La Fouine

La Fouine

La Fouine in March 2011
Born Laouni Mouhid
(1981-12-25) 25 December 1981
Trappes, Yvelines, France
Other names Fouiny Baby
Occupation Rapper, singer, songwriter, actor, music executive, entrepreneur
Known for Musical career, Banlieue 13: Ultimatum

Musical career

Genres French hip hop
Instruments Vocals
Years active 2001–present
Labels Sony Music France, Banlieue Sale
Associated acts Amel Bent, Canardo, DJ Khaled, Game, Rohff, T-Pain, Timati, French Montana, Omarion
Website www.lafouine78.com

Laouni Mouhid (born December 25, 1981 in Trappes, Yvelines), commonly known by his stage name La Fouine (French pronunciation: [laˈfwin]; English: The Weasel) or Fouiny Baby, is a French rapper, singer, songwriter and actor of Moroccan origin. He owns his own record label, Banlieue Sale Music, and his own clothing line called "Street Swagg". He is an established figure in French rap.

Biography

Born in Trappes in a family of seven children to a Moroccan father and mother from Casablanca, Laouni grew outside Paris in the Yvelines. He stopped his studies 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" with DJ RV (Hervé), Le Griffon (Tarek Medimegh) And LaylaD (Layla Melloni Forcé), created mainly to participate at 2 R puissance ART in La Verrière, where he won the second prize.

Since then, Laouni married, then divorced after becoming the father of a little girl, born in 2002, named Fatima, named after La Fouine's mother . The death of his mother in 2005 inspired his song "Je regarde là-haut" He also experienced dark periods 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 magazine Planète Rap.

Career as a rapper

2005: Bourré au Son

After releasing his first street-tape Planète Trappes that made him earn an early legitimacy in rap, he released his first album in 2005 called Bourré 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.

2007: Aller-Retour

After putting out Planète Trappes Volume 2 on the market launching especially his brother Canardo through three titles, La Fouine released his second album entitled Aller-Retour on March 12, 2007. The first single from this album was "Reste en Chien" with Booba. The second single was titled "Qui peut me stopper" followed by "On s'en bas les couilles", "Banlieue Sale" with Gued'1 & Kennedy and "Tombé pour elle" with Amel Bent. Today, this album is certified gold.

2009: Mes Repères

After releasing the street-tape Capitale du Crime which highlights the rappers of Yvelines, the third album of the rapper Mes Repères released in February 2009 and received a gold disc certification in October 2009. It included three guest appearances especially with Soprano on "Repartir à zéro" and still with Soprano and Sefyu on "Ca fait mal (Remix)" and Canardo (his younger brother) on "Hamdoulah Moi Ca Va". Today, this album is certified platinum.

2010: Capitale du Crime Volume 2

The disk Capitale du Crime Volume 2 released on January 18, 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 with Admiral T & Medine on the piece "Viser la Victoire", extract the Admiral-T's album entitled L'Instinct Admiral and so on Street Lourd II with the song "Dans nos quartiers" in collaboration with Alonzo and Teddy Corrona. Nowadays, this mixtape is certified gold.

2011: La Fouine vs Laouni

La Fouine in September 2011

The first single from her double album La Fouine vs Laouni is "Passe-leur le salam" featuring Rohff. "Veni, vidi, vici" is the second single and the third extract "Caillra for Life" is a collaboration with California rapper The Game in which The Game tried performing in French. 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 with Zaho 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 as Sultan.

La Fouine released a reissue of the album on June 15, 2011. While waiting his new mixtape Capital Crime Vol. III, La Fouine released a new edition of La Fouine vs Laouni entitled La Fouine et Laouni including twelve songs of his double album with an unpublished remix "Toute la night" and "Veni, vidi, vici" remixed by Dj Battle featuring Francisco. Today, this album is certified platinum.

2012: Capitale du Crime Volume 3

Capitale du Crime Volume 3 was released on 28 November 2011. It contained many guest appearances with American stars such as T-Pain on "Rollin' Like a Boss", DJ Khaled at production on "VNTM.com" and Ace 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.

2013: Drôle de Parcours

On 10 September 2012, La Fouine revealed on social networks the title of his new album entitled Drôle de Parcours. The first single from the album was "Paname Boss" and released on November 2, 2012. This single featured Sniper, Niro, Youssoupha, Canardo, Fababy and Sultan. November 6, 2012, La Fouine released the second single from Drôle de Parcours called "J'avais pas les mots". The third single is "Ma Meilleure" in featuring Zaho. 60,000 copies of the album were sold and the album was certified gold.

