Lacrim Explained

Lacrim
Birth Name:Karim Zenoud
Birth Date:19 April 1985
Birth Place:Ménilmontant, Paris, France
Origin:Algérie

Karim Zenoud (in French pronounced as /kaʁim zenud/; Arabic: كريم زنود, born 19 April 1985), better known by his stage name Lacrim ([1] in French lakʁim/; sometimes stylized as LaCrim), is an Algérian-French rapper of Algerian descent.

Youth

Karim Zenoud was born in the 20th arrondissement of Paris to Algerian immigrant parents.[2] Both of his parents are Kabyle, his father's family is from Sidi Daoud and his mother's from Béjaïa. He is also the grandson of actress Ouardia Hamtouche. He spent the first five years of his life in the 13th arrondissement, before his parents moved permanently to Chevilly-Larue, south of Paris.

Career

After collaborations with various rappers, he released his album Faites entrer Lacrim in May 2012 followed by a mixtape Toujours le même in December 2012. The following two albums, Corleone in 2014 and Force & Honneur in 2017 both topped the French Albums Chart. He also released three successive mixtapes under the R.I.P.R.O series two in 2015 and a third in 2017.

Legal issues

Accused of possession of a kalashnikov gun, he was condemned to three years of imprisonment. After 8 months of hiding in Morocco,[3] he presented himself on 9 September 2015 to the French authorities who imprisoned him for a second time in three years.[4] [5] He was released on 28 November 2016, after remaining in incarceration for a full year.[6]

Discography

Studio albums

YearAlbumPeak positionsCertifications
FR
[7]
BEL
(Fl)

[8]
BEL
(Wa)

[9]
NED
[10]
SWI
[11]
2014Corleone 1113637

Platinum[12]

2017Force & Honneur 1
[13]
1052748
  • SNEP: 3× Platinum
2019Lacrim 1
[14]
284189
  • SNEP: Gold
2021Persona Non Grata 6
[15]
731223
2024Veni Vidi Vici 526

Mixtapes

YearAlbumPeak positionsCertifications
FR
BEL
(Fl)

BEL
(Wa)

NED
SWI
2010Liberté provisoire
2012Toujours le même 173
2015R.I.P.R.O Vol. 1 187820
R.I.P.R.O 2121233
  • SNEP: Platinum
2017R.I.P.R.O 3169411727
  • SNEP: 2× Platinum
2020R.I.P.R.O 4234612
  • SNEP: Gold

Singles

YearTitlePeak positionsCertificationsAlbum
FR
BEL
(Wa)

SWI
2013"On va tout perdre"
(feat. Mister You)
116Né pour mourir
2014"Mon glock te mettra à genoux" 121*
(Ultratip)
Corleone
"Tout le monde veut des Lovés" 25
"Corleone" 28
"Pocket Coffee" 30
"Pronto" 1126*
(Ultratip)
2015"Sablier"36
"Billets en l'air"35
2017"Traîtres"21449 Force & Honneur
"Grande armée"23560
  • SNEP: Platinum
"Colonel Carrillo"24488
  • SNEP: Gold
"Ce soir ne sors pas"
(feat. Maître Gims)
2046
  • SNEP: Platinum
"Judy Moncada"1310*
(Ultratip)
  • SNEP: Gold
"Tous les mêmes"1248
  • SNEP: Gold
"Noche"
(feat. Damso)
265
  • SNEP: Platinum
2018"Jon Snow"615*
(Ultratip)
Lacrim
2019"Solo"1416*
(Ultratip)
"Tiguere II (Freestyle)"185
"Tiguere 3 (Freestyle)"69
[17]
2020"Allez nique ta mère"
(feat. Soso Maness)
1541
2021"Mango"
(with Kore)
32rowspan="5"
"Santorini"
(with Rimkus)
42
"L'immortale"27
2023"Code Barre"19
2024"No lo sé"7
[18]
36

