Kaaris

Kaaris
Kaaris
	Kaaris at the Out4Fame Festival 2016 in Hünxe, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Background information
Also known as	Fresh, K2A, Riskaa, Talsadoum, K Double Rotor, Zongo le Dozo
Born	January 30, 1980 (age 44)
Origin	Sevran, Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France
Genres	French hip hop; trap;
Occupations	Rapper; actor; record producer;
Years active	2000–present
Labels	AZ; Def Jam Recordings; Therapy Music; Caroline; Arista Records;
Website	https://kaaris.store/

Okou Gnakouri,^[1] known by his stage name Kaaris (/ˈkɑːrɪs/, French: [kaʁis]; stylized as KΛΛRIS), is a French rapper.

Early life

Kaaris was raised in Sevran in the Seine-Saint-Denis department, northeast of Paris.^[2]

Career

Kaaris started rapping in 1999, and released his first mixtape in 2001. He returned to his native Ivory Coast for a while, but returned to France after political unrest in the country. In 2007, he released his street album 43ème Bima (pronounced "Quarante-troisième Bima"), that led to signing with a new independent label French Cut Music.^[2]

However, his meeting with French rapper Booba^[3] and producers Therapy gave him his first recording with Booba, "Criminelle league" released as part of Booba's Autopsie Vol. 4. Kaaris had his first charting hit "Kalash", credited to Booba featuring Kaaris appearing in Booba's album Futur.

Kaaris co-writes most of his materials in cooperation with a record producer duo, known as Therapy (made up of producers 2031 and 2093). On 21 October 2013, he released his studio album Or Noir on Therapy Music / AZ / Universal Music. It is considered as one of the most important in the history of French rap.^[4] With the 2014 reissue Or Noir Part 2, the album is certified platinum.^[5]

On 30 March 2015, Kaaris released his studio album Le bruit de mon âme.de The record includes featuring including Lacrim, 13 Block or Future.^[6] In October 2015, he released a mixtape titled Double Fuck.

On 11 November 2016, he released his third studio album Okou Gnakouri. The album includes featurings with Gucci Mane and Kalash Criminel. In early January 2018, the record was certified double platinum with over 200,000 sold copies.^[7]

A year after the release of Okou Gnakouri, on 3 Novembre 2017, he released the album Dozo.^[8]

On 25 January 2019, he released the album Or Noir Part 3, going back to a trap style and following his 2013 album.^[9]

On 3 September, he released the album 2.7.0. He left Def Jam France and created his own label OG Record while signing for Lutèce Music, affiliated to Caroline France label.^[10]

On 28 January, he released a common album with French rapper Kalash Criminel titled SVR. The name of the album is a reference to Sevran, the city where both rappers come from.^[11]

In 2023, Kaaris featured in the Netflix film, "In His Shadow".^[12]

Legal history

A fight between Booba and Kaaris led to the temporary closure of Hall 1 at Paris-Orly Airport on 1 August 2018. Kaaris was given an 18-month suspended sentence and fined €50,000.^[1]

Discography

Albums

Year	Album	Peak positions
Year	Album	FRA ^[13]	BEL (Fl) ^[14]	BEL (Wa) ^[15]	SWI ^[16]
2013	Or Noir	3	—	12	35
2014	Or Noir Part II	137	164	13	63
2015	Le bruit de mon âme	4	188	14	22
2016	Okou Gnakouri	8	—	21	57
2017	Dozo	3 ^[17]	159	9	59
2019	Or Noir Part 3	2 ^[18]	114	2	13
2020	2.7.0	4	50	5	13
2022	SVR (with Kalash Criminel)	1 ^[19]	106	5	12
2023	Day One	—	—	27	23

Mixtapes and street albums

Year	Album	Peak positions
Year	Album	FRA ^[13]
2007	43eme Bima	–
2012	Z.E.R.O	141
2015	Double Fuck	1

