Rémy (rapper)

Rémy (born Rémy Camus in Le Blanc-Mesnil, Seine-Saint-Denis on 13 January 1997), is a French rapper from Aubervilliers, Seine-Saint-Denis.^[2][3]

Rémy
Birth name	Rémy Camus
Also known as	Réminem
Born	(1997-01-13) 13 January 1997 (age 27) Le Blanc-Mesnil, Seine-Saint-Denis
Origin	Aubervilliers, Seine-Saint-Denis
Genres	French rap, conscious rap[1]
Occupation	Rapper
Years active	2017-present
Labels	Def Jam France

History

Rémy was born on January 13, 1997, to an assembly line worker father and a mother caretaker of a building in the Pont-blanc neighborhood in Aubervilliers, Seine-Saint-Denis where he grew up.^[4] He wrote his first rap songs at the age of 10–11.^[5] While a first-year professional baccalaureate student at the Lycée Suger in Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, Rémy decided to end his studies to devote himself to a career in hip-hop.^[6] He was spotted by emblematic Aubervilliers rapper Mac Tyer, who gave him a solo track on his studio album "Banger 3".^[7] The success of his first single "Je vois" earned him to be signed on the label Def Jam France.^[8] On July 28, 2017, Rémy released his second single entitled "On traîne".^[9] In October 2017, Rémy, invited by Hornet La Frappe, made a much remarked performance when he interpreted the unreleased song "Réminem", on the instrumental of Eminem's "Mockingbird", in live from the "Planète Rap" show on the radio station Skyrock.^[10]

Rémy unveiled the singles : "Je te raconte", "Comme à l'Ancienne" featuring Mac Tyer,^[11] "Rappelle-toi"^[12] and "Un peu ivre",^[13] before releasing his first studio album "C'est Rémy" on March 23, 2018. "C'est Rémy" sold 10,191 albums during its first week.^[14] During an interview with the Swiss daily newspaper 20 minutes, Rémy reported that the album sold more than 40,000 copies between March and October 2018.^[15] The album was finally certified gold on August 5, 2019.^[16]

On October 25, 2019, Rémy released his second studio album "Rémy d'Auber".^[17]

Discography

Studio albums

Title	Year	Peak positions
		FRA [18]	BEL (Wa) [19]	SWI [20]
C'est Rémy	2018	6	19	77
Rémy d'Auber	2019	26	55	—
Renaissance	2022	17	74	—

References

1. Rémy, rappeur old school de 20 ans (in French)
2. Le rappeur Rémy et ses cent familles (in French)
3. Rémy, Prince d'Aubervilliers (in French)
4. Rémy, l'étoile montante d'Aubervilliers (in French)
5. Rémy, pur & conscient (in French)
6. Aubervilliers : « Il est temps de faire de grandes choses pour le 93 » (in French)
7. Rémy, nouveau prodige du rap made in Aubervilliers : « Ce premier album, c’est un peu comme ma carte d’identité » (in French)
8. Def Jam France présente sa nouvelle signature : le rappeur Rémy (in French)
9. Rémy plus vrai que nature dans « On traîne » (in French)
10. Rémy : « Je sais que c’est soit le rap, soit rien » (in French)
11. Rémy rappe « Comme à l'ancienne » avec Mac Tyer (in French)
12. Rémy nous plonge dans son enfance avec « Rappelle-toi » (in French)
13. Rémy mélancolique dans « Un peu ivre » (in French)
14. Rémy : Les chiffres de ventes de l'album « C'est Rémy » (in French)
15. «Musicalement, j'ai encore plein de trucs à découvrir» (in French)
16. Le SNEP sur Instagram  : • Nouvelle certification 🏆 🎤 Rémy 💽 C’est Rémy 📀 Album Or 📈 50k équivalents ventes Bravo ! 👏 (in French)
17. Rémy : son nouvel album "Rémy d'Auber" maintenant disponible (in French)
18. "Rémy discography". lescharts.com. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
19. "Rémy discography". ultratop.be. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
20. "Rémy discography". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 8 May 2021.