Sofiane

Sofiane Zermani (July 21, 1986), known mononymously as Sofiane or Fianso, is a rapper born in France of Algerian heritage whose debut mixtape *Première Claque* came out in 2007. He followed up with the mixtapes *La Vie de Cauchemar* (2009), *Blacklist* (2011), and *Blacklist II* (2013). The mixtape *#JeSuisPasséChezSo* (2017) went to Number 2 on the French Albums Chart and the full-length albums *Bandit Saleté* (2017) and *Affranchis* (2018) topped the charts. His 2017 track *“Tout l'monde s'en fout”* reached Number 3 on the French Singles Chart and *“Longue vie”* (2018) featuring rappers Ninho and Hornet La Frappe peaked at Number 2. He has collaborated with many other acts and features with Mac Tyler on Kaaris's *“Brigantè”* (2019), Heuss l'Enfoire's *“Khapta”* (2019), and RK's *“C'est mon sang”* (2019). After spearheading the project *93 Empire* (2020), a collective album featuring over 40 rappers from the Seine-Saint-Denis area, Sofiane dropped his highly anticipated third studio effort *La Direction* in 2021. The album featured the track *“Attrape-moi si tu peux”*.