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Refimprove|date=August 2009Infobox musical artist|name = Booba|image =|caption = Booba, photo shoot, 2010|background = solo_singer|birth_name = Elie Yaffa|alias = B2O, B2OBA, KOOP, KO2P|birth_date = birth date and age|1976|12|9|origin = Boulogne-Billancourt , France |Instruments =|genre = French Rap , gangsta rap |occupation = Rapper , fashion designer|years_active = 1994–present|label = Tallac Records (self-created and active), Barclay Records (discontinued), Universal Music Group|Universal (discontinued)|associated_acts = Akon Ali (French rapper)|Ali Sean Combs|Diddy Ryan Leslie T-Pain Nessbeal La Fouine 92I Tony Parker 113 (band)|113 Rock City Alborosie |website = URL| http://www.boobalunatic.com Elie Yaffa (born December 9, 1976 in Boulogne-Billancourt ), better known under his stage name Booba , is a French rap per. http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booba Half Senegalese from his father's side and half Moroccan people|Moroccan from his mother's side, he was born in Paris and spent his childhood and youth there. He started his music career as a teenager in a duo called "Lunatic" with another Parisian rapper, Ali. He quickly started acquiring fame in the early 2000s and ultimately became an icon of French rap music in the late 2000s, selling more than one million discs over his career http://www.waxx-music.com/news_chroniques/chronique/Booba_556.html and becoming the most legally downloaded artist in French history. http://www.melty.fr/booba-l-annee-nous-appartient-interview-video-actu46446.html Booba is a famous figure in modern French popular culture, typically revered for the quality of his Rapping#Flow|flow and beats but very controversial for the "gangsta" style of his music and the way he praises delinquent, criminal or violent life in his songs.
Booba has been engaged in feuds with Sinik , Rohff , Mc Jean Gab'1 and Alpha 5.20 .
Biography
Early life
Booba was born Elie Yaffa on December 9, 1976 in the French city of Boulogne-Billancourt. He took his first steps in his music career with his friend Ali (French rapper)|Ali in 1994. Together they formed the group Lunatic . In 2000, they released their first and only album entitled Mauvais œil . This album contains fourteen songs and is considered a classic. They have been often compared to Mobb Deep for their sound and their complimentary styles. The two-man group split up in 2003.
Career
In 2002, Booba released his debut solo album Temps mort . He followed this up with three further albums: Panthéon (album)|Pantheon , Ouest Side (the most successful) http://www.monsieur-biographie.com/celebrite/biographie/booba-1782.php and 0.9 (album)|0.9 . In late 2010, he released his last solo album Lunatic (album)|Lunatic , with the same name as his former crew. This album has been certified platinum, with over 150,000 copies sold. http://www.chartsinfrance.net/Booba/Lunatic--a109956462.html
Bram's, one of his best friends and a 92I member, died on May 21, 2011.
Style
At the start of his career, his major influences were the East Coast rap|East coast rappers such as Wu-Tang , Mobb Deep , Notorious B.I.G and KRS-One . But over time, East Coast rap|Dirty South influences appeared in his music. He appreciates artists like T.I. or Rick Ross . He is also an admirer of Sol Campbell & Bob Marley and Muhammad Ali .
Booba is the most popular rapper in France, but also one of the most hated. He is accused of being egoistical and very materialistic, or of having betrayed the "street" and doing "commercial" rap.
He is often accused of violent, and often misogynist lyrics.
Other activities
He has a clothing line "Ünkut" (often referred to as Unkut ) that he created in 2004.
Booba has had training in the sport of boxing . http://www.lepost.fr/article/2007/12/19/1070278_le-rappeur-booba-se-reconvertit-a-la-boxe.html#xtor=RSS-33
Discography
Albums
2002: Temps mort - 109.250 Gold Disc http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/? url= http://www.boobalunatic.com/itw/snatch/& title=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.boobalunatic.com%2Fitw%2Fsnatch%2F
2006: Black Album (compilation / unofficial album)
Mixtapes
2005: Autopsie Vol. 1 - 25.000
2007: Autopsie Vol. 2 - 43.000
2009: Autopsie Vol. 3 - 50.000 Gold Disc
2011: Autopsie Vol. 4 - 60.000 Gold Disc
Singles
2002: "Destinée"
2004: "Avant de partir" (Booba feat. Léya Masry)
2006: "Au bout des rêves" (Booba feat. Trade Union & Mister Rudie)
2010: "Caesar Palace" (Booba feat. Diddy)
2010: "Ma Couleur"
2010: "Jour de Paye"
2011: "Paradis"
2011: "Paname"
2011: "Bakel City Gang"
2011: "Vaisseau Mère"
2011: "Corner" (Gato feat. Booba & Philly Poe)
2011: "Cruella" (Shay feat. Booba)
2012: "Scarface"
See also
French hip hop
List of French hip hop artists
References
http://booba92i.artistes.universalmusic.fr/en/
Helenon, Veronique. “Africa on Their Mind: Rap, Blackness, and Citizenship in France.” In The Vinyl Ain’t Final: Hip Hop and the Globalization of Black Popular Culture, ed. by Dipannita Basu and Sidney J. Lemelle, 151-66. London; Ann Arbor, MI: Pluto Pres
http://www.dailymotion.com/Booba Dailymotion Official
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Booba Persondata | NAME = Elie Yaffa | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Booba, Kopp | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = December 9, 1976 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Paris | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = Category:1976 births Category:Living people Category:French rappers Category:French people of Senegalese descent Category:French people of Moroccan descent
