: Pirate attitude), which gained fame, through tracks like "L'envie de vaincre" (English: the desire to conquer), "Fleur fanée", (English: Faded flower) and the sentimental "Entre deux flammes" (English: Between two flames).
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