Zed

Real name François Malcolm Botomba, Zed is a French rapper of Congolese origin, born in Sevran (Seine-Saint-Denis) on June 17, 1993. He emerged on the French rap scene through his participation in the group 13 Block from 2012, and contributed to the group's success, which took shape through two albums, BLO, in 2019 and BLO II in 2020. In 2018, he made his first solo appearance on Maes' track "Weed" , then appeared on Booba's "Jauné " in 2020. He stepped up his collaborations in 2021 with Hamza, Benab and Maes, then in 2022 with Moha MMZ and Nessbeal. In 2023, he released his first two-volume project: Soixvnt3, featuring Guy2Bezbar, Stavo, Tiakola and Niska, followed by Soixvnt3, pt. 2. In 2024, he released the single "#Zedeudé (60)" , which preceded the album Malcolm . The name of the latter refers to his real first name, but is also a tribute to the orator and political activist Malcolm X, featured in the video for his first track. Zola, Nekfeu, Laylow, SDM and Ziak also feature as guests on the album. Zed scored several hits in the French charts, including "Shaggy" with Nekfeu (No. 19), "Solidaire" with SDM (No. 59) and "Süle " with Kore and Zola (No. 49). In 2025, his collaboration with La Mano 1.9 on "Hockey" reached No. 50. He followed this up with the album Nephilim, Pt. 1 (2026), ranked No. 20, featuring 1pliké140, iDS and L2B, Leto and RK.