(PageFive – Music) Corneille – Des Pères, des Hommes et des Frères (feat. La Fouine)
Corneille
Corneille, de son vrai nom Cornelius Nyungura, est un chanteur et Singer-songwriter de R’n’B Canadien d’origine Rwandaise né le 24 mars 1977 à Fribourg-en-Brisgau en Allemagne, où ses parents faisaient leurs études. His work is greatly influenced by American funk and soul music; among those he admires are Prince, Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder.
He was sixteen during the genocide. His mother was Hutu and his father was Tutsi. An armed group entered the family home, killing his parents and siblings. Cornelius was a powerless witness to the massacre, he was spared because he hid behind a sofa. He fled to Zaire after days of walking, and found refuge with a German couple who were friends of his parents.
In July 1997, he left Germany to continue his studies in communications at the Concordia University of Montreal. A few months after arriving in Quebec, he made the acquaintance of Peter Gage and Martin Gardy (aka Gardy Fury), with whom he formed the group R’n’B O.N.E.
He dropped out of the band in January 2001, to pursue his solo career.
In 2002, he participated in several projects. He composed and wrote the title Tonight for compiling R & B COCKTAIL 2 (Ghetto R & B / Sony Music ), and the title If only we loved the album Hip Hop Folies (Sony Music), featuring; Passi, Daddy Mory, K-mel, Sniper, Nâdiya, Sheraz, MBE, Nathalie Loriot, and The Weasel.
Cornelius is working with the Red Cross to raise awareness of Canadian children victimized by war.
In 2006, he participated in the single Gold of our lives along with sixteen other artists, including; Kyo, Emma Bunton, Amel Bent, Matt Pokora, and with Princess Stephanie of Monaco, in association with Fight Aids Monaco, to help AIDS patients.
Toujours dans la même année, il est sollicité pour écrire la chanson représentant la France au concours Eurovision, ce qu’il accepte. Il dévoile la chanson Vous c’est nous lors de l’émission spéciale, présentée par Michel Drucker et Claudy Siar, au cours de laquelle les téléspectateurs français élisent la jeune Virginie Pouchain, révélée chez Pascal Sevran, comme l’artiste qui ira défendre les chances françaises à Athènes. Mais ce titre ne semble pas convaincre les organisateurs du concours et Corneille est invité à revoir sa copie. Finalement, c’est un autre titre, Il était temps, composé en urgence, qui sera retenu. Malgré tout, le succès ne sera pas au rendez-vous, Virginie Pouchain n’arrivant qu’en vingt-deuxième position sur un total de vingt-quatre participants, à l’issue de la finale.
Le 9 septembre 2006, il épouse Sofia De Medeiros, sa compagne depuis cinq ans, dans une petite cérémonie au cœur des Laurentides, au nord de Montréal.
Il signe chez Motown, le 3 septembre 2007, pour son nouvel album The Birth of Cornelius, commercialisé aux États-Unis le 10 mars 2009 avec trois titres inédits.
Après un album anglophone, il revient sur la scène française avec un quatrième album studio co-écrit avec son épouse, intitulé, tout simplement, Sans titre, sorti le 19 octobre 2009. Entre temps, le 9 avril 2010, il a eu un heureux évènement, la naissance d’un premier enfant, un petit garçon, Merrik. Check it.
Check it: Corneille.ca – Site officiel de l’artiste Corneille – The official site of the artist Corneille.
La Fouine
Laouni Mouhid, commonly known by his alias La Fouine (English: The Weasel) or Fouiskin (born December 25, 1981 in Trappes, Yvelines), is aFrench rapper of Moroccan origins from the city of Trappes, Yvelines in the Paris western suburbs. He is an established figure in French rap. La Fouine signed with Sony Records in 2003 and released his debut album, Bourré au son, in 2005. La Fouine released his second album, Aller-Retour, on March 12, 2007. The American beatmaker Focus produced four songs on the album. His most recent album, Mes Repères, was released on February 23, 2009 and is two times gold record in France. His new album, a double CD intituled “La Fouine Vs Laouni” released on February 14.
He has also his own label “Banlieue Sale Music” and his own clothing line called “Street Swagg”.
Check it. http://www.lafouine78.com/