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About|the French hip hop artistInfobox musical artist|name = Passi|background = solo_singer|birth_date = birth year and age|1972|origin = Brazzaville , Republic of the Congo |genre = French Rap |years_active = 1992–present Passi is a French hip hop artist who became famous in the mid-1990s with the group Ministère AMER , which included himself and Stomy Bugsy . He is most widely known, however, as a solo artist, as well as a participant in many other groups, such as Bisso Na Bisso and Dis l'heure 2 zouk.
Biography
Passi was born on 21 December 1972, in Brazzaville , Republic of the Congo . In 1979, his family moved to Sarcelles , a suburb of Paris . He graduated from secondary education in France|lycée and created the band Ministère AMER with Stomy Bugsy , who he had gone to school with. The group's first album, Pourquoi tant de haine? , was released in 1992, and Passi was forced to end his agronomy studies at the University of Paris ( Nanterre ) to be able to focus on music. Ministère AMER followed up with "95200" which was released in 1994.
Passi's first solo album, Les tentations , was released in 1997, and it sold 450,000 copies. The project Bisso na Bisso (meaning 'Just between ourselves' in Lingala language|Lingala , Congo's most widely spoken language), which was a collective of French hip hop artists with Africa n origins, including names such as Ärsenik, released their album Racines (album)|Racines in 1999. The same year, Passi released his second solo album, Genèse .
In 2002, Passi was asked to create the anthem for the African Nations Cup football (soccer)|football competition together with Congolese singer Papa Wemba . The two eventually managed to attract into the project such names as Youssou N'Dour and Cheb Mami . Passi's third album, Odyssée , came out in 2004.
Passi is also known as the artist whose song, "Il Fait Chaud" ("It's Hot"), was featured in the last episode in the television show, Sex & the City. The song was not credited at the end of the show, leaving many viewers to call the song simply "The French Rap."
Discography
Ministère A.M.E.R
1992 : Ministère AMER - Pourquoi Tant de Haine
1994 : Ministère AMER - 95200
Solo
1997 : Les Tentations
2001 : Genèse
2004 : Odyssée
2007 : Révolution
2007 : Évolution
Bisso Na Bisso
1998 : Bisso Na Bisso - Racines
1999 : Bisso Na Bisso - Le 15 mai 1999 (live)
Dis l'heure 2 zouk (as producer)
2002 : ''Dis l'heure 2 Rimes
2003 : ''Dis l'heure 2 Zouk
2004 : ''Dis l'heure 2 Ragga Dancehall
2005 : ''Dis L'Heure 2 Afro Zouk vol.1
2006 : ''Dis L'heure 2 Hip Hop/Rock
External links
http://www.passiweb.com/ Official Site - now advertising
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