B.B. Jacques

A French rapper of Lebanese origin, B.B. Jacques grew up in Courbevoie (Hauts-de-Seine) and became known as Blackbird Jacques. Following the release of five tracks in 2020 and a collaboration with Kooking, the following year he produced the trilogy La Nuit Sera Calme, consisting of three EPs representative of his realistic and poetic style, later collected in a homonymous album. A fan of series, the rapper continued in 2022 with the diptych Poésie d'une Pulsion, from which the track "Odyssée" is taken . The same year, the Nouvelle école show, a competition broadcast on a major video platform, revealed him to a wide audience and made a lasting impression with his sense of improvisation. Following the release of a number of single tracks, including two in the SNEP sales and listening rankings, "Booska Fuck Off" (no. 173) and "Rainbow - A Colors Show" (no. 154), the album New Blues, Old Wine was released at the end of 2022, ranked no. 26 and featuring the singles "NDSM", "Intérieur scandinave" and "Zandvoort Palace", on which pianist Sofiane Pamart collaborated. Two EPs, Horizon 25 and Honeymoon, followed in 2024.