Lefa

Karim Fall better known by his stage name Lefa born 28 November 1985 in Paris is a French rapper and dancer He is a founding member of the French rap hip hop collective Sexion dAssaut He has also released solo materials in 2015 and 2016 In June 2015 he released his debut solo album Monsieur Fall with big commercial success He was born to the Senegalese jazz musician Cheikh Tidiane Fall and his mother was a French choreographer and art therapist Christiane de Rougemont He grew up in the 18e arrondissement of Paris and his beginnings were in breakdance He has closely collaborated with artists Black M and Gims also members of Sexion dAssaut appearing on many of their albums His friend Maître Gims named him Lefa French slang for Fall Lefas family name Later in 2013 he was reintroduced back in taking part in their 2013 tour but at much lower key with Lefa deciding to concentrate more on his solo work 20152016 was a veritable comeback with the release of the single Quelques minutes in 2015 and the album Monsieur Fall in February 2016 Born of a Senegalese jazz musician father Cheikh Tidiane Fall and a French choreographer and art therapist mother Christiane de Rougemont he grew up in rue des Abbesses located in Paris in the 18th arrondissement During his teenage years he practiced dance more specifically break dance Before founding Sexion dAssaut he was part of another group called Assonance with ScribR MKX Maska LIO Petrodollars and Barack Adama Lefa is one of the first members of the Sexion dAssaut of which he is also one of the founders It was Gims who baptized him Lefa verlan de Fall He is the member who made homophobic remarks during an interview in June 2010 which shocks and casts suspicion on the whole group The group then declared not knowing the meaning of the word homophobic Following the controversy the group multiplied mea culpas and worked for militant antihomophobia associations In March 2012 the group released the studio album entitled LApogée This is the last album in which Lefa appears with the group After that he left with his family to live in Morocco During 2012 Lefa no longer appears on stage with the other members of the collective the group says he is on a musical break to devote himself to his personal life but promises a return soon At the end of March 2013 Gims announced a possible return of Lefa in the Sexion dAssaut during the 2013 tour The latter confided in an interview that he would explain in his autobiography released in 2015 this mysterious departure I have said I was going to explain why he was away He is a music lover although he decided to take a step back Its always been a guy like that Lefa He often stopped started again stopped There he is in his period when he stopped he is posed with his family He had arranged it like this But out of respect for all the fans who follow us we havent talked about it openly we havent done any official stuff I think its best to explain this in a book Source Article Lefa rapper from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30