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La Fouine | |
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 La Fouine performing in 2011 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Laouni Mouhid |
| Also known as |
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| Born | (1981-12-25)25 December 1981 (age 43) Trappes,Yvelines,Île-de-France, France |
| Genres | French hip hop |
| Occupations |
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| Years active | 2001–present |
| Labels | |
| Website | lafouine78 |
Laouni Mouhid (Arabic:لاوني محيد,pronounced[laːwniːmuːħiːd]; born 25 December 1981),[1] commonly known by his stage nameLa Fouine (French pronunciation:[laˈfwin];lit. 'Thebeech marten'), with additional aliases such asFouiny Babe or justFouiny (/fwiːni/), is a French rapper and singer. He is the owner of Banlieue Sale and the clothing line "Street Swagg".
Born inTrappes in a family of seven children to Moroccan parents fromCasablanca, Laouni grew outside Paris in theYvelines. He is the penultimate of his six brothers and sisters, Hakim (aka the rapperCanardo), Kamel, Illham, Samira, Naima and Adil. La Fouine talked about this in "Je regarde là-haut".
He left school 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" withDJ RV (Hervé),Le Griffon (Tarek Medimegh) AndLaylaD (Layla Melloni Forcé), created mainly to participate at2 R puissance ART inLa Verrière, where he won the second prize.
La Fouine endured challenging times while 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 magazinePlanète Rap.
In 1998, La Fouine was imprisoned. He then married, but divorced after becoming a father. His daughter, born in 2002, named Fatima, was named after La Fouine's mother. His mother's death in 2005 inspired his song "Je regarde là-haut"
La Fouine is a fan of amateur clubESA Linas-Montlhéry.[2]
After releasing his first street-tapePlanète Trappes that made him earn an early legitimacy in rap, he released his first album in 2005 calledBourré 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.
After putting outPlanète Trappes Volume 2 on the market launching especially his brotherCanardo through three titles, La Fouine released his second album entitledAller-Retour on 12 March 2007. The first single from this album was "Reste en Chien" withBooba. The second single was titled "Qui peut me stopper", "Banlieue Sale" with Gued'1 & Kennedy and "Tombé pour elle" withAmel Bent. Today, this album is certifiedgold.
After releasing the street-tapeCapitale du Crime which highlights the rappers ofYvelines, the third album of the rapperMes Repères released in February 2009 and received a gold disc certification in October 2009. It included three guest appearances especially withSoprano on "Repartir à zéro" and still with Soprano andSefyu on "Ca fait mal (Remix)" andCanardo (his younger brother) on "Hamdoulah Moi Ca Va". Today, this album is certifiedplatinum.
The diskCapitale du Crime Volume 2 released on 18 January 2010, ranks third in the album sales in France in the first week of its release. On this album are collaborations with Canardo, Green Money, Kennedy, Vincenzo, Chabodo, A2P Rickwell, Gued'1...
In April 2010, La Fouine worked withAdmiral T & Medine on the piece "Viser la Victoire", extract the Admiral-T's album entitledL'Instinct Admiral and so onStreet Lourd II with the song "Dans nos quartiers" in collaboration withAlonzo and Teddy Corrona. Nowadays, this mixtape is certified gold.
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The first single from her double albumLa Fouine vs Laouni is "Passe-leur le salam" featuringRohff. "Veni, vidi, vici" is the second single and the third extract "Caillera for Life" is a collaboration with California rapperThe Game in which The Game tried performing inFrench. And the fourth from the album entitled "Papa" is a track where La Fouine speaks about his father. The fifth single was released on 21 January 2011 called "Les Soleils de Minuits".
La Fouine revealed the list of titles, but also the production of the album on 21 January 2011. The music is especially tracks with Street Fabulous, Animalsons, Dj E-Rise Skalp, etc., while his brother Canardo appears on the microphone on "Bafana Bafana (Remix)".
On 7 May 2011, La Fouine had a concert at the Zenith in Paris, That evening, he performed withZaho the title "Quand ils vont partir". Moreover, some time after,Kamelancien signed with the label of La Fouine's managers "S-Kal Records". Other notable rappers followed such asSultan.
La Fouine released a reissue of the album on 15 June 2011. While waiting his new mixtapeCapital Crime Vol. III, La Fouine released a new edition ofLa Fouine vs Laouni entitledLa Fouine et Laouni including twelve songs of his double album with an unpublished remix "Toute la night" produced byMajestic Drama and "Veni, vidi, vici" remixed by Dj Battle featuring Francisco. Today, this album is certified platinum.
