Kaaris, whose real name is Okou Gnakouri, is a French rapper born in Abidjan on January 30, 1980, who grew up in Sevran, Seine-Saint-Denis. Kaaris began his rap career in the late 1990s under the name Fresh, taken from Boaz Yakin’s film Fresh. He released a number of tracks, including Quand j’\u00e9tais gosse, on compilations such as Niroshima 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 2003, he finally returned to C\u00f4te d’Ivoire to work with his brother, who had settled there. When war broke out in the country, he joined a French military camp and managed to leave the country to return to France. He began rapping again, and in 2007 released 43e BIMa, named after the military camp where he had taken refuge in C\u00f4te d’Ivoire. This mini-album enabled Kaaris to make a name for himself and adopt his new artist name when he registered with SACEM. In 2010, he worked on a compilation project with various producers, but Kaaris left the project before the album was finalized. A year later, rapper Booba asked him to take part in one of the tracks on his Autopsie 4 mixtape. Shortly afterwards, he released a new mini-album entitled Z.E.R.O.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Kaaris, de son vrai nom Okou Gnakouri, est un rappeur fran\u00e7ais, n\u00e9 \u00e0 Abidjan le 30 janvier 1980, qui grandit \u00e0 Sevran, en Seine-Saint-Denis. Kaaris commence sa carri\u00e8re dans le rap \u00e0 la fin des ann\u00e9es 1990 sous le nom de Fresh, tir\u00e9 du film de Boaz Yakin, Fresh. Il sort quelques titres comme Quand j\u2019\u00e9tais gosse, sur des compilations comme Niroshima 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Il retourne finalement en 2003 en C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire pour travailler avec son fr\u00e8re install\u00e9 sur place. Lorsque la guerre \u00e9clate dans le pays, il rejoint un camp militaire fran\u00e7ais et r\u00e9ussit \u00e0 quitter le pays pour revenir en France. Il recommence \u00e0 rapper et sort en 2007 43e BIMa, du nom du camp militaire o\u00f9 il avait trouv\u00e9 refuge en C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire. Ce mini-album permet \u00e0 Kaaris de se faire conna\u00eetre et d\u2019adopter d\u00e9finitivement son nouveau nom d\u2019artiste, lors de son inscription \u00e0 la SACEM. En 2010, il travaille sur un projet de compilation avec diff\u00e9rents producteurs, mais Kaaris quitte le projet avant que l\u2019album soit finalis\u00e9. Un an plus tard, le rappeur Booba lui propose de participer \u00e0 l\u2019un des titres de sa mixtape Autopsie 4. Peu de temps apr\u00e8s, il sort un nouvel mini-album intitul\u00e9 Z.E.R.O.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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