Kaaris


Okou Armand Olivier Gnakouri, better known by his stage name Kaaris, is a French rapper, record producer and composer of Ivorian origin. Or Noir, his major album on Therapy Music / AZ / Universal Music, was released on 21 October 2013.

Early life

Born in Cocody, a suburb of Abidjan in the Ivory Coast, Kaaris was raised in Sevran in the Seine-Saint-Denis department, northeast of Paris.

Career

Kaaris started rapping in 1999, and released his first mixtape in 2001. He returned to his native Ivory Coast for a while, but returned to France after political unrest in the country. In 2007, he released his street album 43ème Bima, that led to signing with a new independent label French Cut Music.
However, his meeting with French rapper Booba and producers Therapy gave him his first recording with Booba, "Criminelle league" released as part of Booba's Autopsie Vol. 4. Kaaris had his first charting hit "Kalash", credited to Booba featuring Kaaris appearing in Booba's album Futur.
Kaaris co-writes most of his materials in cooperation with a record producer duo, known as Therapy.

Controversies

A fight between a dozen people including Booba and Kaaris led to the temporary closure of Hall 1 at Paris-Orly airport on 1 August 2018. An oral deposition was placed on 6 September 2018.

Discography

Albums

Mixtapes and street albums

Singles

Featured in

Other charted songs

Filmography