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Booba
Booba in 2019 at Vieilles Charrues Festival
Background information
Birth name	Élie Thitia Yaffa
Also known as	B2OBA B2O Kopp Le Duc de Boulogne (The Duke of Boulogne) Saddam Hauts-de-Seine
Born	(1976-12-09) 9 December 1976 (age 48) Sèvres, Île-de-France, France
Genres	French rap gangsta rap trap
Occupation	Rapper
Years active	1994–present
Labels	Tallac Universal Barclay Because 45 Scientific Musicast l'Autreprod

Élie Thitia Yaffa (French pronunciation: [eli jafa]; born 9 December 1976), better known under his stage name Booba, is a French rapper.

After a brief stint as a break dancer in the early 1990s, Booba partnered with his friend Ali to form Lunatic. The duo released a critically acclaimed album in 2000 but disbanded in 2003. Booba has since embarked on a successful solo career, selling more than 10 million discs over his career and becoming the most downloaded artist (legally) in France. Booba is praised for the quality of his flow and beats but often criticized because of the controversial nature of his lyrics. He has also established the rap label Tallac Records, and developed a line of jewellery.

Life and career

Élie Yaffa was born on 9 December 1976 in the outskirts of Paris in Sèvres. His father is Senegalese and his mother is French of Mosellan and Belgian descent.

With his friend Ali they formed the duo Lunatic in 1994. Unable to secure a record deal from a major label because of their controversial lyrics, they created their own independent record label 45 Scientific in 1999. The following year, Lunatic released its first and only album entitled Mauvais œil.

In 2002, Booba released his debut solo album Temps mort. He followed this up with four further albums: Panthéon, Ouest Side (the most successful), 0.9 and Lunatic. In late 2012, he released his sixth solo album Futur. In whole, Booba has ten disks certified, six Disques d'Or (Gold album), three Disques de platine (Platinum album) and one Double disque de platine (Double-Platinum album). In 2011, Booba won the "My Youtube" contest, ahead of popular artists like Rihanna, Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Eminem, Jay-Z, Sexion D'Assaut, Shakira, Stromae,...

Musical style

Booba was influenced by the American hip-hop scene of the late 1980s and early 1990s – Mobb Deep, Wu-Tang Clan, 2Pac, and Biggie Smalls. Dark melodies accompanied with raw lyrics, typical of the rap from New York, are present on every album of his. He is often criticized for being an apologist for easy money and murder. Booba advocates a reduction in the taxes and claims himself in support of individual freedom. Racism is a recurring topic of his songs (see for example "Couleur ébène", "Pitbull", "Ma Couleur"), although he sometimes deliberately advocates communitarian positions.

Other ventures

Booba is also the creator of a streetwear brand, Ünkut, one of the most popular brands of this type in France.

Discography

Studio albums

Mixtapes

Singles

As lead artist

*Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.

As featured artist

*Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.

Other charted songs

*Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.

See also

• French hip hop
• List of French hip hop artists

References

1. "AC MILAN". ASCAP. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Archived from the original on 12 June 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
2. Booba : Lunatic – Chroniques – Booba – Toutes les chroniques sur Waxx-music Archived 9 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Waxx-music.com. Retrieved on 30 December 2012.
3. Booba : L'année nous appartient, interview vidéo sur NRJ12 Archived 17 May 2021 at the Wayback Machine. melty.fr (3 January 2011). Retrieved on 30 December 2012.
4. BOOBA : Biographie de BOOBA Archived 11 January 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Monsieur-Biographie.com. Retrieved on 30 December 2012.
5. fr:Booba
6. "Le grand gagnant du concours "MyYouTube" est Booba". Archived from the original on 21 January 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
7. Interview at. lehiphop.com
8. HHQC Entrevue Avec Booba (Partie 3) Archived 28 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Dailymotion.com (26 October 2006). Retrieved on 30 December 2012.
9. Le rappeur Booba se reconvertit a la boxe – nils leblanc sur LePost.fr (10:23) Archived 12 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Lepost.fr (19 December 2007). Retrieved on 30 December 2012.
10. "Ünkut : Comment Booba a fait de sa marque un incontournable du style ?". 30 September 2014. Archived from the original on 20 January 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
11. ^ "Discographie Booba". lescharts.com. Archived from the original on 11 December 2011. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
12. ^ "Booba". Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 2 March 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2014.
13. ^ "Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade und Music Community". Hung Medien. Archived from the original on 15 July 2014.
14. ^ "French certifications – Booba" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
15. "French certifications – Booba" (in French). InfoDisc. Retrieved 28 July 2022. Select BOOBA and click OK. 
16. @snep (16 February 2024). "En exclusivité, voici les 10 premiers du Top Albums de la semaine !" (Tweet). Retrieved 18 February 2024 – via Twitter.
17. "Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles Téléchargés – SNEP (Week 2, 2017)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Archived from the original on 21 January 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2017.
18. "Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles Téléchargés – SNEP (Week 28, 2017)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Archived from the original on 20 January 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2017.

External links

• Booba on Twitter

• 1976 births
• Living people
• French male rappers
• French people of Senegalese descent
• French people of Belgian descent
• French people of German descent
• Musicians from Boulogne-Billancourt
• French expatriates in the United States
• Gangsta rappers
• Rappers from Hauts-de-Seine
• Because Music artists
• Black French musicians