Booba
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Élie Thitia Yaffa (Script error: No such module "IPA".; born 9 December 1976), better known under his stage name Booba, is a French rapper.
After a brief stint as a break dancer in the early 1990s, Booba partnered with his friend Ali to form Lunatic. The duo released a critically acclaimed album in 2000 but disbanded in 2003. Booba has since embarked on a successful solo career, selling more than 10 million discs over his career[1] and becoming the most downloaded artist (legally) in France.[2] Booba is praised for the quality of his flow and beats but often criticized because of the controversial nature of his lyrics. He has also established the rap label Tallac Records, and developed a line of jewellery.
Life and career
Élie Yaffa was born on 9 December 1976 in the outskirts of Paris in Sèvres. His father is Senegalese and his mother is French of Mosellan and Belgian descent.
With his friend Ali they formed the duo Lunatic in 1994. Unable to secure a record deal from a major label because of their controversial lyrics, they created their own independent record label 45 Scientific in 1999. The following year, Lunatic released its first and only album entitled Mauvais œil.
In 2002, Booba released his debut solo album Temps mort. He followed this up with four further albums: Panthéon, Ouest Side (the most successful),[3] 0.9 and Lunatic. In late 2012, he released his sixth solo album Futur. In whole, Booba has ten disks certified, six Disques d'Or (Gold album), three Disques de platine (Platinum album) and one Double disque de platine (Double-Platinum album).[4] In 2011, Booba won the "My Youtube" contest, ahead of popular artists like Rihanna, Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Eminem, Jay-Z, Sexion D'Assaut, Shakira, Stromae,...[5]
Musical style
Booba was influenced by the American hip-hop scene of the late 1980s and early 1990s – Mobb Deep, Wu-Tang Clan, 2Pac, and Biggie Smalls. Dark melodies accompanied with raw lyrics, typical of the rap from New York, are present on every album of his. He is often criticized for being an apologist for easy money and murder. Booba advocates a reduction in the taxes and claims himself in support of individual freedom.[6] Racism is a recurring topic of his songs (see for example "Couleur ébène", "Pitbull", "Ma Couleur"), although he sometimes deliberately advocates communitarian positions.[7]
Other ventures
Booba is also the creator of a streetwear brand, Ünkut, one of the most popular brands of this type in France.[8][9]
Discography
Studio albums
| Year | Album | Peak positions | Certifications | |||
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| FRA [10] |
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BEL (Wa) [11] |
SWI [12] | |||
| 2002 | Temps mort | 2 | Template:Ndash | 41 | Template:Ndash |
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| 2004 | Panthéon | 3 | Template:Ndash | 26 | 25 |
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| 2006 | Ouest Side | 1 | Template:Ndash | 12 | 18 |
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| 2008 | 0.9 | 6 | Template:Ndash | 27 | 60 |
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| 2010 | Lunatic | 1 | Template:Ndash | 1 | 24 |
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| 2012 | Futur | 4 | 74 | 5 | 14 |
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| 2013 | Futur 2.0 (reissue) | 6 | Template:Ndash | Template:Ndash | 28 | |
| 2015 | D.U.C | 1 | 40 | 1 | 2 |
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| 2015 | Nero Nemesis | 7 | 127 | 7 | 9 |
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| 2017 | Trône | 1 | 39 | 3 | 12 |
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| 2021 | Ultra | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
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| 2024 | Ad vitam æternam | 1 [15] |
137 | 1 | 3 | |
Mixtapes
| Year | Album | Peak positions | Certifications | ||
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| FRA [10] |
BEL (Wa) [11] |
SWI [12] | |||
| 2005 | Autopsie Vol. 1 | 66 | Template:Ndash | Template:Ndash | |
| 2007 | Autopsie Vol. 2 | 8 | 98 | Template:Ndash | |
| 2009 | Autopsie Vol. 3 | 2 | 19 | Template:Ndash | |
| 2011 | Autopsie Vol. 4 | 2 | 32 | 64 | |
| 2017 | Autopsie 0 | 20 | 48 | * FRA: Gold[13] | |
Singles
As lead artist
| Year | Single | Peak positions | Certification | Album | ||
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| FRA [10] |
BEL (Wa) [11] |
SWI [12] | ||||
| 2002 | "Destinée" (featuring Kayna Samet) |
41 | Template:Spaced ndash | Template:Spaced ndash | Temps mort | |
| 2004 | "Avant de partir" (featuring Léya Masry) |