2014: Team BS

Main article: Team BS

Team BS is a project and a hip hop collective of La Fouine launched in 2013, and an initiative of his record label Banlieue Sale, "BS" denoting actually the record label they work in. Collective Team BS is a collaboration of Banlieue Sale acts La Fouine, Fababy, Sultan and the vocalist Sindy[1] the latter from the French television series Popstars where la Fouine was one of the judges.[2] Also included in the collective is the French producer Pascal Lemaire known as DJ Skalp / Skalpovich.

In 2013, the collective 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". It is working on an album to be released in 2014 under the title Les affaires commencent.

The clashes

The clash with Kamelancien

Early 2005, La Fouine responded with his title "Ferme ta gueule" to Kamelancien who attacked him as "twisted face" in the song "Reste vrai". Kamelancien soon turned up with his new response titled "Crise Cardiaque" and will openly threatened him on a TV emission. This clash between two Moroccan rappers, was a sort of clash with completely different style, from one from Oujda and representing the Val-de-Marne and the other a native of Casablanca, representing the Yvelines. In 2011 the two rappers were reconciled and performed the song "Vécu" seen over 16 million times on YouTube. On 7 May 2011, La Fouine invited Kamelancien to his concert at the Zenith in Paris to officially end their clash.

The clash with Booba

Attacked by Booba, during the promotion of his album Futur 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 to Emile 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 March 10, 2013, Booba broadcast the video of their altercation that took place in Miami. The rapper 50 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 sprinter Usain Bolt.

Relations and controversies

On May 8, 2011, in Belgium, at the Inc'Rock Festival, La Fouine spoke about an incident during his concert, where two young fans, thinking he had thrown plastic bottles at them with threatening words. La Fouine did not want to increase the tension by declaring: "Tonight, La Fouine, has come to give you love". Meanwhile, the entourage of the rapper were seen punching and beating up the two teenagers behind the scenes, with one of them falling to the ground. A policeman was also injured in the incident, while arresting the young man, mad with rage who wanted to retaliate taking revenge against La Fouine. The scene was filmed by a spectator. The festival organization condemned the outbreak of violence, blaming the artist for his utterances. It was claimed the entourage La Fouine attempted to remove the videos of the incident from various websites where they appeared. During the promotion for his album Drôle de Parcours, he said do not want a repeat of such incidents during his concerts.

Private Life

La Fouine's mother was so poor, they had to frequent the Restaurants du Cœur charity eateries. In 1998, La Fouine was imprisoned. La Fouine was married to Fiona, but they divorced after having a daughter together born May 31, 2003, named Fatima in honor of his mother. He is the penultimate of his six brothers and sisters, Hakim (aka the rapper Canardo), Kamel, Illham, Samira, Naima and Adil. La Fouine talked about this in "Je regarde là-haut".

Banlieue Sale

Banlieue Sale
Parent company Independent label
Founded 2008
Founder La Fouine and Canardo
Genre Hip hop, rap
Country of origin France

In 2008, La Fouine and his brother Canardo decided to launch their own label called "Banlieue Sale". This independent label, forged a partnership with Sony-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:

Discography

Albums and Mixtapes

( (A) denotes album, (M) denotes mixtape)

Date Album (A) /
Mixtape (M)
Label Charts Certification
FR
[3]
BEL
(Fl)

[4]
BEL (Wa)
[5]
SUI
[6]
26 October 2004
Planète Trappes
(M)
Jive-Epic
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)
Banlieue Sale Music
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

EP

Singles

(Charting)

Year Album Charts Album
FR
[3]
BEL
(Wa)

Ultratop

[5]
BEL
(Wa)

Ultratip

[5]
SWI
[6]
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" (featuring Amel Bent) 15
2009 "Du ferme" 8 Mes repères
2010 "Banlieue Sale Music" (featuring Nessbeal) 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" (featuring Kamelancien) 51 Capitale du Crime Vol. 3
"Original" 81
2012 "J'avais pas les mots" 16 39 Drôle de parcours
2013 "Paname Boss" (featuring Sniper, Niro, Youssoupha, Canardo, Fababy, Sultan) 54 42
"Ma meilleure" (featuring Zaho) 23 9
"Fête des mères" 45
2014 "Va bene"
(feat. Reda Taliani)
78
2015 "Ça va toujours" 49
"Par intérêt" 115

