Lacrim
Karim Zenoud (French pronunciation: [kaʁim zenud]; Arabic: كريم زنود, born 19 April 1985), better known by his stage name Lacrim (/lɑːˈkrɪm/,[1] French: [lakʁim]; sometimes stylized as LaCrim), is an Algérian-French rapper of Algerian descent.
Lacrim | |
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| Birth name | Karim Zenoud |
| Born | 19 April 1985 Ménilmontant, Paris, France |
| Origin | Algérie |
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| Website | lacrim |
Youth
Karim Zenoud was born in the 20th arrondissement of Paris to Algerian immigrant parents.[2] Both of his parents are Kabyle, his father's family is from Sidi Daoud and his mother's from Béjaïa. He is also the grandson of actress Ouardia Hamtouche.[2] He spent the first five years of his life in the 13th arrondissement, before his parents moved permanently to Chevilly-Larue, south of Paris.[3]
Career
After collaborations with various rappers, he released his album Faites entrer Lacrim in May 2012 followed by a mixtape Toujours le même in December 2012. The following two albums, Corleone in 2014 and Force & Honneur in 2017 both topped the French Albums Chart. He also released three successive mixtapes under the R.I.P.R.O series two in 2015 and a third in 2017.
Legal issues
Accused of possession of a kalashnikov gun, he was condemned to three years of imprisonment. After 8 months of hiding in Morocco,[4] he presented himself on 9 September 2015 to the French authorities who imprisoned him for a second time in three years.[5][6] He was released on 28 November 2016, after remaining in incarceration for a full year.[7]
Discography
Studio albums
| Year | Album | Peak positions | Certifications | ||||
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| FR [8] |
BEL (Fl) [9] |
BEL (Wa) [10] |
NED [11] |
SWI [12] | |||
| 2014 | Corleone | 1 | 113 | 6 | – | 37 | |
| 2017 | Force & Honneur | 1 [14] |
105 | 2 | 74 | 8 |
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| 2019 | Lacrim | 1 [15] |
28 | 4 | 18 | 9 |
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| 2021 | Persona Non Grata | 6 [16] |
73 | 12 | – | 23 | |
Mixtapes
| Year | Album | Peak positions | Certifications | ||||
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| FR [8] |
BEL (Fl) [9] |
BEL (Wa) [10] |
NED [11] |
SWI [12] | |||
| 2010 | Liberté provisoire | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 2012 | Toujours le même | 173 | – | – | – | – | |
| 2015 | R.I.P.R.O Vol. 1 | 1 | 87 | 8 | – | 20 | |
| R.I.P.R.O 2 | 12 | – | 12 | – | 33 |
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| 2017 | R.I.P.R.O 3 | 1 | 69 | 4 | 117 | 27 |
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| 2020 | R.I.P.R.O 4 | 2 | 34 | 6 | – | 12 |
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Singles
| Year | Single | Peak positions | Certifications | Album | ||
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| FR [8] |
BEL (Wa) [10] |
SWI [12] | ||||
| 2013 | "On va tout perdre" (feat. Mister You) |
116 | – | – | Né pour mourir | |
| 2014 | "Mon glock te mettra à genoux" | 12 | 1* (Ultratip) |
– | Corleone | |
| "Tout le monde veut des Lovés" | 25 | – | – | |||
| "Corleone" | 28 | – | – | |||
| "Pocket Coffee" | 30 | – | – | |||
| "Pronto" | 11 | 26* (Ultratip) |
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| 2015 | "Sablier" | 36 | – | – | ||
| "Billets en l'air" | 35 | – | – | |||
| 2017 | "Traîtres" | 2 | 14 | 49 | Force & Honneur | |
| "Grande armée" | 2 | 35 | 60 |
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| "Colonel Carrillo" | 2 | 44 | 88 |
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| "Ce soir ne sors pas" (feat. Maître Gims) |
20 | 46 | – |
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| "Judy Moncada" | 13 | 10* (Ultratip) |
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| "Tous les mêmes" | 12 | 48 | – |
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| "Noche" (feat. Damso) |
2 | – | 65 |
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| 2018 | "Jon Snow" | 6 | 15* (Ultratip) |
– | Lacrim | |
| 2019 | "Solo" | 14 | 16* (Ultratip) |
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| "Tiguere II (Freestyle)" | 185 | – | – | |||
| "Tiguere 3 (Freestyle)" | 69 [18] |
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| 2020 | "Allez nique ta mère" (feat. Soso Maness) |
15 | 41 | – | ||
| 2021 | "Mango" (with Kore) |
32 | – | – | Non-album release | |
| "Santorini" (with Rimkus) |
42 | – | – | Non-album release | ||
| "L'immortale" | 27 | – | – | Non-album release | ||
*Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.
