Dry | |
Birth Name: | Delica Landry |
Alias: | L'Amiral / L'Intransférable |
Birth Date: | 16 March 1977 |
Birth Place: | Villepinte, France |
Genre: | Hip hop |
Occupation: | Rapper |
Years Active: | 1994present |
Label: | Wati B |
Associated Acts: | Intouchable, Demon One, Mafia K-1 Fry, Sexion d'Assaut, Nessbeal, Rohff, Rim'K, Mister You |
Delica Landry (born 16 March 1977), better known by his stage name Dry, is a French rapper of Congolese origin. He is also known by the aliases "L'Amiral" and "L'Intransférable".
Landry Delica grew up in Sevran in Seine-Saint-Denis, outside of Paris, where he was friends with the rapper Nessbeal before moving in 1991 to Orly in the Val-de-Marne.
In addition to his solo work, Dry is a member of French rap group Intouchable alongside band member Demon One (real name Hakim Sid). He is also part of the French rap collective Mafia K-1 Fry (sometimes stylized as Mafia K'1 Fry) alongside the other Intouchable member Demon One. Intouchable, Dry and Demon One had a lot of collaborations with other members of the collective.
As member of Mafia K-1 Fry, Dry took part in albums by rappers Ideal J, Rohff and 113 before releasing with Intouchable the 2000 album Les points sur les I. In 2004, he took part in the third album Rohff La fierté des nôtres and in the compilation Street Lourd Hall Stars with "La hass" featuring Kamelancien, de Bicêtre -94-, and Rohff. In 2005, Intouchable released their second album La vie de rêve with a joint title "La gagne" featuring Tonton David. Dry has also been featured on a number of Sexion d'Assaut rap band.
In 2008, Dry had his debut solo album as a street tape entitled De la pure pour les durs including many unreleased tracks of Dry. In 2009, he released his debut studio album Les derniers seront les premiers followed up by a second solo studio album on 20 February 2012 called Tôt ou tard.
Year | Album | Charts | Notes | Certification | |
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FR [1] | BEL (Wa) [2] | ||||
2008 | De la pure pour les durs | 54 | Street tape | ||
2009 | Les derniers seront les premiers | 25 | 1st studio album | ||
2012 | Tôt ou tard | 18 | 170 | 2nd studio album | |
2013 | Maintenant ou jamais | 13 | 72 | 3rd studio album | |
2021 | Dysnomia | 4th studio album | |||
Year | Single | Charts | Certification | Album | ||
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FR | BEL (Wa) | |||||
2012 | "Ma Mélodie" (featuring Maître Gims) | 41 | 27 | Tôt ou tard | ||
2013 | "Le choix" (featuring Maître Gims) | 57 | Maintenant ou jamais | |||
"Maintenant ou jamais" (with Tal) | 79 | 58* | ||||
"On fait pas semblant" (featuring Dr Berize) | 161 | |||||
2018 | "Tant pis " (featuring Dadju) | 89 |
Year | Single | Charts | Album | |||
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FR | BEL (Vl) | BEL (Wa) | ||||
2012 | "Cérémonie" (Sexion d'Assaut featuring Dry) | 82 | 53* | |||
2013 | "One Shot" (Maître Gims featuring Dry) | 16 | 57* | 25 | ||
"Obrigado La Famille" (David Carreira featuring Dry) | 55 | |||||
2014 | "À la vôtre" (Black M feat. JR O Crom, Dry & Big Ali) | 27 | Les yeux plus gros que le monde | |||
"Billet facile" (Shin Sekaï, Dry, Abou Debeing & Docteur Beriz) | 153 | Les chroniques du Wati Boss - Volume 2 | ||||
2018 | "Mignon garçon" (4Keus feat. Naza, KeBlack & Dry) | 107 |