(Promotional)

Year Album Charts Album
FR
[3]
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"
(featuring Mac Tyer)
183
"Fatima" 186
2014 "Conseil d'ami" 146
"Peace sur le FN" 163
"Lové" 175
Featured in
Year Album Charts Album
FR
[3]
BEL
(Wa)

Ultratop

[5]
BEL
(Wa)

Ultratip

[5]
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 and Sultan)
21
Singles per album
Year Single Album
2005
  • 1st single : Quelque Chose De Spécial (feat Ellijah)
  • 2nd single : L'unité (feat J-Mi Sissoko)
Bourré Au Son
2007
  • 1st single : Qui Peut Me Stopper ?
  • 2nd single : Reste En Chien (feat Booba)
  • 3rd single : Tomber Pour Elle (feat Amel Bent)
Aller-Retour
2008
  • 1st single : Cherche La Monnaie
  • 2nd single : Capitale Du Crime (feat Canardo)
  • 3rd single : Dignity (feat Matchstik)
Capitale du Crime
2009
  • 1st single : Ca fait mal Remix (feat Soprano et Sefyu)
  • 2nd single : Tous Les Mêmes
  • 3rd single : Du Ferme
  • 4th single : Hamdoulah Moi, Ça Va (feat Canardo)
  • 5th single : Chips
Mes Repères
2010
  • 1st single : Krav Maga
  • 2nd single : Banlieue sale Music (feat Nessbeal)
  • 3rd single : Nés pour briller (feat Canardo, Green Money et MLC)
  • 4th single : Iblis (Canardo)
Capitale du Crime Volume 2
2011
  • 1st single : Passe leur le salam (feat Rohff)
  • 2nd single : Caillra for life (feat The Game)
  • 3rd single : Veni, vidi, vici
  • 4th single : Papa
  • 5th single : Nhar Sheitan Click
  • 6th single : D'où l'on vient
  • 7th single : Toute la night
La Fouine vs Laouni
2011
  • 1st single : VNTM.com
  • 2nd single : Vecu (feat Kamelanc')
  • 3rd single : j'arrive en balle (feat Fababy)
  • 4th single : C'est bien de (feat Fababy)
  • 5th single : Ben Laden
  • 6th single : Rollin' like a boss (feat Mackenson et T-Pain)
  • 7th single : Jalousie (feat Six Coups MC , Fababy et Leck )
  • 8th single : Capitale du crime 3 (feat 3010 et Sneazzy West)
Capitale du Crime Volume 3
2012
Drôle de parcours

Other singles

Appearances

La Fouine in Besançon in 2011

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Videography

Music Videos

Year Single Director
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
Il se passe quelque chose (feat Youssoupha)
1986 Prod
Ma Meilleure (feat Zaho)
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Music Videos other projects

Year Single Director
2004
Banlieue ouest (with Vf Gang)
Souljah / OCM
2006
État des lieux
Canal+
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

Appearances in Music Videos

Nominations and awards

MTV Europe Music Awards

Year Recipient/Nominated work Award Result
2011 La Fouine Best French Artist Won

Victoires de la musique

Year Recipient/Nominated 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

L'année du Hip hop

Year Recipient/Nominated work Award Result
2008 La Fouine Best Rap Artist Nominated
2008 Aller retour Best Nominated
2008 Reste en chien Best track Nominated

Trace Urban Music Awards

Year Recipient/Nominated work Award Result
2013 La Fouine Best Male Artist Won
2013 La Fouine/Zaho Best Collaboration Won
2013 Drôle de Parcours Best Album Won

Filmography

Web Series

References

  1. Charts in France: "Team BS" - La Fouine, Sindy, Sultan et Fababy dévoilent leur clip (French)
  2. Charts in France: Eliminée dans "Popstars", Sindy devient la protégée du rappeur La Fouine (French)
  3. 1 2 3 4 Les Charts: La Fouine discography
  4. Ultratop.be/nl/ La Fouine discography
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Ultratop.be/fr/ La Fouine discography
  6. 1 2 hitparade.ch La Fouine discography

External links

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