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Just Riadh, or simply Riadh, is the stage name of Riadh Belaïche[1] (born July 3, 1998, in Sidi Bel Abbès, Algeria),[2] a French-Algerian humorist, actor, influencer and content creator.
He gained attention in 2017 by publishing humoristic videos on Instagram.[2][3][4]
Biography
[edit]Background and childhood
[edit]Born in Sidi Bel Abbès in Algeria,[2] Riadh arrived in France at the age of eight, living with his family in Drancy,[5] then moving to Magny-le-Hongre in Seine-et-Marne.[6] He aspired to become a soccer player,[5] but very soon his daily life with his middle-school classmates was filled with laughter and jokes. A few years later when he was in high school, Riadh tried to break through on social media and then gave up this plan dedicating himself to his studies.[2] After graduating from high school in 2018,[7] he started a BTS which he stopped quickly to have another go at making videos on social media.[2]
Professional career
[edit]On March 17, 2017, under the pseudonym riadhtheone,[8] Riadh collaborated with various content creators in the humoristic video Saïd & Paul: Les Gens sur Twitter, which was shot at the YouTube Space Paris for Saïd Bengriche and Paul Darbos' shared YouTube channel.[3]
He made his first breakthrough by commenting on short videos he would find and download from Instagram. Watched by more than ten million people, in November 2017, the rapper Booba shared one of them on his Instagram account.[9][7]
On May 22, 2019, Instagram invited him and the group he is part of, Smile, composed of several influencers, to the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, with no special instruction other than to let their imagination run free. They set up a prank with a young woman by making her look like a celebrity surrounded by bodyguards on La Croisette.[10]
On June 4, 2019, he appeared, together with other influencers, in the music video of the song Le Coach by Soprano and Vincenzo.[11]
In September 2019, he collaborated with EF Education First and went on many trips around the world with 5 other influencers.[12][13]
On November 8, 2019, NRJ, in a collaboration with Instagram, invited him and three other influencers to Cannes for the 2019 NRJ Music Awards to conduct interviews with artists and share the behind the scenes images of the ceremony for NRJ's Instagram account and IGTV channel. The next day, along with the influencer Fatou Guinea, he presented live on NRJ's social media, commenting on the outfits of the artists present on the red carpet in the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès.[14]
On July 16, 2020, on the occasion of Fashion Week, he was one of the guests to attend the Simon Porte Jacquemus spring/summer collection 2021 for the fashion show L'amour (limited due to the Covid-19 global health crisis) in the wheat fields of Us, Val-d'Oise.[15]
On August 19, 2020, he played the role of the singer Wejdene's boyfriend in the music video of the song Coco.[16][17][18]
He played the role of Sammy in the movie 30 Jours max, released on October 14, 2020.[19]
On March 24, 2021, Brussels rapper ICO invited Riadh to feature on his single Señorita.[20]
In the documentary J’aime pas Just Riadh released on BrutX on April 7, 2021, a video-on-demand platform launched by Brut media, he responds to his social-media critics.[21][22]
References
[edit]- ^ "Riadh Belaiche" (PDF). Agence Adequat. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
- ^ a b c d e Sophie Laroche (18 November 2018). "Rencontre avec Just Riadh, le prince du rire sur Instagram". Konbini. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
- ^ a b Marie Bellali (14 December 2020). "Just Riadh : Acteur, chanteur, influencer, son parcours depuis 2017". Blasting News France. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
- ^ Lise Lanot (31 July 2020). "Vidéo: le comédien Just Riadh nous parle de son compte Instagram". Konbini arts. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
- ^ a b Rafik Youcef (3 November 2020). "Interview - Exclu - Just Riadh: « je suis pour les loges, les petits fours et les hôtesses »". Onze Mondial. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
- ^ Magny le Mag (28 December 2018), Mairie de Magny-le-Hongre (ed.), Magny change de visage (janvier 2019) (PDF), Magny-le-Hongre, p. 7
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b Marie Piat (9 August 2018). "Just Riadh: l'école, Booba, le cinéma, ses vidéos... L'influenceur nous raconte son ascension". PureBreak. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
- ^ Just Riadh on IMDb
- ^ Camille Broyart (6 November 2017). "Just Riadh: le petit protégé de Booba". Retrieved 10 June 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ Philémon Stinès; Laurent Verdi (23 May 2019). "Festival de Cannes: on a rencontré l'équipe dont la fausse star a fait le buzz sur la Croisette". France 3 Provence-Alpes. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
- ^ nrj.fr (4 June 2019). "Soprano retrouve Vincenzo pour le clip de son nouveau hit «Le Coach»". NRJ. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
- ^ "5 influenceurs à la découverte du monde avec EF Education First". VL Média. 25 September 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
- ^ Florent. "EF Say Hello vol. 2 Asie, Océanie et Afrique – Just Riadh". EF Education First. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
- ^ "NRJ Music Awards : La radio NRJ délocalise son antenne pendant 24 heures". stephanelarue.com. 7 November 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
- ^ Vogue.fr (17 July 2020). "Maisie Williams, Gambi… Quels étaient les invités du défilé Jacquemus dans les champs de blé?". Vogue. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
- ^ Anissa Echaïeb (19 August 2020). "Wejdene de retour avec son "Coco" Just Riadh dans son nouveau clip". Mouv'. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
- ^ Julien Goncalves (19 August 2020). "Clip "Coco" : Wejdene s'émancipe après le tube "Anissa"". Charts in France. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
- ^ C.R. (20 August 2020). "Le nouveau clip de Wejdene, « Coco », atteint (déjà) 3 millions de vues sur YouTube". 20 Minutes. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
- ^ "30 jours max". Crew United.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
:11was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Just Riadh se confronte à ceux qui l'insultent sur les réseaux sociaux". Brut. 8 April 2021. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ Redwane Telha (15 April 2021). "Quand un influenceur se retrouve confronté à ses "haters"". France Inter. Retrieved 15 April 2021.