Lacrim
- Rapper
- songwriter
- Def Jam France
- Plata O Plomo
- Capitol
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.
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 |
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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 | |
2024 | Veni Vidi Vici | – | – | 5 | – | 26 |
Street albums
Year | Album | Peak positions |
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FR [8] | ||
2012 | Faites entrer Lacrim | 16 |
EPs
Year | Album | Peak positions | ||
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FR [8] | BEL (Wa) [10] | |||
2013 | Né pour mourir | 12 | 96 |
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 |
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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 | Title | 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) | – | |||
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) | – | ||
"Tiguere II (Freestyle)" | 185 | – | – | |||
"Tiguere 3 (Freestyle)" | 69 [18] | – | – | |||
2020 | "Allez nique ta mère" (feat. Soso Maness) | 15 | 41 | – | ||
2021 | "Mango" (with Kore) | 32 | – | – | Non-album singles | |
"Santorini" (with Rimkus) | 42 | – | – | |||
"L'immortale" | 27 | – | – | |||
2023 | "Code Barre" | 19 | – | – | ||
2024 | "No lo sé" | 12 [19] | 36 | – |
*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 | — | — |
| 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 [20] | – | – | |||
2020 | "Jacques Chirac" | 20 | 7* (Ultratip) | — | ||
"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 | — | — | |||
2023 | "Main Motte" | 79 [21] | — | — |
*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.
- ^ a b « 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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