24 | 17 (Ultratip*) |
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| 2006 | "Au bout des rêves" (featuring Trade Union & Mister Rudie) |
22 | 4 (Ultratip*) |
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| 2010 | "Caesar Palace" (featuring P. Diddy) |
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| "Ma couleur" | Template:Spaced ndash | 24 (Ultratip*) |
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| "Jour de paye" | Template:Spaced ndash | Template:Spaced ndash | Template:Spaced ndash | |||
| 2011 | "Paradis" | 99 | Template:Spaced ndash | Template:Spaced ndash | ||
| "Comme une étoile" | Template:Spaced ndash | 36 (Ultratip*) |
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| "Paname" | 48 | Template:Spaced ndash | Template:Spaced ndash | Autopsie Vol. 4 | ||
| "Bakel City Gang" | 30 | 43*(Ultratip*) | Template:Spaced ndash | |||
| "Vaisseau Mère" | Template:Spaced ndash | Template:Spaced ndash | Template:Spaced ndash | |||
| "Scarface" | 20 | 33 (Ultratip*) |
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| 2012 | "Caramel" | 10 | 42 | Template:Spaced ndash | Futur | |
| "Tombé pour elle" | 16 | 44 | Template:Spaced ndash | |||
| 2013 | "A.C. Milan" | 7 | 19 | Template:Spaced ndash | Futur 2.0 | |
| "T.L.T" | 16 | 44 | Template:Spaced ndash | |||
| "Turfu" | 11 | 34 | Template:Spaced ndash | |||
| "RTC" | 13 | 15 (Ultratip*) |
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| "Parlons peu" | 5 | 27 | Template:Spaced ndash | |||
| "Longueur d'avance" (featuring Maître Gims) |
13 | 48 | Template:Spaced ndash | |||
| 2014 | "La mort leur va si bien" | 7 | Template:Spaced ndash | Template:Spaced ndash | D.U.C | |
| "OKLM" | 1 | 7 | 72 | |||
| 2015 | "Tony Sosa" | 14 | 46 | Template:Spaced ndash | ||
| "LVMH" | 28 | 35 (Ultratip*) |
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| "Mon pays" | 37 | Template:Spaced ndash | Template:Spaced ndash | |||
| "Validée" (featuring Benash) |
2 | 41 | Template:Spaced ndash | Nero Nemesis | ||
| "Attila" | 35 | Template:Spaced ndash | Template:Spaced ndash | |||
| "Génération Assassin" | 40 | Template:Spaced ndash | Template:Spaced ndash | |||
| 2016 | "JDC" | 10 | 21 (Ultratip*) |
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| "Salside" | 8 | 23 (Ultratip*) |
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| "E.L.E.P.H.A.N.T." | 1 | 39 | Template:Spaced ndash |
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Trône | |
| "DKR" | 1 | 42 | 42 |
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| 2017 | "Daniel Sam" | 27 [16] |
11 (Ultratip*) |
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| "Nougat" | 2 [17] |
42 | 61 |
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Trône | |
| 2018 | "Gotham" | Template:Spaced ndash | 17 | 48 |
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| "BB" | Template:Spaced ndash | 17 | 42 |
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| "Kyll" (with Médine) |
2 | 34 | 62 |
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| 2019 | "PGP" | 1 | 9 | 22 |
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| "Arc-en-Ciel" | 1 | 16 | 37 |
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| "Freestyle Pirate" | 42 | 28 (Ultratip*) |
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| "Glaive" | 10 | 13 (Ultratip*) |
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| 2020 | "Cavaliero" | 28 | 29 (Ultratip*) |
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| "Jauné" (featuring Zed) |
1 | 25 | 26 |
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| "Dolce Vita" | 6 | 47 | 51 |
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| "5G" | 1 | 16 | 28 | |||
| 2021 | "Ratpi World" | 1 | 27 | 34 |
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| "Mona Lisa" (featuring JSX) |
1 | 2 | 1 |
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| "Azerty" | 11 | 23 | Template:Spaced ndash | |||
| "Kayna" | 4 | 40 | 55 |
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| "Plaza Athénée" | 10 | Template:Spaced ndash | Template:Spaced ndash | |||
| "Dragon" | 22 | Template:Spaced ndash | 77 | |||
| "Variant" | 7 | 47 | 65 | |||
| "Geronimo" | Template:Spaced ndash | 41 | 35 | |||
| "Leo Messi" | Template:Spaced ndash | 48 | 72 | |||
| 2022 | "Koa" | Template:Spaced ndash | 47 | Template:Spaced ndash | ||
| 2023 | "Sport Billy" | 10 | Template:Spaced ndash | Template:Spaced ndash | ||
| 2024 | "6G" | Template:Spaced ndash | 32 | 44 | Ad vitam æternam | |
| "Rebel" | 7 | 45 | Template:Spaced ndash | |||
| "Saga" | 4 | 41 | Template:Spaced ndash | |||
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*Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.
