Tunisiano | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Bachir Baccour |
| Born | 19 May 1979 |
| Origin | Deuil-la-Barre, Val-d'Oise, Île de France, France |
| Genres | Rap |
| Years active | 1995-present |
| Website | myspace.com/tunisianofficial |
Bachir Baccour (born 19 May 1979), better known by his stage name Tunisiano, is a Tunisian rapper living in France. Prior to pursuing a solo career, he was a member of M, Sniper and other rap groups.
Bachir Baccour's parents were born in Menzel Bouzelfa, Tunisia. Interested very early with hip hop music, he started writing lyrics at 13.
In 1995, he joined M Group. He was just 16. M Group released a number of maxis and a mini album.
He was also part of the French rappers collective named Comité where he found Aketo, and met Scheol (later known as Blacko), and created the band Personnalité Suspecte. In 1997, he was also approached by the record label Desh Musique took part in a major event Hip Hop Folies at La Rochelle.
In 2000, he joined Sniper who released Du rire aux larmes. The band were involved in legal problems, and so were obliged to cancel the tour. In 2003, Sniper released their second album Gravé dans la roche again with Sniper. Blacko stopped rapping and moved to Ragga / Dancehall and there were rumors of a band split. However they managed to release a third album Trait pour trait in 2006.
Tunisiano also published La France, Itinéraire d'une polémique with journalist and writer Olivier Cachin, talking about conflicts with extreme right-wing groups. [1]
In 2007, he also appeared in Aketo's album Cracheur 2 Venin. [2]
Tunisiano, after publishing solo materials on various rap compilations (like Illégal Muzik) and music for the film Taxi 4 , in 2008 he released his first complete solo album, Le regard des gens. The song Je porte plainte created conflict among allegations that he had taken it from the song Ever Dream (from Finnish band Nightwish) without taking their consent. [3] Nuclear Blast Records open a lawsuit for plagiarism.
| Year | Album | Peak positions | Certification | ||
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| BEL (Wa) | FR [4] | SUI | |||
| 2008 | Le Regard des gens | 24 | 11 | 35 | |
| 2014 | Marqué à vie | 21 | 18 | 62 | |
| Year | Single | Peak positions | Album |
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| FR [4] | |||
| 2008 | "Equivoque" | 17 | Le Regard des gens |
| 2021 | "Ballade à deux" (feat. Inès Reg) | 167 | Je te veux, moi non plus (soundtrack) |
| Year | Single | Peak positions | Certification | Album |
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| FR [4] | ||||
| 2008 | "La roue tourne" (Zaho feat. Tunisiano) | 15 | ||
| 2011 | "Ça sort du Zoogataga" (Mister You feat. Tunisiano & Isleym) | 66 | ||
| 2012 | "Avec toi" (Axel Tony feat. Tunisiano) | 7 | ||
Tunisiano has been known in French kickboxing circuits, as well as overseas. [5] Among everything, he has released a "C'est Qui? C'est Khider!" single for the multiple champion and future participant of "La Ferme Célébrités en Afrique", Farid Khider, as well as appeared as a cornerman for the latter when he contested for World Kickboxing Network European title in Minsk, Belarus in 2005. [6]
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