Capitale du Crime Volume 3 was released on 28 November 2011. It contained many guest appearances with American stars such asT-Pain on "Rollin' Like a Boss",DJ Khaled at production on "VNTM.com" andAce Hood on "T'es mort dans le film". The mixtape sold over 62,000 copies until March 2012 and was certified gold. Meanwhile, he joined the group Trappes Stars created by his former manager Bodé. Trappes Stars was composed of some rappers of Trappes region such as Canardo, Green, MAS, Chabodo, Gued'1 or the A2P. All gathered on a compilation mixed by DJ Battle.
On 10 September 2012, La Fouine revealed on social networks the title of his new album entitledDrôle de Parcours. The first single from the album was "Paname Boss" and released on 2 November 2012. This single featuredSniper, Niro,Youssoupha, Canardo,Fababy andSultan. 6 November 2012, La Fouine released the second single fromDrôle de Parcours called "J'avais pas les mots". The third single is "Ma Meilleure" in featuringZaho. 60,000 copies of the album were sold and the album was certified gold.
Team BS was a project and a hip hop collective of La Fouine launched in 2013, and an initiative of La Fouine's record label Banlieue Sale, "BS" denoting actually the record label they work in. The collective was made up of acts La Fouine,Fababy,Sultan and the vocalistSindy[3] the latter from the French television seriesPopstars where la Fouine was one of the judges.[4] French producer Pascal Lemaire known asDJ Skalp / Skalpovich was also part of the collective.
In 2013, Team BS had a debuting charting success with the self-titled single "Team BS" (alternatively known as "Vrai frères"). The release was accompanied by a music video. In January 2014, Team BS came up with a follow-up single "Case départ".
Early 2005, La Fouine responded with his title "Ferme ta gueule" toKamelancien who attacked him as "twisted face" in the song "Reste vrai". Kamelancien soon turned up with his new response titled "Crise Cardiaque" and openly threatened him on a TV programme. This clash between the two Moroccan rappers, was a sort of clash with completely different style, one fromOujda and representing theVal-de-Marne and the other a native ofCasablanca, representing theYvelines. In 2011 the two rappers were reconciled and performed the song "Vécu" seen over 16 million times onYouTube. In May 2011, La Fouine invited Kamelancien to his concert at the Zenith in Paris to officially end their clash.
Attacked byBooba, during the promotion of his albumFutur according to him La Fouine "clashed" him on "Paname Boss" with a punchline. While his album had been released quite a few months, Booba insisted on releasing the song "AC Milan", where he attacked La Fouine calling him a pedophile, calling Emile Louis Laounizi (referring toEmile Louis) and diffusing an extract of a video where the criminal record of La Fouine is revealed.
La Fouine chose "Autopsie 5" to answer back (Autopsie is the name of mixtapes series of Booba). He chose to offer free the song explaining he did not want to make money on the clash. Thereafter, La Fouine and Booba released at the same time a second song "TLT" ("Tuez Les Tous" for Booba and "T'as La Tremblotte" for La Fouine) on their respective YouTube channels. La Fouine spoke mostly about Booba's photo that had circulated on the Internet, in parodying his music.
On 10 March 2013, Booba broadcast the video of their altercation that took place inMiami. American rapper50 Cent put the video on his website. La Fouine replied "LOL! I just learned that the uncensored version of the altercation with b2obeatrice runs on the Net, I'll wait to find it to put the video of the altercation between him, Dixon (a friend of La Fouine) and Booba on Facebook. He highlighted passages that had been edited out by Booba where he runs away to escape La Fouine and Dixon. They nicknamed him Usain B2olt referring to Jamaican sprinterUsain Bolt.
| Banlieue Sale | |
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| Parent company | Independent label |
| Founded | 2008 |
| Founder | La Fouine andCanardo |
| Genre | Hip hop, rap |
| Country of origin | France |
In 2008, La Fouine and his brotherCanardo decided to launch their own label called "Banlieue Sale". This independent label, forged a partnership withSony-BMG, one of the biggest music labels in the world. Banlieue Sale has subsidiaries that are "S-Kal Records" (created by the managers of La Fouine) and "Henijai Music" (created by Canardo).