Other charting releases
| Year | Single | Peak positions | Certifications | Album | ||
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| FR [8] |
BEL (Wa) [10] |
SWI [12] | ||||
| 2014 | "A.W.A." (feat. French Montana) |
104 | — | — | Corleone | |
| "On fait pas ça" (feat. Lil Durk) |
107 | — | — | |||
| "Barbade" | 135 | — | — | |||
| "Bracelet" | 141 | — | — | |||
| "J'suis qu'un thug" | 75 | — | — | |||
| "Le loup d'la street" (feat. Amel Bent) |
171 | — | — | |||
| "Oz" | 173 | — | — | |||
| "Mon frère" | 189 | — | — | |||
| 2015 | "A.W.A 2" | 102 | — | — | R.I.P.R.O Vol. 1 | |
| "Carte de la vieillesse" | 48 | — | — | |||
| "Voyous" (feat. Gradur) |
89 | — | — | |||
| "6.35" (feat. SCH & Sadek) |
134 | — | — | |||
| "Red Zone" (feat. Nessbeal & Rimkus) |
140 | — | — | |||
| "Y a R" | 151 | — | — | |||
| "Sale époque Part. 2" | 154 | — | — | |||
| "Mon fils" | 158 | — | — | |||
| "J'ai mal" | 49 | — | — | R.I.P.R.O Vol. 2 | ||
| "Gustavo Gaviria" | 68 | — | — | |||
| "Poutine" | 116 | — | — | |||
| "Brasse au max" | 86 | — | — | |||
| "Marabout" | 69 | — | — | |||
| "C'est ma vie" | 146 | — | — | |||
| "Adieu" | 147 | — | — | |||
| "Petit jaloux" (featuring Maître Gims) |
64 | — | — | |||
| "En la calle" (featuring Yandel) |
180 | — | — | |||
| "On y est" (featuring SCH, Rimkus & Walid) |
103 | — | — | |||
| 2017 | "Oh bah oui" (featuring Booba) |
10 | — | — | Force & Honneur | |
| "La dolce vita" | 9 | — | — |
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| "20 bouteilles" | 12 | — | — |
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| "Laisse-les" (featuring SCH) |
27 | — | — | |||
| "Pardon..." | 28 | — | — | |||
| "Rockefeller" | 21 | — | — | |||
| "Tristi" (featuring Ghali) |
13 | — | 91 |
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| "Papa Trabaja" (featuring Bruluxx) |
44 | — | — | |||
| "2 Pac" | 7 | — | — |
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| "Solitaire" | 48 | — | — | |||
| "Ça paie pas" | 26 | — | — | |||
| "Kim Jong Un" | 22 | — | — | |||
| "Histoire de" | 55 | — | — | |||
| "Mythone pas" (featuring Rimkus) |
46 | — | — | |||
| "Cohiba" | 33 | — | — | |||
| "Nuit blanche" | 40 | — | — | |||
| "Gericault" | 37 | — | — |
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R.I.P.R.O Vol. 3 | |
| "Veux-tu ?" (featuring Ninho) |
6 | — | — |
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| "Partis de rien" | 16 | — | — | |||
| "La valise" | 25 | — | — | |||
| "J'essaie" | 14 | — | — | |||
| "Vory V Zakone" | 27 | — | — | |||
| "Rio" | 17 | — | — | |||
| "Mode S" | 30 | — | — | |||
| "Intocable" (feat. Mister You) |
5 | — | — |
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| "London Blues" (feat. Paigey Cakey) |
62 | — | — | |||
| "3dabi" (feat. Shayfeen & Madd) |
63 | — | — | |||
| "Audemars piguet" | 22 | — | — | |||
| 2019 | "Bloody" (featuring 6ix9ine) |
11 | 17* (Ultratip) |
— | Lacrim | |
| "Maladie" (featuring Soolking) |
15 | — | — |
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| "RS6" | 24 | — | — | |||
| "Patrizia" | 25 | — | — | |||
| "Pardon mama" | 61 | — | — | |||
| "Granada" | 57 | — | — | |||
| "Puerto Rico" (featuring French Montana) |
50 | — | — | |||
| "Miami" | 65 | — | — | |||
| "Eprouvé" (featuring Kayna Samet) |
43 | — | — | |||
| "Adjida" | 85 | — | — | |||
| "Jvlius" | 51 | — | — | |||
