Freeman (rapper)
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Malek Brahimi (also known as Abdelmalek Sultan), better known by his stage name Freeman,[1] is a French hip hop artist and breakdancer. He was a member of the successful hip hop group IAM together with Akhenaton, Shurik'n, Khéops, Imhotep, and Kephren. He has also worked as a solo artist and an actor. Freeman lives in Marseille, but says that he is above all an Internationalist.
Brahimi was born in Algiers, Algeria on 9 May 1972, and has lived most of his life in the district of Belsunce, in Marseille. At first, when IAM was formed in 1988, Brahimi worked with them as a breakdancer under the alias Abdelmalek Sultan, but he soon started rapping and appearing on the group's albums. In 1999, he published his first solo album, .
Freeman also appeared as an actor in Comme un aimant, a 2000 film by fellow IAM member Akhenaton and .
Discography[]
- (1999)
- (2001)
- (2008)
References[]
- ^ "Freeman : Après son embrouille avec IAM, le bonheur complet : il s'est marié !". Pure People (in French). July 9, 2009. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
- French rappers
- Algerian emigrants to France
- Musicians from Marseille
- People from Algiers
- Living people
- 1972 births
- Rappers from Bouches-du-Rhône