Gims

Gandhi Alimasi Djuna born 6 May 1986 better known by his stage name Maître Gims and more recently just Gims sometimes stylized in all caps is a CongoleseFrench singer rapper producer and songwriter He grew up in France and currently lives in France and Morocco He is a former member of the hip hop group Sexion dAssaut and released his first major album Subliminal in 2013 The album sold over a million copies in France and peaked at number two in the Syndicat National de lÉdition Phonographique His other two albums follow Mon cœur avait raison in 2015 and Ceinture noire in 2018 reached number one in France and Belgium Wallonia and peaked in the top 40 in various European countries including Denmark Italy and Switzerland He has topped the French singles charts four times including once as a featured artist most recently in 2018 with his song La même The song was the most performed in France in 2018 and it helped Gims become the most performed artist on French television and radio for the same year In 2018 he was the 7th most performed artist in the world on Deezer During his career he has worked with several international artists such as Sia Pitbull Lil Wayne Stromae Maluma Sting and others He has sold over 5 million records including 3 million albums since the start of his career In 2020 he won the International Artist of the Year in Distinctive International Arab Festivals Awards after his featuring in Mohamed Ramadans song Ya habibi On 17 September 2020 Netflix released a documentary about the last ten years of his career titled Gims On the Record In 2022 he played the song Arhbo for the 2022 FIFA World Cup along with Ozuna which they also performed during the closing ceremony Gandhi Djuna was born on 6 May 1986 in Kinshasa Zaire Now the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 1997 He comes from a family of musicians his father Djanana Djuna is the singer of Papa Wembas Viva La Musica troupe His parents who were undocumented immigrants moved to France in 1988 when he was two years old Because of his parents hiding he explains having had a difficult childhood He was placed with foster families before living in squats until he was 18 years old This passage from his life is mentioned in his book Vise le soleil He is part of a family of fourteen children He is the brother of Dadju member of the group The Shin Sekaï of Bedjik Afi formerly Xgangs and Djelass all three of them rappers On his first album Subliminal 2013 they participate in the song Outsider Gims grew up in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris His family then moved to the 9th arrondissement and finally to the 19th arrondissement Gims studied graphic design and communication He takes the nickname Gims in reference to Asian cinema and the world of martial arts Source Article Gims from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30