Rockin' Squat

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Rockin' Squat (né Mathias Crochon (French:[matjaskʁɔʃɔ̃]); born 7 September 1969), also known asMathias Cassel, is a French rapper, producer and director. He is the founder ofAssassin, and co-founder of the Franco-Brazilian film festival Planeta Ginga. He has collaborated in music with artists likeKRS-One,Seu Jorge,Tony Allen,Supernatural,Olodum,Ol Dirty Bastard,Cheick Tidiane Seck,El-P,RZA,Agallah,R.A. the Rugged Man,Immortal Technique,Oxmo Puccino,Mr. Catra orWise Intelligent. He also collaborated with directors likeJean-François Richet,Olivier Megaton,Mathieu Kassovitz, andJan Kounen, among others.

Rockin' Squat
Birth name	Mathias Crochon
Also known as	Squat Mathias Cassel RCKNSQT
Born	(1969-09-07)7 September 1969 (age 55)
Origin	Paris,France
Genres	Hip hop Rap French Rap Political rap Freestyle rap
Occupations	Rapper record producer director
Years active	1985–present
Labels	Livin'Astro

Website	http://www.livinastro5000.com/

Early life

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Mathias Cassel (né Mathias Crochon) was born on 7 September 1970 inParis, the son of actorJean-Pierre Cassel and Sabine Cassel-Lanfranchi, former editor-in-chief of the gastronomic pages of AmericanElle. He comes from a family of artists: his brother is actorVincent Cassel and his half-sister actressCécile Cassel, also known asHollySiz as a singer. During his childhood, Mathias grew up in theUnited States, bathed inhip-hop culture, he began rap at the age of 11. Before his career as a rapper, he was a “tagger” known on the Parisian scene under the name of Squat and wrote texts at the same time.

In 1985, he foundedAssassin with Solo. Assassin is one of the first groups to bring hip-hop toFrance, with “conscious” lyrics, delivering a political and social message. LikeNTM orIAM, this group, considered to be a pioneer, has marked the history ofFrench rap. It is also the first rap group to give a concert at theOlympia in 1993 and to have set up its own label, independent of the majors. From 1991 to 2004, the records of the groupAssassin were self-produced and came out under the label Assassin Productions, the first independent label of French rap. From 2005, the albums were reissued under the new independent label, Livin' Astro, created in 2004 by Rockin' Squat, and under which, since, his solo albums have been released, each of them certified gold disc always meets a large audience, independently and without media support.

Career

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In the mid-1980s, he created the famousrap groupAssassin, becoming the first artist of this scene to mentionpolitics andsocial problems in his records. The subjects of his rap songs include modernslavery ("Esclave 2000"),ecology ("Sauvons la planète"),political prisoners ("Écrire contre l'oubli"),women's rights ("L'objet" and "L'Entrave a nos jouissances"),racism ("Peur d'une race"), theNWO ("Démocratie fasciste : Article 1, 2, 3 and 4", "Illuminazi 666") orAfrican colonisation ("France à fric"). He worked with such artists asKRS-One,Olodum,Immortal Technique,Cheick Tidiane Seck,El-P,RZA,RA the Rugged Man, andWise Intelligent. His triple album, "Confessions d'un enfant du siècle", has been released between 2008 and 2010.

Collaborations

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In April 2009, a new song leaked on the internet named Democratie Fasciste (Article 4) which featuredImmortal Technique. The official release of the song and Rockin Squat's album "Confessions D'un Enfant Du Siècle Volume 2" was on May 12, 2009. The beat from the song was sampled fromWu-Tang Clan's song "Tearz". The song expresses the inequalities of theThird World and revolutionary events throughout history against tyranny and oppression. The song contains lyrics in English (Immortal Technique), French (Rockin' Squat) and brief shout outs in Spanish (Immortal Technique).^[1] He made tracks with, among others,KRS-One,Seu Jorge,Tony Allen,Olodum,Ol Dirty Bastard,Cheick Tidiane Seck,El-P,RZA,R.A. the Rugged Man,Oxmo Puccino,Wise Intelligent, andSuprême NTM.^{[citation needed]}