Samir Djourhlel (born May 2, 1981 in Marseille, France), more commonly known as L'Algérino, is a French rapper of Algerian descent whose family came from Khenchela, Algeria. He is signed to Sinik's Six-O-Nine (609) label.[1]
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L'Algerino grew up in Felix Pyat, a difficult neighborhood of Marseilles. L'Algerino was introduced to rap at a very young age listening to NTM and IAM in the northern districts of Marseille. He started rapping at the age of 11 and quickly began releasing mixtapes and appearing in local concerts. He had brief stints with groups B-Vice Junior and 45 Niggaz, releasing independent albums with both of them. He officially made a name for himself when he appeared on Psy 4 de la Rime's album Block Party, and then on Akhenaton's Black Album. He would later go on tour with IAM.
He releasing his debut album titled Les derniers seront les premiers in 2005 on the 361 Recordz label. After relative success of his debut album, released in 2007 Mentalité pirate which gained fame, through tracks like "L'Envie de vaincre", "Fleur fanée", "Johnny Hama" and the sentimental "Entre deux flammes".
On 29 March 2010, he released his third album "Effet miroir". The hit single "Sur la tête de ma mère" became a huge success for the artist.