Stomy Bugsy
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Stomy Bugsy in 2013
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Gilles Duarte |
| Born | 21 May 1972 |
| Origin | Paris, France |
| Genres | French Rap |
| Occupation(s) | Rapper, actor |
| Years active | 1991-present |
Stomy Bugsy (French pronunciation: [stɔmi bœɡˈzi]; born Gilles Duarte; 21 May 1972) is a French rapper and actor from Sarcelles, France.
Born of parents from the Republic of Cape Verde, Duarte helped found hip hop group Ministere AMER, however in 1996 he decided to launch his own solo career and incluenced with West Coast and Gangsta rap from California with the album Le Calibre qu'il te faut (The size that you need) and gained important success with the single "Mon papa à moi est un gangster". His recent release is Royalties in 2015, released online on April 27, 2015.
Duarte has also had several acting roles especially Ma 6-T va crack-er in 1997, 3 Zeros in 2001, Gomèz and Tavares in 2003, Nèg maron in 2005 and Anna Meyer, asssistante de choc in 2006, Aliker in 2008 which he portrayed André Aliker, a Martinican Communist journalist in the 1930s, he later appeared in Bye Bye Blondie (2012), an adaptation of a book by Virginie Despentes.
His origin of the stage name was known in the 1980s his second part of the name Bugsy is named after the mafia Bugsy Siegel
He has a son, Bilal, born in 1992, he started his rapping career in 2013.
Stomy Bugsy is the nephew of the former Thai boxing champion Aurelién Duarte.
With Ministère AMER:
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