Singles

Year	Single	Peak positions		Album
Year	Single	FRA ^[13]	BEL (Wa) ^[15]	Album
2013	"Zoo"	78	–	Or Noir
	"Binks"	51	–
	"Paradis ou enfer"	51	–
2014	"Sombre"	41	–	Or Noir Part II
	"Comme Gucci Mane"	34	–	Le bruit de mon âme
	"Se-Vrak"	165	–
	"80 Zetrei"	25	45*(Ultratip)
2015	"Le bruit de mon âme"	24	35*(Ultratip)
2016	"Bambou"	155	–	Braqueurs soundtrack
	"Blow"	26	16*(Ultratip)	Okou Gnakouri
	"C'est pas pareil (Remix)" (with Seth Gueko)	184	–
2017	"Dozo"	13	47	Dozo
	"Kébra"	32	13*(Ultratip)
	"Bling Bling" (feat. Kalash Criminel and Sofiane)	74	3*(Ultratip)
2018	"G.O.K.O.U"	19	19*(Ultratip)
	"Aborigène"	70	–
	"Livraison"	28	–
	"Débrouillard"	49	–	Or Noir Part 3
2019	"Aieaieouille"	23	9*(Ultratip)	Or Noir Part 3
2019	"Omega"	71	–
2020	"Goulag"	5	4*(Ultratip)
2020	"NRV"	8	14*(Ultratip)
2021	"Château noir"	8	–
2021	"Hallyday"	96	–
2022	"Apocalypse" (with Kalash Criminel featuring Freeze Corleone)	2	46
2024	"Panama" (featuring Hamza)	7 ^[20]	29

*Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.

Featured in

Year	Single	Peak positions	Album
Year	Single	FRA ^[13]	Album
2012	"Kalash" (Booba feat. Kaaris)	116	Booba album Futur
2014	"La mort ou tchitchi" (Niro feat. Kaaris)	38	Niro album Miraculé
2015	"Bouteilles et glocks" (Dosseh feat. Kaaris)	38	Dosseh album Perestroïka
2016	"Arrêt du cœur" (Kalash Criminel & Kaaris)	61	Kalash Criminel album RAS
2018	"Mistigris" (Sofiane feat. Kaaris)	13
	"GB" (Lartiste feat. Kaaris X DJ Mc Fly)	62
	"Il se passe quoi" (Mac Tyer feat. Kaaris & Sofiane)	107	Mac Tyer album C'est la street mon pote
2019	"D'une autre manière" (Da Uzi feat. Kaaris)	101	Da Uzi album Mexico
2020	"Embourgeoisé " (Kofs feat. Kaaris)	90	Kofs album Santé & bonheur

Other charted songs

Year	Song	Peak positions		Album
Year	Song	FRA ^[13]	BEL ,small>(Wa) ^[15]	Album
2013	"Dès le départ"	43	–	Or Noir
	"Or noir"	106	–
	"L.E.F" (feat. Booba)	122	–
	"63"	130	–
	"Bizon"	159	–
	"Je bibi"	168	–
	"Bouchon de Liège"	200	–
2014	"S.E.V.R.A.N"	26	–	Or Noir Part II
	"À l'heure"	27	–
	"Chargé"	130	–
	"Pablito"	182	–
2015	"Crystal" (feat. Future)	19	–	Le bruit de mon âme
	"El Chapo" (feat. Lacrim)	123	–
	"Zone de transit"	155	–
	"Terrain"	65	–	Double Fuck
	"C'est la base" (feat. XV Barbar)	99	–
	"Sinaloa"	141	–
	"Talsadoum"	160	–
	"Petit vélo"	169	–
	"Où sont les €" (feat. SCH, Worms-T)	171	–
2016	"Nador"	35	10* (Ultratip)	Okou Gnakouri
	"Poussière"	39	–
	"Tchoin"	7	40
	"4matic" (feat. Kalash Criminel)	141	–
	"2.7 Zéro 10. 17" (feat. Gucci Mane)	164	–
	"Contact"	183	–
	"Benz"	199	–
2017	"Je suis gninnin, je suis bien"	20	–	Dozo
	"Diarabi"	6	7*(Ultratip)
	"Feghouli"	42	–
	"Végéta"	61	–
	"Oublier"	97	–
	"Être deux"	90	–
	"RPG"	125	–
	"Courez"	144	–
	"Victoire"	74	–
	"Marchand d'ivoire"	62	–
	"Menace"	67	–
	"Mood"	84	–
	"Pas idée"	83	–
2018	"Rafaler" (with 4Keus Gang, Q.E Favelas & Mac Kregor)	131	–	93 Empire
	"Empire" (with Sofiane)	8	–
	"Nouvelle monnaie" (with Landy & Sofiane)	34	–
	"Pas le choix" (with Lartiste & Sofiane)	90	–
2019	"Cigarette" (feat. SCH)	12	–	Or Noir Part 3
	"Chien de la casse"	22	–
	"Gun Salute"	14	25*(Ultratip)
	"Golf7 R"	27	–
	"Briganté" (feat. Mac Tyer & Sofiane)	33	–
	"Dévalisé"	36	–
	"Monsieur Météo"	43	–
	"Octogone"	13	12*(Ultratip)
	"Détails"	70	–
	"Tout était écrit"	75	–
	"Ça on l'a"	85	–
	"Comme un refrain"	99	–
	"Douane"	106	–
	"Exo Planète"	59	–
2020	"Deux deux" (feat. Bosh)	9	–	2.7.0
	"Illimité"	12	–
	"Sosa"	19	–
	"Réussite"	22	–
	"Piquée" (feat. Dadju)	26	–
	"1er cœur" (feat. Gims)	32	–
	"Mandalorian"	34	–
	"Ultra"	38	–
	"Freestyle 2.7.0"	42	–
	"Lumière" (feat. Imen Es)	46	–
	"Moula moula"	65	–
	"Tout est prêt" (feat. Sid)	77	–
	"Guedro"	84	–
	"Bope"	100	–
	"Valhalla"	107	–
	"Big riska"	113	–

*Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.

Filmography

Films

Braqueurs (2015)
Overdrive (2017)
The Bouncer (2018)
Bronx (2020)
the king of shadows (Netflix film) (2023)

Music videos

Year	Title	Director	Album
2007	Mets moi prem's	NC	43^e Bima
2009	De l'autre côté de la nuit (feat. Mac Kregor)	NC	NC
2009	Une armée de soucis	NC	NC
2010	Vendeur de Nah Nah (feat. Despo Rutti)	NC	NC
	Mafia Musik	NC	NC
	Ce que tu veux	NC	NC
2012	Houdini	NC	Z.E.R.O.
	L'Hôte funeste	NC
	Bon qu'à ça	NC
	Le Légiste	Chris Macari
2013	Zoo		Or noir
	Binks
	Paradis ou enfer
	Dès le départ
	63
	Or noir	Greg Ohrel & Lionel Hirle
2014	S.E.V.R.A.N	Nathalie Canguilhem	Or noir : Part II
	Se-Vrak	Nicolas Noël	Le bruit de mon âme
	Comme Gucci Mane	Julien Leclercq
	80 Zetrei	DEKDEK
2015	Mauvais Djo (feat. Ixzo, Worms T & Solo Le Mythe)	DEKDEK
	Magnum	Amar Loudarenne
	Le bruit de mon âme	DEKDEK
	Crystal (feat. Future)	Nicolas Noël
	Zone de transit
	Kadirov
	Terrain		Double Fuck
	C'est la base (feat. XV Barbar)
	Sinaloa
	Talsadoum / Double Fuck	Carlos Guerra
2016	Bambou	Kahina Carina	NC
	Blow	Cedrick Cayla	Okou Gnakouri
	Nador	Cedrick Cayla	Okou Gnakouri
2017	Dozo	Beat Bounce	Dozo
	Kébra	Chill
	Bling Bling (feat. Sofiane & Kalash Criminel)	Cédrick Cayla
2018	Diarabi
2018	G.O.K.O.U

