Alix Mathurin better known as Kery James, is a French rapper, singer, songwriter, dancer and record producer from Orly, who was born in Guadeloupe to Haitian parents.
10 Facts About Kery James
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Kery James is part of French hip hop and rap collective Mafia K-1 Fry.
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Kery James arrived in continental France at the age of seven.
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Kery James's mother raised him in Orly, a suburb of Paris.
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Kery James started at a young age to rap, dance, and write his own texts.
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Kery James described the setting as "A place where the Islamic faith was omnipresent", then he added Ali to his name.
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Kery James is aware of it, he does not deny this story.
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In subsequent years while colleague DJ Mehdi progressed as a prominent producer, Kery James worked extensively on writing new material, his texts reflecting a life that involved altercations with the police, street rivalries and an omnipresent fear of death.
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However, Kery James's career was put temporarily on hold in 1999 when his close childhood friend Las Montana was shot and killed.
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Kery James took refuge in religious faith and took the name Ali as a symbol of his full conversion to Islam.