Rohff
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Rohff - « Rimeur Original Hardcore Flow Fluide » (real name Housni Mkouboi, born December 15, 1977) is a French rapper from Vitry-sur-Seine, in Val-de-Marne (South Paris). Rohff was born in The Union of the Comoros (Mbeni, Ngazidja) in 1977 and immigrated to the Parisian suburbs in 1985. He's currently the rapper who sells the most records in France.
A fan of 2Pac, The Notorious B.I.G., NWA, The Game, and others, Rohff began rapping around 1994. In 1998 he participated in the production of the album Première Classe (First Class), working on the track "On fait les choses" alongside Neg'Marrons, Mystik, and Pit Baccardi, he began to become known to a larger audience. Member of the Mafia K'1 Fry, a group of rappers from Val-de-Marne composed, among others, of Kery James, Intouchable, and 113. The group released the album Légendaire (Legendary) in 1999.
The same year, Rohff began to write his first solo album to be released in 1999 under the title Le Code De L'Honneur (The Code of Honor), tracks include "Appelle-moi Rohff," "Catastrohff," "Skyrohff," "Rohff Vs l'État,", "Les Nerfs à Vifs", "Génération sacrifiée," and "Manimal." Strengthened by the success of his first album, his second, La Vie Avant La Mort (Life Before Death) released in September 2001, sold approximately 250,000 copies with songs "TDSI" "Get down, sam'di soir," and "5-9-1" (duet with Assia), a single off the album.
But it is through the single "Qui est l'exemple ?", released in the Spring of 2002, that gave him his breakthrough, selling roughly 750,000 copies. "Qui est l'exemple?" heralds his debut on the major national radio stations.
In 2006 he recorded "La Resurrection" as one of the soundtracks for the video game Scarface : The World is Yours.
[edit] Discography
- 1999 : "Le Code De L'Honneur" (20.000 copies in France);
- September 2001 : "La Vie Avant La Mort" (more than 300.000 copies in France);
- 2004 : "1994-2004 : 10 Ans D'Avance";
- June 2004 : "La Fierté Des Nôtres" (250.000 copies in France);
- November 28, 2005 : "Au-Delà De Mes Limites" (220.000 copies in France);
- 2006 : "Au-Delà De Mes Limites Classics";
- 2007 : "Le Cauchemard Du Rap Français Chapitre I (The Nightmare Of French Rap).
- December 15, 2008 : "Le Code De L'Horreur" (The Code of Horror).