Other charting releases

YearSinglePeak positionsCertificationsAlbum
FR
BEL
(Wa)

SWI
2014"A.W.A."
(feat. French Montana)
104Corleone
"On fait pas ça"
(feat. Lil Durk)
107
"Barbade" 135
"Bracelet" 141
"J'suis qu'un thug" 75
"Le loup d'la street"
(feat. Amel Bent)
171
"Oz" 173
"Mon frère" 189
2015"A.W.A 2"102R.I.P.R.O Vol. 1
"Carte de la vieillesse"48
"Voyous"
(feat. Gradur)
89
"6.35"
(feat. SCH & Sadek)
134
"Red Zone"
(feat. Nessbeal & Rimkus)
140
"Y a R"151
"Sale époque Part. 2"154
"Mon fils"158
"J'ai mal"49R.I.P.R.O Vol. 2
"Gustavo Gaviria"68
"Poutine"116
"Brasse au max"86
"Marabout"69
"C'est ma vie"146
"Adieu"147
"Petit jaloux"
(featuring Maître Gims)
64
"En la calle"
(featuring Yandel)
180
"On y est"
(featuring SCH, Rimkus & Walid)
103
2017"Oh bah oui"
(featuring Booba)
10 Force & Honneur
"La dolce vita"9
  • SNEP: Gold
"20 bouteilles"12
  • SNEP: Gold
"Laisse-les"
(featuring SCH)
27
"Pardon..."28
"Rockefeller"21
"Tristi"
(featuring Ghali)
1391
  • SNEP: Gold
"Papa Trabaja"
(featuring Bruluxx)
44
"2 Pac"7
  • SNEP: Gold
"Solitaire"48
"Ça paie pas"26
"Kim Jong Un"22
"Histoire de"55
"Mythone pas"
(featuring Rimkus)
46
"Cohiba"33
"Nuit blanche"40
"Gericault"37
  • SNEP: Gold
R.I.P.R.O Vol. 3
"Veux-tu ?"
(featuring Ninho)
6
  • SNEP: Gold
"Partis de rien"16
"La valise"25
"J'essaie"14
"Vory V Zakone"27
"Rio"17
"Mode S"30
"Intocable"
(feat. Mister You)
5
  • SNEP: Gold
"London Blues"
(feat. Paigey Cakey)
62
"3dabi"
(feat. Shayfeen & Madd)
63
"Audemars piguet"22
2019"Bloody"
(featuring 6ix9ine)
1117*
(Ultratip)
Lacrim
"Maladie"
(featuring Soolking)
15
  • SNEP: Gold
"RS6"24
"Patrizia"25
"Pardon mama"61
"Granada"57
"Puerto Rico"
(featuring French Montana)
50
"Miami"65
"Eprouvé"
(featuring Kayna Samet)
43
"Adjida"85
"Jvlius"51
"West Coast"
(featuring Snoop Dogg)
31
"Never Personal"
(featuring Rick Ross)
46
"Trabaja"74
"Kounti"
(featuring Cheb Mami)
94
"Fugazi"
(featuring M Huncho and 3robi)
115
"26 décembre 1999"
(featuring Oxmo Puccino)
130
"Tootsie's"152
"Philippins"125
[19]
2020"Jacques Chirac" 207*
(Ultratip)
"Boston George"
(with Maes)
364
"Dadinho"
(with Ninho)
4
"Eric Cantona"
(with Jul)
13
"Végéta"
(with Jul)
21
"Nipsey Hussle"22
"Rafa & Carlos"23
"El Professor"28
"Penelope Cruz"41
"Picasso"42
"Big Meech"52
"Dracula"
(feat. Vladimir Cauchemar & Sfera Ebbasta)
63
"Zizou"71
"Sam & Driss"83
2023"Main Motte"79
[20]

Featured in

YearSinglePeak positionsCertificationsAlbum
FR
BEL
(Wa)