In sum, a half-dozen artists have signed on Banlieue Sale including:
( (A) denotes album, (M) denotes mixtape)
| Date | Album (A) / Mixtape (M) | Label | Charts | Certification | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR [5] | BEL (Fl) [6] | BEL (Wa) [7] | SWI [8] | |||||
26 October 2004 | Planète Trappes | (M) | — | — | — | — | — | |
April 2005 | Bourré au son | (A) | Jive-Epic | 82 | — | — | — | — |
2 March 2006 | Planète Trappes Volume 2 | (M) | Jive-Epic | — | — | — | — | |
12 March 2007 | Aller-Retour | (A) | Jive-Epic | 21 | — | 70 | — | Gold |
18 February 2008 | Capitale du Crime | (M) | 78 | — | — | — | — | |
13 February 2009 | Mes Repères | (A) | Jive-Epic | 2 | — | 13 | 70 | Platinum |
18 January 2010 | Capitale du Crime Volume 2 | (M) | Banlieue Sale Music | 3 | — | 20 | 94 | Gold |
14 February 2011 | La Fouine vs Laouni | (A) | Jive-Epic | 1 | — | 5 | 30 | Double Platinum |
28 November 2011 | Capitale du Crime Volume 3 | (M) | Banlieue Sale Music | 10 | — | 24 | 55 | Gold |
4 February 2013 | Drôle de parcours | (A) | Jive-Epic | 1 | 113 | 2 | 6 | Platinum |
28 November 2014 | Capitale du Crime Volume 4 | (M) | Banlieue Sale Music | 15 | — | 50 | — | |
11 March 2016 | Nouveau monde | (A) | Jive-Epic | 8 | — | 11 | 37 | |
2 June 2017 | CDCC | (A) | Jive-Epic | 15 [9] | — | 31 | 99 | |
12 October 2018 | Sombre[10] | (A) | Jive-Epic | 29 [11] | — | 58 | — | |
24 January 2020 | Bénédictions | (A) | RCA-Sony | 4 [12] | — | 18 | 96 | |
21 May 2021 | XXI | (A) | Banlieue Sale | 27 | — | 72 | — | |
29 November 2024 | Capitale du crime radio | (A) | Believe | — | — | 15 | 19 | |
(Charting)
| Year | Album | Charts | Album | |||
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| FR [5] | BEL (Wa) Ultratop [7] | BEL (Wa) Ultratip [7] | SWI [8] | |||
| 2004 | "Manque d'argent" | 68 | — | — | — | |
| 2005 | "L'unité " (featuring J-Mi Sissoko) | 37 | — | — | — | Bourré au son |
| 2007 | "Qui peut me stopper?" | 20 | — | — | — | Aller-Retour |
| "Tombé pour elle"(featuringAmel Bent) | 15 | — | — | — | ||
| 2009 | "Du ferme" | — | — | 8 | — | Mes repères |
| 2010 | "Banlieue Sale Music"(featuringNessbeal) | — | — | 15 | — | Capitale du crime Vol.2 |
| 2011 | "Veni, vidi, vici" | 24 | — | 28 | — | La Fouine vs. Laouni |
| "Papa" | 17 | — | 14 | — | ||
| "D'où l'on vient" | 53 | — | — | — | ||
| "Toute la night" | 47 | — | 43 | — | ||
| "Vécu"(featuringKamelancien) | 51 | — | — | — | Capitale du Crime Vol. 3 | |
| "Original" | 81 | — | — | — | ||
| 2012 | "J'avais pas les mots" | 16 | 39 | — | — | Drôle de parcours |
| 2013 | "Paname Boss"(featuringSniper, Niro,Youssoupha,Canardo,Fababy,Sultan) | 54 | 42 | — | — | |
| "Ma meilleure"(featuringZaho) | 23 | — | 9 | — | ||
| "Fête des mères" | 45 | — | — | — | ||
| 2014 | "Va bene" (feat.Reda Taliani) | 3 | — | — | — | Capitale du Crime Volume 4 |
| 2015 | "Ça va toujours" | 49 | — | — | — | |
| "Par intérêt" | 115 | — | — | — | ||
| 2016 | "Terminus" | 156 | — | — | — | Nouveau monde |
| 2017 | "Chargee" | 17 [13] | — | — | — | CDCC |
| "Litron" | 156 [14] | — | — | — | ||
| "Donne-moi mes sous" | 82 [15] | — | — | — | ||
| 2019 | "Colorés" | 118 [16] | — | — | — | |
(Promotional)
| Year | Album | Charts | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| FR [5] | |||
| 2013 | "Redbull & vodka" | 84 | Drôle de parcours |
| "Quand je partirai" | 86 | ||
| "A l'époque" | 93 | ||
