Tunisiano

Tunisiano
Background information
Birth name Bachir Baccour
Born (1979-05-19) 19 May 1979
Origin Deuil-la-Barre, Val-d'Oise,
Île de France, France
Genres Rap
Years active 1995-present
Associated acts M Group, Comité, Aketo, Blacko, Sniper
Website myspace.com/tunisianofficial

Bachir Baccour (born 19 May 1979), better known by his stage name Tunisiano, is a French rapper. Prior to pursuing a solo career, he was a member of M, Sniper and other rap groups.

Career

Bachir Baccour's parents were born in Menzel Bouzelfa, Tunisia. Interested very early with hip hop music, he started writing lyrics at 13.

Beginnings

Member of M group

In 1995, he joined M Group. He was just 16. M Group released a number of maxis and a mini album.

Others

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.

Member of Sniper

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]

Solo

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.

Discography

M Group albums

Sniper albums

Solo albums

Year Album Peak positions Certification
BEL
(Wa)
 FR
[4]		 SUI
2008 Le Regard des gens 24 11 35
2014 Marqué à vie 21 18 62

Solo singles

Year Single Peak positions Album
FR
[4]
2008 "Equivoque" 17 Le Regard des gens
Other non charting singles
Year Single Peak positions Certification Album
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

Collaborations

References

  1. ↑ La France, itinéraire d'une polémique
  2. ↑ 5styles: Interview with Tunisiano and Aketo
  3. ↑ Hall musique blig: Tunisiano attaqué en justice par Nightwish
  4. 1 2 3 LesCharts.com: Tunisiano page
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