Stomy Bugsy

Stomy Bugsy

Stomy Bugsy in 2013
Background information
Birth name Gilles Duarte
Born (1972-05-21) 21 May 1972
Origin Paris, France
Genres French Rap
Occupation(s) Rapper, actor
Years active 1991-present

Stomy Bugsy (French pronunciation: [stɔmi bœɡˈzi]; born Gilles Duarte; 21 May 1972) is a French rapper and actor from Sarcelles, France.[1]

Biography

Born of parents from the Republic of Cape Verde, Duarte helped found hip hop group Ministere AMER, however in 1996 he decided to launch his own solo career and incluenced with West Coast and Gangsta rap from California with the album Le Calibre qu'il te faut (The size that you need) and gained important success with the single "Mon papa à moi est un gangster". His recent release is Royalties in 2015, released online on April 27, 2015.

Duarte has also had several acting roles especially Ma 6-T va crack-er in 1997, 3 Zeros in 2001, Gomèz and Tavares in 2003, Nèg maron in 2005 and Anna Meyer, asssistante de choc in 2006, Aliker in 2008 which he portrayed André Aliker, a Martinican Communist journalist in the 1930s, he later appeared in Bye Bye Blondie (2012), an adaptation of a book by Virginie Despentes.

Stage name

His origin of the stage name was known in the 1980s his second part of the name Bugsy is named after the mafia Bugsy Siegel

Personal life

He has a son, Bilal, born in 1992, he started his rapping career in 2013.

Stomy Bugsy is the nephew of the former Thai boxing champion Aurelién Duarte.

Discography

Albums

With Ministère AMER:

Compilation albums

Singles

Other recordings and collaborations

Partial list

Filmography

  • Ma 6-T va crack-er (1996) (My hood will crack-er)
  • Beauté Fatale (2000) (Fatal Beauty)
  • De l'amour (2000) (About love)
  • Pretty Things (2001)
  • Le Boulet (2001) (The drag)
  • 3 zéros (2001) (3 zeros)
  • Le Fleuve (2002) (The River)
  • Gomez et Tavarès (2003) (Gomez and Tavares)
  • Nèg maron (2004) (The concealed man)
  • Frappes interdide
  • The Best of Times (2006)
  • Gomez Contre Tavares (2007) (Gomez versus Tavares)
  • Sang Froid (2007) (Cool)
  • Aliker (2008)
  • Bye Bye Blondie (2011)

Television

References

  1. "Gilles Duarte". unifrance.org. Retrieved 2014-09-09.
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