| "Il se passe quelque chose" | 101 | ||
| "Karl" | 158 | ||
| "Donne-moi" | 165 | ||
| "On s'en bat les couilles 2013" (featuringMac Tyer) | 183 | ||
| "Fatima" | 186 | ||
| 2014 | "Conseil d'ami" | 146 | |
| "Peace sur le FN" | 163 | ||
| "Lové" | 175 |
| Year | Album | Charts | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR [5] | BEL (Wa) Ultratop [7] | BEL (Wa) Ultratip [7] | |||
| 2011 | "Des pères, des hommes et des frères" (Corneille featuring La Fouine) | 25 | — | 2 | |
| 2012 | "Rollin' Like a Boss" (Mackenson featuring La Fouine &T-Pain) | 141 | — | — | |
| "C'est la hass" (Zifou featuring La Fouine) | 66 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | "Wesh ma gueule" (Fababy feat. La Fouine) | 143 | — | — | |
| "Team BS" (La Fouine,Fababy, Sindy andSultan) | 21 | — | — | ||
| Year | Single | Album |
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| Bourré Au Son |
2007 | Aller-Retour | |
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| Capitale du Crime |
2009 | Mes Repères | |
2010 | Capitale du Crime Volume 2 | |
2011 | La Fouine vs Laouni | |
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| Capitale du Crime Volume 3 |
2012 |
| Drôle de parcours |
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| Year | Single | Director |
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2004 | Autobiographie | OCM |
2005 | L'unité (feat J-Mi Sissoko) | |
Quelque chose de spécial (feat Ellijah) | ||
2006 | On s'en bat les Couilless | |
2007 | Qui peut me stopper ? | |
Reste en chien (feat Booba) | ||
Banlieue Sale (feat Gued'1 et Kennedy) | ||
Dignity (feat Matchstick) | Da Connect | |
Tombé Pour Elle (feat Amel Bent) | OCM | |
2008 | Cherche la Monnaie | Chris Macari |
Ça Fait Mal (Remix) (feat Soprano et Sefyu) | Mazava Prod | |
2009 | Tous les mêmes | |
Du ferme | ||
Hamdoullah moi ça va (feat Canardo) | ||
Krav Maga | Chris Macari | |
Banlieue Sale Music (feat Nessbeal) | ||
Krav Maga (Remix) (feat Gued'1, Green Money, Canardo et MLC) | ||
2010 | Nés pour briller (feat Canardo, Green Money et MLC) | Charly Clodion |
Mauvais œil (feat Green Money) | Iceland Film | |
Passe leur le salam (feat Rohff) | Wahib Cheheta | |
Caillra for life (feat The Game) | Mazava Prod | |
2011 | Veni Vidi Vici | |
Les soleils de minuit | Glenn Smith | |
Papa | Mazava Prod | |
Mathusalem | Glenn Smith | |
Fouiny Gamos | ||
Interlude-One shot | 1986 Prod | |
Caillra for life 2 (feat Game) | The Walkers Ent | |
Elle venait du ciel (feat Zaho) | Mangua.D | |
Bafana Bafana remix (feat Soprano, Admiral T , Seth Gueko, Canardo, Nessbeal, Dj Battle et Cut Killer) | Glenn Smith | |
nhar sheitan Click | 1986 Prod | |
D'où l'on vient | Mazava Prod | |
Toute la night | 1986 Prod | |
VNTM.COM (feat Dj Khaled) | ||
Vécu (feat Kamelancien) | ||
J'arrive en balle (feat Fababy) | ||
Ben Laden | ||
C'est bien de… (feat Fababy) | ||
Rollin Like A Boss… (feat Mackenson & T-Pain) | ||
Rappelle-toi(feat MAS) | Guillaume Viscogliosi | |
Jalousie (feat SixcoupsMC , Leck & Fababy) | 1986 Prod | |
2012 | Capitale du crime 3 (feat Sneazzy et 3010) | |
Paname Boss (feat Sniper, Niro, Youssoupha, Canardo, Fababy & Sultan) | ||
J'avais pas les mots | - | |
2013 | Autopsie 5 | |
Il se passe quelque chose (feat Youssoupha) | 1986 Prod | |
Ma Meilleure (feat Zaho) | - | |
Quand je partirai | ||
2014 | Va bene (withReda Taliani) | Glenn Smith |
2015 | Insta (feat.Lartiste) | |
