PNL (rap duo)
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PNL Peace & Lovés | |
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| Origin | Corbeil-Essonnes, Île-de-France, France |
| Genres | Cloud rap, alternative hip hop, trap |
| Years active | 2014–present |
| Labels | QLF Records, Musicast |
| Members | Ademo N.O.S |
| Website | https://shop.qlf.fr/ |
PNL (French pronunciation: [pe ɛn‿ɛl]; acronym for Peace N' Lovés, lit. 'Peace and Money') is a French rap band formed in 2014 by Ademo (/əˈdɛmoʊ/; born Tarik Andrieu, French: [taʁik ɑ̃dʁijø]) and N.O.S (born Nabil Andrieu, French: [nabil ɑ̃dʁijø]),[1] from Corbeil-Essonnes, Paris Region[2]. Due to their success[3], the two brothers are seen by many as the Rap Kings of French cloud rap.[4].
Biography
Early life
Tarik and Nabil Andrieu grew up in the difficult neighbourhood of Les Tarterêts in Corbeil-Essonnes, in the southern suburbs of Paris. Tarik was born in 1986, and Nabil in 1989. Their father, René Andrieu, a Pied-Noir native of Corsica, was involved in a bank robbery and served an eight years sentence at the Maison centrale— the designation of prisons for dangerous and/or long sentence detainees in France— of Poissy. René is an important figure in his community. The brothers were brought up in the absence of their mother, a native of Algeria (Kabylie). Ademo (Tarik) went to jail twice in 2010 and 2013 for drug trafficking [5] [6]
Career
They released their debut album Que la famille in 2015. Their second album Le monde Chico was released on 30 October 2015 and was certified 2X platinum in March 2016 for selling over 200,000 copies in France.[7][8]
Their third album Dans la légende released on 16 September 2016 was certified diamond for selling over 1,000,000 copies in total in more than 5 countries around Europe.[9]
PNL were set to perform at Coachella, one of the biggest music festivals in the United States during its 2017 edition. However, due to Tarik's criminal record, he was denied entry into the country.[10]
On April 5, 2019, PNL released their fourth album, Deux Freres, which sold more than 100,000 copies in its first week of release, a record for French rap.[11] This album has been nominated for IMPALA's European Independent Album of the Year Award (2019).[12]
The video clip of their song "Au DD" was shot on the Eiffel Tower.[13]
Discography
- Que la famille (2015)
- Le Monde Chico (2015)
- Dans la légende (2016)
- Deux frères (2019)
References
- ^ ""Dans la légende", la fascination PNL". Libération. Retrieved 24 September 2016.
- ^ "French rap duo PNL rise rapidly through the Itunes charts.|mxdwn.co.uk". www.mxdwn.co.uk. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
- ^ "Avec Au DD, le groupe de rap PNL a-t-il vraiment battu tous les records sur YouTube?". BFMTV.
- ^ "Monde | PNL, les "rois du rap français", à la conquête du monde". Le Bureau Export. April 15, 2019.
- ^ Potiron, Albert (April 5, 2019). "PNL, de A à Z".
- ^ "10 rappeurs français qui ont déjà été en prison • Page 5 sur 5 • RapCity". www.rapcity.fr.
- ^ "PNL est disque d'or avec Le Monde Chico !". Melty.fr. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
- ^ "PNL, le phénomène rap de la rentrée est disque d'or en une semaine". Les Échos. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ "PNL entre Dans La Légende en battant ce nouveau record" (in French). Melty.fr. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ "PNL au festival Coachella avec Beyoncé et Radiohead" (in French). The Huffington Post. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ "PNL : les chiffres stratosphériques de la première semaine de "Deux Frères"". Mouv.
- ^ "22 nominees shortlisted for IMPALA's European Independent Album of the Year Award | Impala". www.impalamusic.org. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
- ^ Felicity, Martin. "French rap icons PNL share video for "Au DD" announce "Deux Frères" album". Dummy. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
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