JoeyStarr
JoeyStarr (alias Jaguarr Gorgone , Double R or the Expert of the Head office ), of its true name Didier Morville , is a French rappor, born the October 27th 1967 with Saint-Denis in Seine-Saint-Denis (France). It is of origin inhabitant of Martinique. Its group NTM, formed with Kool Shen, marked the history of the French rap.
Its flow, powerful and complete, inherited the ragga , mark by its sound impact. With the wire of the career of JoeyStarr, this flow evolved/moved of a great fluidity and of a relatively precise diction to larger forces vocal united with a more serious tone - with the detriment, undoubtedly, of its qualities first. Its writing, with outstanding texts as “Installation your gun”, “Like again” or “sulfur Odors”, enjoys a certain critical recognition.
JoeyStarr, rappor with the personality complex, unstable, sometimes forces, became a known figure of the general public to the wire of its contentions with justice. These contentions can to eclipse work artistic of rappeur, whose revolt found to be expressed in a musical creation which renewed, during the years 1990, the rap French hardcore. Its flow, its texts, its public figure, made of JoeyStarr a major artist of the French rap.
Biography
JoeyStarr knew a difficult youth, dominated by a violent father who will expel it family home with his majority, in 1985. During one year and half, it is then “Without fixed residence” and spends its time in the corridors of the Métro and in the Catacombes. JoeyStarr, in its biography, evokes the violence and the discovery of the hard drugs, which marked this period. But it is also during this period that is born, in 1989, the group NTM, created with Kool Shen, met in 1983. At the time of the exit of the first title of NTM in 1989, it will not be able to cash its first check, of bank and fixed address.The group dissolves during the years 1999/2000. The two members of NTM devote themselves consequently to their respective labels (created in 1998/1999), IV My People for Kool Shen, and B.O.S.S. ( Boss Off Scandalz Strategyz ) for Joey, with DJ Spank, DJ Naughty-J, DJ James and Terror Seb. With its production unit B.O.S.S., it leaves the maxis (individual vinyls) and three compilations, gathering rappeurs of its label, into 1999,2000 and 2004. A DVD also left, “Who' S The B.O.S.S”, which follows all the peregrinations of the collective in round and studio.
During five seasons, of 1999 to 2004, Joey and its DJs of B.O.S.S. have their own radio program on Skyrock (Sky.B.O), with the antenna twice per week the first 3 years, then once by week the last year. Each emission started with the sentence shock " Thursday evening of Sodomie". This emission will offer to Skyrock its more beautiful audiences since the creation of the radio.
In addition, JoeyStarr and DJ Spank produced many artists like Busta Flex, Iron Sy, Fatcap, Naja, D.Dy, Nathy, and the Vip-R.
Following problems with JoeyStarr, Naja and Vip-R will leave the label B.O.S.S.. JoeyStarr produces the album of Iron Sy (Irony) in 2006, as well as the individual one of Nathy (Jump Up). In 2007 the label is restricted. After the departure of Naja and Vip-R, DJ Spank leaves in its turn the label to animate the radio program FBI Live, which passes on Skyrock on line of New York. This year, the album of Nathy prepares, like that of D.Dy. They will leave at the end of the year. On its side, the duet Fatcap works its titles to leave an album on the label B.O.S.S. in 2008.
He lived in couple with the actress Béatrice Dalle during several years, they have of aillor made together or separately some appearances noticed in the emission of Thierry Ardisson Everyone speaks about it, but this one will marry finally a prisoner in 2005.
Engaged politically with the extreme left, it is friendly with Olivier Besancenot, JoeyStarr criticizes nevertheless, in 2005, the private bill of Global license for the sites of Peer to Peer. It also takes part with Jamel Debbouze and Jean-Pierre Bacri in a campaign aiming at encouraging the young people of the cities to be registered on the electoral rolls. However, its multiples démélés with justice tend to discredit it on the political field. It is also often repoché to him of speaking about youth with maintaining 40 years.
In 2006 also left to Wagram music a compilation, My Playlist: By Joey Starr , joining together 18 titles among preferred of the artist, Beastie Boys to the Funk, drunk KRS-One to the while passing by IAM.
It has in addition Co-writing with Philippe Manœuvre a biography published in May 2006: bad reputation .
October 16th, 2006, JoeyStarr left its first album solo entitled Gare in Jaguarr (Jive/Epic) and for promotion plays with the group Enhancer.
JoeyStarr has today a son whom it called Matisse in the honor of the main of the fauvism after having thought, to give pleasure with his/her mother, with biblical first names like Judas or Elad.
Legal contentions
JoeyStarr knew various legal contentions for violences or incentive with violence.
Catalog of films
- New jack city: doubling of Ice-T
- Authentic of Alain Chabat and Sear.
- Old School of Kader Aid and Karim Abou.
- Belly : doubling of DMX
- the infernal Montparnasse Tower
- Taggers (series " Lyonnais") (199?)
- Rrrrrrr!!!
Discography
In addition to its career with NTM and of its label, it left on October 16th 2006 its first album solo Gare to the jaguarr (Jive/Epic). In addition to original titles it takes again there Gare with the gorilla Georges Brassens, as well as the song the Wog of Georges Moustaki. The first individual one is Pose your gun II whose clip shows part of Chat perched with the police force. The second individual one is Métèque , which takes again to part of the refrain of the song the wog of Georges Moustaki, the clip puts in JoeyStarr scene which " the cheek Brel ". The songs " Points on Zy" , where the rappor addresses to the future president of the republic Nicolas Sarkozy with the leitmotiv " Hold your wife and you will hold France" , is not reproduced on the album but circulates freely on the net.The Jaguarr was accompanied artists for some duets on his disc: Dadoo (which produces also more half of the album), D.Dy, Fat Cape, Nathy.
Because of its resumption of Station to the gorilla , he was shown of plagiarism by the holder of the rights of the title. Its album was withdrawn from the sales two weeks after its exit. A new edition thus was worked out and marketing.
Appearances
Expression Direkt feat. JoeyStarr - harder will be the fall on the album of Expression Direkt, Weedy and the T.I.N presents Guet-Apens the Brigade feat. JoeyStarr - Old School on the album of the Brigade, the Will Disiz feat. JoeyStarr - rumors on the album of Disiz, the red Poisson JoeyStarr - Urgency on the B.O of the film Yamakasi
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