Gims in concert with Sexion d'Assaut at Cléon on 22 February 2010. He came in second place and gained notoriety, now known as one of the best kickers (freestylers) in France. With Sexion d'Assault, Gims participates twice in the 12 Inch'All Star, a famous rap competition in the Parisian underground which takes place at the Batofar. Among them, we find Gang yaba Gang, Coup 2 pression and Frères de rue. Sexion d'Assaut released his first songs between 20. Through Prototype 3015 first, then Prototype 3, Gims is part of the Sexion d'Assaut supergroup. In 2007, they released the album Le Renouveau, which contained the well-known piece "Anti Tectonick". With Dawala, the 3rd Prototype released its first mixtape, La Terre du Milieu, on. The group is now called 3rd Prototype.Īfter a few pieces produced independently, Sexion d'Assault meets their agent, Dawala, in the cellars of Châtelet-Les Halles in Paris. In 2005, the trio merged with Assonance, another group from the Sexion d'Assaut collective. The name Sexion d'Assaut also includes a reference to the Sturmabteilung (SA), in French "Section d'Assaut", a famous Nazi paramilitary unit, which the group learns by chance during a concert for the City of Paris. The name of the group was chosen in reference to a film, mainly for its "combative" meaning. In 2002, Gims formed with the rappers JR O Crom and Makan the trio Prototype 3015. He takes the nickname "Gims" in reference to Asian cinema and the world of martial arts.Ĭareer Sexion d'Assaut (2002–2012) Gims studied graphic design and communication.
His family then moved to the 9th arrondissement and finally to the 19th arrondissement. Gims grew up in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris. On his first album Subliminal (2013), they participate in the song "Outsider".
He is the brother of Dadju, member of the group The Shin Sekaï, of Bedjik, Afi (formerly Xgangs) and Djelass all three rappers. He is part of a family of fourteen children. This passage from his life is mentioned in his book Vise le soleil. He was placed with foster families, before living in squats until he was 18 years old. He arrived in France in 1988 at the age of two, with his parents who were then foreigners in an irregular situation.īecause of his parents hiding, he explains having had a difficult childhood. He comes from a family of musicians: his father Djanana Djuna is the singer of Papa Wemba's Viva La Musica troupe. Gandhi Djuna was born on in Kinshasa, Zaire (Now the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 1997). On 17 September 2020, Netflix released a documentary about the last ten years of his career titled Gims: On the Record. In 2020, he won the International Artist of the Year in Distinctive International Arab Festivals Awards after his featuring in Mohamed Ramadan's song "Ya habibi". He has sold over 5 million records, including 3 million albums since the start of his career. During his career he has worked with several international artists such as Sia, Pitbull, Lil Wayne, Stromae, Maluma, Sting and others. In 2018, he was the 7th most performed artist in the world on Deezer. The song was the most performed in France in 2018 and it helped Gims become the most performed artist on French television and radio for the same year. He has topped the French singles charts four times, including once as a featured artist, most recently in 2018 with his song " La même". His other two albums follow: Mon cœur avait raison in 2015 and Ceinture noire in 2018 reached number one in France and Belgium (Wallonia) and peaked in the top 40 in various European countries, including Denmark, Italy and Switzerland. The album sold over a million copies in France and peaked at number two in the Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. He is a former member of the hip hop group Sexion d'Assaut and released his first major album, Subliminal in 2013. He grew up in France and currently lives in France and Morocco. Gandhi Bilel Djuna ( French pronunciation: born ), better known by his stage name Maître Gims ( French: ) and more recently just Gims ( / ɡ ɪ m s/, GHIMSS sometimes stylized as GIMS), is a Congolese-French rapper, singer and songwriter.
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