La Fouine
| La Fouine | |
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La Fouine in March 2011
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| Born |
Laouni Mouhid 25 December 1981 Trappes, Yvelines, France |
| Other names | Fouiny Baby |
| Occupation | Rapper, singer, songwriter, Record producer, actor, music executive, entrepreneur |
| Known for | Musical career, Banlieue 13: Ultimatum |
| Musical career | |
| Genres | French hip hop |
| Instruments | Vocals, Keyboard, Piano |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Labels | Sony Music France, Banlieue Sale |
| Associated acts | Amel Bent, Canardo, DJ Khaled, Game, Rohff, T-Pain, Timati, French Montana, Omarion |
| Website | www |
| Banlieue Sale | |
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| Parent company | Independent label |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Founder | La Fouine and Canardo |
| Genre | Hip hop, rap |
| Country of origin | France |
Laouni Mouhid (born December 25, 1981 in Trappes, Yvelines), commonly known by his stage name La Fouine (French pronunciation: [laˈfwin]; English: The Weasel) or Fouiny Baby, is a French rapper, singer, songwriter and actor of Moroccan origin. He owns his own record label, Banlieue Sale Music, and his own clothing line called "Street Swagg". He is an established figure in French rap.
Born in Trappes in a family of seven children to Moroccan parents from Casablanca, Laouni grew outside Paris in the Yvelines. He stopped his studies at the age of fifteen to devote himself to rap and took his first music lessons. La Fouine, who was called "Forcené" was an active member of the collective "GSP". It was part of the short-lived group "FORS" with DJ RV (Hervé), Le Griffon (Tarek Medimegh) And LaylaD (Layla Melloni Forcé), created mainly to participate at 2 R puissance ART in La Verrière, where he won the second prize.
Since then, Laouni married, then divorced after becoming the father of a little girl, born in 2002, named Fatima, named after La Fouine's mother . The death of his mother in 2005 inspired his song "Je regarde là-haut" He also experienced dark periods in foster homes and prisons. "I was only fifteen when I was expelled from school and placed in foster homes. I became an insomniac for most of the time. But it did not take me to sleep with me, if the cops were looking for me directly. I slept with people in cars, premises, etc.. It was misery", he said to the magazine Planète Rap.
After releasing his first street-tape Planète Trappes that made him earn an early legitimacy in rap, he released his first album in 2005 called Bourré au Son strongly marked by the California style. The singles "L'unité" and "Quelque chose de spécial" meet critical acclaim and broadcast on many French radio stations.
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