Tunisiano | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Bachir Baccour |
| Born | 19 May 1979 |
| Origin | Deuil-la-Barre, Val-d'Oise, Île de France, France |
| Genres | Rap |
| Years active | 1995-present |
| Website | http://www.myspace.com/tunisianofficial |
Bachir Baccour better known by his stage name Tunisiano (born Deuil-la-Barre, Val-d'Oise, France on 19 May 1979) is a French rapper of Tunisian origin.
Bachir Baccour's parents were born in Menzel Bouzelfa, Tunisia. Interested very early with hip hop music, he started writing lyrics at 13.
He joined M Group at 16 releasing a maxi and a mini album. He left the group in 1997 but remained in the French rappers collective named Comité where he found Aketo, and met Scheol (later known as Blacko), and created the band Personnalité Suspecte. In 1997, he was also approached by the record label Desh Musique took part in a major event Hip Hop Folies at La Rochelle.
In 2000, he joined Sniper who released Du rire aux larmes. The band were involved in legal problems, and so were obliged to cancel the tour. In 2003, Sniper released their second album Gravé dans la roche again with Sniper. Blacko stopped rapping and moved to Ragga / Dancehall and there were rumors of a band split. However they managed to release a third album Trait pour trait in 2006.
Tunisiano also published La France, Itinéraire d'une polémique with journalist and writer Olivier Cachin, talking about conflicts with extreme right-wing groups.[1]
In 2007, he also appeared in Aketo's album Cracheur 2 Venin.[2]
Tunisiano, after publishing solo materials on various rap compilations (like Illégal Muzik) and music for the film Taxi 4, in 2008 he released his first complete solo album, Le regard des gens. The song Je porte plainte created conflcit among allegations that he had taken it from the song Ever Dream (from Finnish band Nightwish) without taking their consent.[3] Nuclear Blast Records open a lawsuit for plagiarism.