Oxmo Puccino

Oxmo Puccino

Born: August 4, 1974
in Ségou, Mali
Abdoulaye Plea Diarra (born 3 August 1974), better known by his stage name Oxmo Puccino, is a French-Malian rapper.

A longtime hip hop fan, at age 21 Diarra began his collaboration with the fledgling rap collective Time Bomb, honing his craft alongside future superstars like Booba and Diam's. He quickly developed into a lyricist with a metaphorical ingenuity far more advanced than his contemporaries, crafting violent yet strangely poetic portraits of urban Paris life and drawing on the street-smart American hip-hop of the Notorious B.I.G. and other icons to document life in Paris' hardscrabble 19th district. In 1996 Oxmo Puccino made his recorded debut with Pucc. Fiction, a contribution to the compilation L432. A series of subsequent mixtape appearances solidified his growing reputation within the French rap underground, and in 1998 he issued his solo debut, Opéra Puccino. Its 2001 follow-up, L'Amour Est Mort, proved Puccino's creative and commercial breakthrough, while 2004's Le Cactus de Sibérie confirmed his star status. After signing to the venerable jazz label Blue Note, Puccino assembled a new backing group, the Jazzbastards, to record 2006's Lipopette Bar.

In 2007, rapper Styles P. used the instrumental of "Black Desperado" in his own album Super Gangster (Extraordinary Gentleman), in the song "Holiday". The track was produced by DJ Green Lantern.

In 2011, he was in a Nike ad promotion reciting a passage from Cyrano de Bergerac.

He has appeared in 2011 music video for "1990" by Orelsan, as a tribute to the 1990s. He was invited to sing the track in Orelsan's live tour as a guest in the Paris Olympia gig in 2012.

He is featured as the spoken word artist on Ibrahim Maalouf's track, "Douce", from the 2011 studio album, "Diagnostic".

Puccino was born in 1974 in Ségou, Mali. He came to Paris one year later, and lived in the 19th arrondissement from the age of 5. Oxmo Puccino is the older brother of the French international basketball player Mamoutou Diarra.

Source: Article "Oxmo Puccino" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Movies for Oxmo Puccino...

