Tunisiano


Bachir Baccour, better known by his stage name Tunisiano, is a Tunisian rapper living in France. Prior to pursuing a solo career, he was a member of M, Sniper and other rap groups.

Career

Bachir Baccour's parents were born in Menzel Bouzelfa, Tunisia. Interested very early with hip hop music, he started writing lyrics at 13.

Beginnings

;Member of M group
In 1995, he joined M Group. He was just 16. M Group released a number of maxis and a mini album.
;Others
He was also part of the French rappers collective named Comité where he found Aketo, and met Scheol, and created the band Personnalité Suspecte. In 1997, he was also approached by the record label Desh Musique took part in a major event Hip Hop Folies at La Rochelle.

Member of Sniper

In 2000, he joined Sniper who released Du rire aux larmes. The band were involved in legal problems, and so were obliged to cancel the tour. In 2003, Sniper released their second album Gravé dans la roche again with Sniper. Blacko stopped rapping and moved to Ragga / Dancehall and there were rumors of a band split. However they managed to release a third album Trait pour trait in 2006.
Tunisiano also published La France, Itinéraire d'une polémique with journalist and writer Olivier Cachin, talking about conflicts with extreme right-wing groups.
In 2007, he also appeared in Aketo's album Cracheur 2 Venin.

Solo

Tunisiano, after publishing solo materials on various rap compilations and music for the film Taxi 4, in 2008 he released his first complete solo album, Le regard des gens. The song Je porte plainte created conflict among allegations that he had taken it from the song Ever Dream without taking their consent. Nuclear Blast Records open a lawsuit for plagiarism.

Discography

M Group albums

Solo singles

;Other non charting singles

Collaborations

Tunisiano has been known in French kickboxing circuits, as well as overseas. Among everything, he has released a "C'est Qui? C'est Khider!" single for the multiple champion and future participant of "La Ferme Célébrités en Afrique", Farid Khider, as well as appeared as a cornerman for the latter when he contested for World Kickboxing Network European title in Minsk, Belarus in 2005.