As featured artist
| Year | Single | Peak positions | Certifications | Album | ||
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| FRA [10] |
BEL (Wa) [11] |
SWI [12] | ||||
| 2011 | "Corner" (Gato featuring Booba & Philly Poe) |
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| "Cruella" (Shay featuring Booba) |
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| 2012 | "Call of Bitume" (Rim'K featuring Booba) |
72 | Template:Ndash | Template:Ndash | Rim'K album Chef de famille | |
| 2013 | "L.E.F" (Kaaris featuring Booba) |
122 | Template:Ndash | Template:Ndash | ||
| 2014 | "Même tarif " (Alonzo featuring Booba) |
8 | 39 | Template:Ndash | Alonzo album Règlement de comptes | |
| 2015 | "A.T.R" (Twinsmatic featuring Booba) |
145 | Template:Ndash | Template:Ndash | Twinsmatic album Nowhere | |
| 2016 | "Here" (Christine and the Queens featuring Booba) |
52 | Template:Ndash | Template:Ndash | ||
| "Rouge et bleu" (Kalash featuring Booba) |
15 | 33 (Ultratip) |
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| "N.W.A." (Kalash featuring Booba) |
49 | Template:Ndash | Template:Ndash | |||
| "M.L.C" (Niska featuring Booba) |
46 | Template:Ndash | Template:Ndash | Niska album Zifukoro | ||
| "Infréquentables" (Dosseh featuring Booba) |
19 | 13 (Ultratip*) |
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| "Kiname" (Fally Ipupa featuring Booba) |
10 | 38 | Template:Ndash | * FRA: Gold[13] | ||
| 2017 | "Mula" (Siboy featuring Booba) |
9 | 32 (Ultratip*) |
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| "Ghetto" (Benash featuring Booba) |
10 | 16 (Ultratip*) |
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| "Oh bah oui" (Lacrim featuring Booba) |
2 | Template:Ndash | 48 | * FRA: Platinum[13] | Lacrim album Force & Honneur | |
| "Tuba Life" (Niska featuring Booba) |
2 | 9 (Ultratip*) |
29 | * FRA: Diamond[13] | Niska album Commando | |
| 2018 | "MQTB" (Dosseh featuring Booba) |
1 | 25 (Ultratip*) |
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| "Madrina" (Maes featuring Booba) |
24 | 31 | Template:Ndash | * FRA: Diamond[13] | Maes album Pure | |
| "Sale mood" (Bramsito featuring Booba) |
1 | 48 | Template:Ndash | * FRA: Platinum[13] | ||
| 2019 | "Médicament" (Niska featuring Booba) |
1 | 26 | 43 | * FRA: Platinum[13] | Niska album Mr Sal |
| "Haï" (Gato featuring Booba) |
21 | Template:Ndash | Template:Ndash | |||
| 2020 | "Blanche" (Maes featuring Booba) |
2 | 49 | 10 | * FRA: Diamond[13] | Maes album Les derniers salopards |
| "La zone" (SDM featuring Booba) |
28 | Template:Ndash | Template:Ndash | |||
| "Charbon" (Leto featuring Booba) |
27 | Template:Ndash | Template:Ndash | Leto album 100 visages | ||
| "Tout gâcher" (Green Montana featuring Booba) |
25 | 9 (Ultratip*) |
80 | Green Montana album Alaska | ||
| "Pompeii" (JSX featuring Booba) |
8 | 23 (Ultratip*) |
Template:Ndash | * FRA: Gold[13] | ||
| 2021 | "Daddy" (SDM featuring Booba) |
14 | Template:Ndash | Template:Ndash | SDM album Ocho | |
| "32" (Dala featuring Booba) |
65 | Template:Ndash | Template:Ndash | |||
| "Kayna" (Kayna Samet featuring Booba) |
106 | Template:Ndash | Template:Ndash | |||
| "GTA" (JSX featuring Booba) |
20 | Template:Ndash | Template:Ndash | |||
*Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.
Other charted songs
*Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.
Awards and nominations
| Award Ceremony | Year | Nominee/Work | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berlin Music Video Awards | 2024 | 6G | Best Cinematography | Nominated |
| Saga | Best Director |
See also
References
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- ↑ Booba : Lunatic – Chroniques – Booba – Toutes les chroniques sur Waxx-music Template:Webarchive. Waxx-music.com. Retrieved on 30 December 2012.
- ↑ Booba : L'année nous appartient, interview vidéo sur NRJ12 Template:Webarchive. melty.fr (3 January 2011). Retrieved on 30 December 2012.
- ↑ BOOBA : Biographie de BOOBA Template:Webarchive. Monsieur-Biographie.com. Retrieved on 30 December 2012.
- ↑ fr:Booba
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- ↑ Interview at. lehiphop.com
- ↑ HHQC Entrevue Avec Booba (Partie 3) Template:Webarchive. Dailymotion.com (26 October 2006). Retrieved on 30 December 2012.
- ↑ Le rappeur Booba se reconvertit a la boxe – nils leblanc sur LePost.fr (10:23) Template:Webarchive. Lepost.fr (19 December 2007). Retrieved on 30 December 2012.
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