Paname, Le Grand Paris du Rap
Title: Paname, Le Grand Paris du Rap
Character: Self
Released: February 12, 2023
Type: Movie
And what if rap had been the first and true manifestation of the Grand Paris? Paname, le Grand Paris du rap tells the story of an extraordinary decade, the 2010s, during which the Île-de-France region established itself as one of the main centers of rap music worldwide. From the Sexion d'Assaut to PNL, via l'Entourage, Kaaris, MHD and Fianso, we delve into the roots of this scene, drawing on its diversity, and navigating both sides of the ring road: a look back at ten years that have changed music... or that music has changed.
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Classico
Title: Classico
Character: Carlito
Released: October 28, 2022
Type: Movie
Sami works in a children's home which is set to be closed. The young man is an enthusiastic stadium usher and has convinced the president of the Olympique de Marseille football club to help them keep it open.
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MST : Moyennement Sûr du Titre
Title: MST : Moyennement Sûr du Titre
Character: Oxmo [Montre vraiment ça à tout le monde]
Released: April 4, 2022
Type: Movie
Mister V revisits Studio Bagel's iconic sketchshow through three shows, each consisting of six to seven sketches.
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A Flower in the Mouth
Title: A Flower in the Mouth
Character: The man with a flower
Released: February 16, 2022
Type: Movie
A Flower in the Mouth is a film diptych about time running out and how to live through the days that remain. The first act, filmed as an observational documentary in the world’s largest flower market, follows millions of bouquets transiting through a cavernous refrigerated hangar to be sold at auction, an industrial process at once both beautiful and terrifying. The film transitions to fiction in a second act freely adapted from a Pirandello play. A man with a flower-shaped tumour on his lip accosts a traveller in an all-night café. Their seemingly mundane conversation becomes a metaphysical monologue as the man, feeling death approach, clings to life by scrupulously observing its activity, watching reality in every detail, as if to fill the gap between himself and the rest of the world.
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Le festival des festivals
Title: Le festival des festivals
Character: Self
Released: August 27, 2020
Type: Movie
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French Game
Title: French Game
Character: Self
Released: April 8, 2019
Type: Movie
A chronological and thematic history of French rap, told through a list of 11 short films, emblematic titles from 1990 to the present day. Each episode ends with an original cover by an emerging French artist or rapper.
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Omar Sy, c'est ta chance
Title: Omar Sy, c'est ta chance
Character: Self
Released: November 21, 2018
Type: Movie
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Symphonic Hip Hop 2
Title: Symphonic Hip Hop 2
Character: Self
Released: November 30, 2017
Type: Movie
Building on the success of the first edition, Mouv', the Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France and Adami present the second creation of HIP HOP SYMPHONIQUE. Oxmo Puccino, Gaël Faye, Les Sages Poètes de la rue, Georgio and Black M will join forces for this unique concert combining hip-hop and symphonic music, under the artistic direction of Issam Krimi.
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Ibrahim Maalouf - Alcaline le Concert
Title: Ibrahim Maalouf - Alcaline le Concert
Character: Self - Chant
Released: October 30, 2015
Type: Movie
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Adama: The World of Wind
Title: Adama: The World of Wind
Character: Djo
Released: October 21, 2015
Type: Movie
12 year-­old Adama lives in a remote village in West Africa, sheltered by the cliffs. Out beyond lies "the world of wind," the kingdom of wicked spirits hungry for war. When his elder brother Samba suddenly vanishes from the village, Adama decides to set off in search of him, crossing into a Europe in the grip of World War I.
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Black Moon
Title: Black Moon
Character: Long-John
Released: November 22, 2014
Type: Movie
One island. Three men. An old manuscript. A funeral march heading to insanity.
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Les Clippeurs
Title: Les Clippeurs
Character: Self
Released: January 7, 2013
Type: Movie
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EJM QUI EST-IL ?
Title: EJM QUI EST-IL ?
Character: Self
Released: April 11, 2011
Type: Movie
"EJM QUI EST-IL ?" is a documentary directed by Mehdi BARA and released in 2011. It features numerous testimonies from fellow rappers such as Akhenaton, Oxmo Puccino, Disiz La Peste, Kery James, Rohff, among others. In an interview, Mehdi BARA explains his motivations for creating this documentary. Through this film, he expresses his desire to introduce himself, showcase 10 to 20 years of his career, highlight his evolution, and narrate the history and foundation of French rap to give it value.
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Conte de la frustration
Title: Conte de la frustration
Character: François
Released: August 8, 2010
Type: Movie
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Maybe Tomorrow
Title: Maybe Tomorrow
Character: Harry
Released: January 1, 2008
Type: Movie
Harry wakes up next to a woman he met the day before. Just another woman. Harry’s a regular womanizer, but that day he starts wondering where his life is going.
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Arthur and the Invisibles
Title: Arthur and the Invisibles
Character: Mover #2
Released: December 13, 2006
Type: Movie
Arthur is a spirited ten-year old whose parents are away looking for work, whose eccentric grandfather has been missing for several years, and who lives with his grandmother in a country house that, in two days, will be repossessed, torn down, and turned into a block of flats unless Arthur's grandfather returns to sign some papers and pay off the family debt. Arthur discovers that the key to success lies in his own descent into the land of the Minimoys, creatures no larger than a tooth, whom his grandfather helped relocate to their garden. Somewhere among them is hidden a pile of rubies, too. Can Arthur be of stout heart and save the day? Romance beckons as well, and a villain lurks.
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Satan
Title: Satan
Character: Client boîte
Released: February 1, 2006
Type: Movie
A group of young people leave a disco and bump into a shepherd who is ready to spend his night worshipping Satan.
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Génération Rap RnB 2
Title: Génération Rap RnB 2
Character: Self
Released: December 18, 2004
Type: Movie
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Le Chat d'la grand mère d'Abdel Krim
Title: Le Chat d'la grand mère d'Abdel Krim
Released: January 1, 2003
Type: Movie
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Rap Attack
Title: Rap Attack
Character: Self
Released: May 10, 2002
Type: Movie
A documentary at the heart of French rap: its beginnings, its history, its influences. Featuring exclusive interviews, freestyles, and live performances from the French rap scene.
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Title: Victoires de la musique
Character: Self (Urban Music Album of the Year)
Released: November 23, 1985
Type: TV
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Title: Le Grand Échiquier
Character: Self - Guest
Released: January 12, 1972
Type: TV