| "West Coast" (featuring Snoop Dogg) |
31 | — | — | |||
| "Never Personal" (featuring Rick Ross) |
46 | — | — | |||
| "Trabaja" | 74 | — | — | |||
| "Kounti" (featuring Cheb Mami) |
94 | — | — | |||
| "Fugazi" (featuring M Huncho and 3robi) |
115 | — | — | |||
| "26 décembre 1999" (featuring Oxmo Puccino) |
130 | — | — | |||
| "Tootsie's" | 152 | — | — | |||
| "Philippins" | 125 [19] |
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| 2020 | "Jacques Chirac" | 20 | 7* (Ultratip) |
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| "Boston George" (with Maes) |
3 | — | 64 | |||
| "Dadinho" (with Ninho) |
4 | — | — | |||
| "Eric Cantona" (with Jul) |
13 | — | — | |||
| "Végéta" (with Jul) |
21 | — | — | |||
| "Nipsey Hussle" | 22 | — | — | |||
| "Rafa & Carlos" | 23 | — | — | |||
| "El Professor" | 28 | — | — | |||
| "Penelope Cruz" | 41 | — | — | |||
| "Picasso" | 42 | — | — | |||
| "Big Meech" | 52 | — | — | |||
| "Dracula" (feat. Vladimir Cauchemar & Sfera Ebbasta) |
63 | — | — | |||
| "Zizou" | 71 | — | — | |||
| "Sam & Driss" | 83 | — | — | |||
*Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.
Featured in
| Year | Single | Peak positions | Certifications | Album | |
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| FR [8] |
BEL (Wa) [10] | ||||
| 2014 | "Merci" (Alonzo feat. Lacrim) |
111 | — | ||
| 2015 | "La douille" (Gradur feat. Lacrim) |
85 | — | ||
| "El Chapo" (Kaaris feat. Lacrim) |
123 | — | |||
| 2016 | "Tony" (Kore, Lacrim & SCH) |
13 | 35* (Ultratip) |
Pattaya (soundtrack) | |
| "Mon frelo" (Kore, Lapso Laps, Lacrim, Sadek & SCH) |
75 | — | Packman (Lapso Lap album) | ||
| 2017 | "Ça va" (SCH feat. Lacrim) |
42 | — | ||
| "Snitch" (Kalash feat. Lacrim) |
109 | — | |||
| 2018 | "Dix millions de dollars" (3robi feat Lacrim) |
8 | — | ||
| "VLT" (Dosseh feat. Lacrim) |
48 | — | |||
| "Maradona" (AM La Scampia feat. Lacrim) |
62 | — | |||
| "Rolls" (Hornet La Frappe feat. Lacrim) |
15 | 25* (Ultratip) |
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| "Cosa nostra" (Soolking feat. Sofiane, Lacrim) |
5 | — | |||
| 2019 | "Fortuné" (Naps feat. Lacrim) |
124 | — | Naps album On est fait pour ça | |
| 2020 | "Validé" (Sam's feat. Lacrim) |
90 | — | Soundtrack Validé | |
| "Qu'est-ce qu'ils connaissent?" (Sose Maness feat. Lacrim) |
57 | — | Soso Maness album Mistral | ||
| "Big Money" (Leto feat. Lacrim) |
57 | — | Leto album 100 visages | ||
*Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.
Others
- 2012: "On se rattrape" (Mister You feat. Lacrim and Seth Gueko) (in Mister You album MDR Mec de rue 2)
- 2013: "Un arabe à Miami" (in compilation album Planète Rap 2013)
References
- French Montana's pronunciation of Lacrim that can be heard on the track A.W.A.
- « Le rappeur Lacrim parle de sa grand-mère, la comédienne Ouardia Archived 2020-08-11 at the Wayback Machine (Vidéo) », Maglor, 2018
- Lacrim : "Je suis entré en prison le jour de mes 16 ans" | Interview 1/2, retrieved 2023-05-05
- PurePeople: Lacrim en prison : Le rappeur et jeune papa s'est rendu aux autorités (in French)
- Le Parisien: Le rappeur Lacrim : «J'ai décidé de me rendre» (in French)
- FranceTVInfo / AFP: Le rappeur Lacrim s'est rendu lundi à la police (in French)
- Le Figaro: Lacrim : après un an d'incarcération, le rappeur déjà libéré (in French)
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