References

^ ^a ^b "Booba and Kaaris: French rappers sentenced over airport brawl". BBC News. 2018-10-09. Retrieved 2020-09-17.
^ ^a ^b "Biographie de Kaaris". RapGame.org (in French). Archived from the original on 22 June 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2023.
^ Le InRocks: Kaaris - "Moi et Booba, on se retrouve sur le coté hardcore" (in French)
^ "Ces moments de pop culture qui ont 10 ans cette année". Mouv' (in French). 2023-01-03. Retrieved 2023-02-15.
^ "Les certifications". SNEP (in French). Retrieved 2023-02-15.
^ "[Chronique] Kaaris « Le Bruit de mon âme »". Toutelaculture (in French). April 2015. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
^ "Generations". Generations (in French). 2018-01-03. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
^ ""Dozo" de Kaaris est un peu décevant..." Hip Hop Corner : Actu rap français, US et culture (in French). 2017-11-03. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
^ "«Or Noir part 3» : ce que l'on pense du nouvel album de Kaaris". leparisien.fr (in French). 2019-01-22. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
^ "Ce qu'on a aimé, ou non, dans l'album « 2.7.0 » de Kaaris". Interlude (in French). 2020-09-04. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
^ "Kaaris et Kalash Criminel : « Dans un album, il faut savoir proposer de tout, pouvoir plaire un peu à tout le monde »". Red Bull (in French). Retrieved 2023-02-16.
^ Fatima, Ameen (17 March 2023). "In His Shadow Review: Complicated Family Thriller With a Dash of Witchcraft". Leisure Byte. Archived from the original on 21 March 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Kaaris discography". lescharts.com. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
^ "Kaaris discography". ultratop.be/nl/. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Kaaris discography". ultratop.be/fr/. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
^ "Kaaris discography". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
^ "Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums – SNEP (Week 44, 2017)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Archived from the original on 13 November 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
^ "Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums Fusionnes – SNEP (Week 5, 2019)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Archived from the original on 2 February 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
^ "Top Albums (Week 5, 2022)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
^ "Top Singles (Week 4, 2024)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 29 January 2024.

External links

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Kaaris at IMDb

[BBC-1] "Booba and Kaaris: French rappers sentenced over airport brawl". BBC News. 2018-10-09. Retrieved 2020-09-17.

[RapGame-2] "Biographie de Kaaris". RapGame.org (in French). Archived from the original on 22 June 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2023.

[3] Le InRocks: Kaaris - "Moi et Booba, on se retrouve sur le coté hardcore" (in French)

[4] "Ces moments de pop culture qui ont 10 ans cette année". Mouv' (in French). 2023-01-03. Retrieved 2023-02-15.

[5] "Les certifications". SNEP (in French). Retrieved 2023-02-15.

[6] "[Chronique] Kaaris « Le Bruit de mon âme »". Toutelaculture (in French). April 2015. Retrieved 2023-02-16.

[7] "Generations". Generations (in French). 2018-01-03. Retrieved 2023-02-16.

[8] ""Dozo" de Kaaris est un peu décevant..." Hip Hop Corner : Actu rap français, US et culture (in French). 2017-11-03. Retrieved 2023-02-16.

[9] "«Or Noir part 3» : ce que l'on pense du nouvel album de Kaaris". leparisien.fr (in French). 2019-01-22. Retrieved 2023-02-16.

[10] "Ce qu'on a aimé, ou non, dans l'album « 2.7.0 » de Kaaris". Interlude (in French). 2020-09-04. Retrieved 2023-02-16.

[11] "Kaaris et Kalash Criminel : « Dans un album, il faut savoir proposer de tout, pouvoir plaire un peu à tout le monde »". Red Bull (in French). Retrieved 2023-02-16.

[12] Fatima, Ameen (17 March 2023). "In His Shadow Review: Complicated Family Thriller With a Dash of Witchcraft". Leisure Byte. Archived from the original on 21 March 2023. Retrieved 3 January 2024.

[fra-13] "Kaaris discography". lescharts.com. Retrieved 25 October 2013.

[14] "Kaaris discography". ultratop.be/nl/. Retrieved 2 February 2019.

[bel-15] "Kaaris discography". ultratop.be/fr/. Retrieved 4 November 2013.

[fr-16] "Kaaris discography". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 4 November 2013.

[17] "Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums – SNEP (Week 44, 2017)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Archived from the original on 13 November 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2017.

[18] "Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums Fusionnes – SNEP (Week 5, 2019)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Archived from the original on 2 February 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2019.

[19] "Top Albums (Week 5, 2022)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 7 February 2022.

[20] "Top Singles (Week 4, 2024)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 29 January 2024.

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Kaaris

Early life

Career

Legal history

Discography

Albums

Mixtapes and street albums

Singles

Featured in

Other charted songs

Filmography

Films

Music videos

References

External links

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