Grand Corps Malade

Fabien Marsaud born 31 July 1977 known professionally as Grand Corps Malade GCM is a French slam poet and lyricist He has released seven studio albums so far all of them reaching topfive status on the French SNEP chart GCM started writing and performing a capella at slam events in 2003 Three years later he signed with Universals AZ affiliate and released his debut album Midi 20 which became a topten selling record of the year in France Grand Corps Malades followup album Enfant de la ville 2008 and third album 3ème temps 2010 were less successful commercially In 2013 he released his familyinspired Funambule album while Il nous restera ça 2015 featured 11 collaborations with other musicians His sixth album Plan B 2018 reached number two on the SNEP album chart In 2020 he released Mesdames Ladies featuring ten duets with women which topped the French charts Its lead single Mais je taime But I love you a duet with Camille Lellouche became his highestranking song on the French singles chart GCMs accolades include three Victories of Music awarded by the French Ministry of Culture His stage name means tall sick body in French a reference to his height nearly 64 or 194m and to a spinal injury that forces him to walk with a crutch due to a diving accident in 1997 that initially led doctors to tell him he would never walk again Marsaud was born on 31 July 1977 in Le BlancMesnil SeineSaintDenis His mother was a librarian His father Jacques Marsaud was a regional civil servant a general commune secretary in NoisyleSec and SaintDenis later on a director general of services at ValdeMarnes departmental council and then at the Plaine Commune agglomeration community fr EPT The family lived in SaintDenis Marsaud excelled in his classes particularly in literary courses he wrote his first works aged 1415 But sports won out and at one point he was simultaneously part of tennis athletics and basketball clubs the latter would become his greatest passion At 17 he was offered a chance to join the training center in Toulouse but preferred to stay in SaintDenis After playing in JSF Nanterre and in SaintDenis Marsaud signed with a thirddivisionlevel team in Aubervilliers He earned a DEUG degree majoring in physical education In July 1997 during a sports camp where Marsaud was a supervisor a diving accident in a swimming pool caused him to displace his spine he was later told he would never walk again However in 1999 after a year of intensive treatment he regained the ability to walk although he usually has to use a crutch or cane Marsaud continued studying and earned a DESS masters degree in sport management He worked in marketing for the Stade de France between 2001 and 2005 but became disillusioned with the job Source Article Grand Corps Malade from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30