Gandhi Alimasi Djuna, better known by his stage name Maitre Gims and more recently just Gims, is a Congolese-French singer, rapper and songwriter.
41 Facts About Gims
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Gims grew up in France and currently lives in France and Morocco.
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Gims has topped the French singles charts four times, including once as a featured artist, most recently in 2018 with his song "La meme".
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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.
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Gims has sold over 5 million records, including 3 million albums since the start of his career.
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Gims comes from a family of musicians: his father Djanana Djuna is the singer of Papa Wemba's Viva La Musica troupe.
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Gims arrived in France in 1988 at the age of two, with his parents who were then foreigners in an irregular situation.
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Gims was placed with foster families, before living in squats until he was 18 years old.
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Gims is the brother of Dadju, member of the group The Shin Sekai, of Bedjik, Afi and Djelass, all three of them rappers.
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Gims takes the nickname "Gims" in reference to Asian cinema and the world of martial arts.
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In 2002, Gims formed with the rappers JR O Crom and Makan the trio Prototype 3015.
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Gims came in second place and gained notoriety, now known as one of the best kickers in France.
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Gims participates in the album Racine carree of Stromae on the song "AVF" featuring with Orelsan.
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Gims intends to take care of his couple and his four children, whom he says he has seen too little because of his career.
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On 22 November 2013, Gims unveils his new clip "Changer", which ranks 17th for the week of 1 December 2013.
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In February 2014, Gims was nominated in the Urban Music category at the Victoires de la Musique, but the award was finally awarded to the 1995 group.
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In parallel with the announcement of his Warano Tour, Gims published videos via social networks with extracts of songs that turned out to be those of his future album.
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On 23 April 2016, Gims gave a concert before the football match between Paris Saint-Germain FC and Lille OSC for the 2016 Coupe de la Ligue Final.
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Gims argues that the supporters are alcoholic and some of them were for Lille, while Gims is Parisian.
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On 7 May 2017, shortly after his official announcement, Gims published an extract on Instagram entitled "Marabout".
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Gims unveils the tracklist and release date of his third solo album Ceinture noire for 23 March 2018, with 31 tracks + 3 bonus tracks to choose from.
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On 14 March 2019 on YouTube, Gims finally released the reissue of the Ceinture noire album entitled Transcendance with 13 bonus tracks.
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In 2020, Gims announced his plan to release an entirely rap album.
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On 27 March 2020, during a live Instagram with Dadju, Gims announced the album Le Retour des Rois for release that year.
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On 28 August 2020, Kendji Girac and Gims will unveil their title "Dernier Metro", produced as a duo.
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On 26 November 2020, Gims announced on his social networks that his album Le Fleau would be released on 4 December.
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On 2 December 2020, Gims therefore unveils the tracklist of his fourth album Le Fleau with 17 tracks for 9 featurings.
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On 17 March 2021, Gims publishes a new freestyle named "Pyongyang" in collaboration with l'nsolent.
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Gims appears in a video supporting right-wing candidate Valerie Pecresse in the run-up to the 2021 regional elections in Ile-de-France.
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On 28 May 2021, the same day as the release of the reissue, Gims released the clip for "Only You" in collaboration with Dhurata Dora.
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On 5 October 2022, Gims revealed the album's title, its release date and its cover.
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In more recent interviews, Gims has actually denied the rumours, calling them "absolutely false" and going on to say that he has only been married once.
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In 2013, Gims founded Monstre Marin Corporation with Pascal Negre.
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Gims is famous for always wearing sunglasses in public, in fact, it is rare to find pictures of him without glasses on the Internet, and the reason for this is so that he is not recognized on the street when he is without glasses because of his wide popularity in France and Paris in particular, and he previously stated that this method works.
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Gims' music is influenced by hip-hop and dance, with pop and Latin touches.
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The slammer Grand Corps Malade said in an interview that he does not adhere to the music of Gims, which is "teenage pop" with "poor lyrics and an unpleasant voice".
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Gims cites artists such as Booba, Nate Dogg, Marvin Gaye, Michael Jackson, 50 Cent, Eminem or even Tandem as his main influences.
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Maitre Gims responded by accusing Charlotte Abramow of having herself violated copyright by using a clip from the music video for the song "Silent All These Years" by Tori Amos.
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Gims is opposed to birthday celebrations because this tradition is of non-Muslim origin.
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At the beginning of 2013, Gims founded his own clothing brand, Vortex Vx, sold in particular at Veepee and Gemo.
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In 2013, Gims participated as a "guest" in the Popstars program, in which he gave young groups advice for their career.