2014"Merci"
(Alonzo feat. Lacrim)
111
2015"La douille"
(Gradur feat. Lacrim)
85
"El Chapo"
(Kaaris feat. Lacrim)
123
2016"Tony"
(Kore, Lacrim & SCH)
1335*
(Ultratip)
Pattaya
(soundtrack)
"Mon frelo"
(Kore, Lapso Laps, Lacrim, Sadek & SCH)
75Packman
(Lapso Lap album)
2017"Ça va"
(SCH feat. Lacrim)
42
"Snitch"
(Kalash feat. Lacrim)
109
2018"Dix millions de dollars"
(3robi feat Lacrim)
8
"VLT"
(Dosseh feat. Lacrim)
48
"Maradona"
(AM La Scampia feat. Lacrim)
62
"Rolls"
(Hornet La Frappe feat. Lacrim)
1525*
(Ultratip)
"Cosa nostra"
(Soolking feat. Sofiane, Lacrim)
5
2019"Fortuné"
(Naps feat. Lacrim)
124Naps album
On est fait pour ça
2020"Validé"
(Sam's feat. Lacrim)
90Soundtrack
Validé
"Qu'est-ce qu'ils connaissent?"
(Sose Maness feat. Lacrim)
57Soso Maness album
Mistral
"Big Money"
(Leto feat. Lacrim)
57Leto album
100 visages

Others

Notes and References

  1. [French Montana]
  2. « Le rappeur Lacrim parle de sa grand-mère, la comédienne Ouardia (Vidéo) », Maglor, 2018
  3. http://www.purepeople.com/article/lacrim-en-prison-le-rappeur-et-jeune-papa-s-est-rendu-aux-autorites_a167960/1 PurePeople: Lacrim en prison : Le rappeur et jeune papa s'est rendu aux autorités
  4. http://www.leparisien.fr/loisirs-spectacles/video-le-rappeur-lacrim-j-ai-decide-de-me-rendre-09-11-2015-5261857.php Le Parisien: Le rappeur Lacrim : «J'ai décidé de me rendre»
  5. https://culturebox.francetvinfo.fr/musique/rap/le-rappeur-lacrim-s-est-rendu-lundi-a-la-police-230565 FranceTVInfo / AFP: Le rappeur Lacrim s'est rendu lundi à la police
  6. http://www.lefigaro.fr/musique/2016/11/29/03006-20161129ARTFIG00117-lacrim-apres-un-an-d-incarceration-le-rappeur-deja-libere.php Le Figaro: Lacrim : après un an d'incarcération, le rappeur déjà libéré
  7. Web site: Lacrim discography . lescharts.com . 17 June 2013.
  8. Web site: Lacrim discography . Hung Medien . ultratop.be/nl . 17 September 2013.
  9. Web site: Lacrim discography . ultratop.be/wa . 17 September 2013.
  10. Web site: Lacrim discography . Hung Medien . dutchcharts.nl . 24 February 2019.
  11. Web site: Lacrim discography . Hung Medien . hitparade.ch . 17 September 2013.
  12. France. Lacrim. album. 15 August 2021.
  13. Web site: Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums - SNEP (Week 14, 2017). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. French. 10 April 2017.
  14. Web site: Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums Fusionnes – SNEP (Week 7, 2019). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. French. 18 February 2019.
  15. Web site: En exclusivité, voici les 10 premiers du Top Albums de la semaine ! Classement complet lundi. SNEP. 17 December 2021.
  16. France. Lacrim. single.
  17. Web site: Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles (téléchargement + streaming) – SNEP (Week 31, 2019). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. French. 12 August 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190804095549/http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-semaine/top-singles-megafusion/?ye=2019&we=31. 4 August 2019. dead.
  18. Web site: Top Singles (Week 33, 2024). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. French. 19 August 2024.
  19. Web site: Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles (téléchargement + streaming) – SNEP (Week 12, 2019). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. French. 26 March 2019.
  20. Web site: Top Singles (Week 46, 2023). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. French. 20 November 2023.