2018 | Mohamad Salah | TBA |
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| Year | Single | Director |
|---|---|---|
2004 | Banlieue ouest (with Vf Gang) | Souljah / OCM |
2006 | État des lieux | |
2007 | Responsable (with Manu Key) | Chris Macari |
2008 | Dignity (with Matchscick) | Da Connect |
2010 | Viser la victoire (with Medine et Admiral-T) | Chris Macari |
2011 | Des pères, des hommes et des frères (with Corneille) | Jean Marie Antonini |
2011 | C'est La Hass (with Zifou) | 1986 Prod |
2012 | Problème (with Fababy) | 1986 Prod |
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | La Fouine | Best French Artist | Won |
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | La Fouine | The band or artist revelation of the public of the year | Nominated |
| 2010 | Mes repères | The urban music album of the year | Nominated |
| 2012 | La Fouine vs Laouni | The rap or urban music album of the year | Nominated |
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | La Fouine | Best Rap Artist | Nominated |
| 2008 | Aller retour | Best | Nominated |
| 2008 | Reste en chien | Best track | Nominated |
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | La Fouine | Best Male Artist | Won |
| 2013 | La Fouine/Zaho | Best Collaboration | Won |
| 2013 | Drôle de Parcours | Best Album | Won |
| Year | Title | Director | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Lourd de fou | Mazava Prod | 1. 69 la trik! - 2. Qui peut me tester...à PES – 3. Ca fait mal! - 4. Montpellier le fait mieux! - 5. Un trappiste à Miami – 6. Le 78 chez les ch'tis – 7. Sam a pris des bords – 8. La promo a Paris c'est magique – 9. Fouiny Potter en Suisse |
| 2011 | Fouiny Story I | Double N Prod | 1. Un F'tor presque parfait – 2. 4 jours en 1 – 3. À la bien – 4. Chanter le foot – 5. Semi-liberté – 6. L'Ancienne Belgique – 7. La cité de l'or – 8. Trappes et Campton – 9. Je suis musulman comme Michael Chretien – 10. African Dream – 11. Nouvelle-Calédonie – 12. Passe-leur le Salam – 13. Kinshasa – 14. En mode clip – 15. Papa – 16. Le printemps des Bourges – 17. D'ou l'on vient – 18. Le Zenith de Paris – 19. Festival Inc'Rock – 20. Banlieue Sale à Cannes – 21. Enjaillement Total – 22. Fouiny Tour – 23. Le retour du roi Heenok – 24. Nancy – 25. M.A.S nouvelle signature Banlieue Sale – 26. Best-of season 1 + unedited materials from season 1 |
| Fouiny Story II | 1. Bienvenue chez la Banlieue Sale – 2. Fababy nouvelle signature Banlieue Sale – 3. La Réconciliation – 4. 3 concerts en 2 jours – 5. Montreality – 6. Banlieue Sale et G-Unit – 7. Dougie Swagg – 8. 3 clips en une semaine – 9. Un concert sous la pluie – 10. Fouiny Tour Part. I – 11. L'association CEKEDUBONHEUR – 12. Fouiny Tour Part. II – 13. Africa Tour 1 – 14. Africa Tour 2 – 15. Africa Tour 3 | ||
| 2012 | Fouiny Story III | 1. Dakar 4 ever – 2. Drôle de personage – 3. Paname boss – 4. Fouiny Team – 5. Journée chargée de fou – 6. Drôle de Parcours – 7. Disque d'or – 8. Les Coulisses du C.D.C 3 Tour (part 1) – 9. Les Coulisses du C.D.C 3 Tour (part 2) – 10. Les Coulisses du C.D.C 3 Tour (part 3) – 11. Abidjan – 12. Street Swagg Tour | |
| 2016 | Fouiny Story IV | Orson Swell | 1. 6e round 2. Retour aux sources 3. Fouiny Ibrahimovic |
| 2017 | La Fouiny Minute | La Fouine | 1. Johnny 2. Litron 3. RS4 4. Fouiny Dance 5. Remise des trophées YouTube |
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