Maes (rapper)
Walid Georgey (born 10 January 1995), better known by the stage name Maes, is a French rapper of Moroccan origin from Sevran.[1] He has released two albums and a number of singles and is best known for "Madrina" featuring French rapper Booba.
Maes | |
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| Birth name | Walid Georgey |
| Born | 10 January 1995 Villepinte, Seine-Saint-Denis, France |
| Origin | Sevran, Seine-Saint-Denis, France |
| Genres | French rap, trap |
| Occupation(s) | Rapper |
| Years active | 2009-present |
| Labels | LDS Production, Millenium, Capitol |
Maes grew up in Beaudottes in Sevran in the northeastern suburbs of Paris with his parents, his 5 brothers and 2 sisters and started rapping at age of 14 forming his rap formation MSR with his friends Radmo and SY3.[2]After college, Maes served a sentence for 18 months in maison d'arrêt de Villepinte from 2016 to 2017. During his incarceration, he released a number of releases and a mixtape Réelle Vie. After release from detention, he released #MaesEstLibérable, and debuted as a supporting act for the groupe 13 Block at the gig in La Bellevilloise on 10 December 2017. On 2 March 2018, he released a second mixtape Réelle Vie 2.0 and upon its success was signed to the Millenium label, part of Capitol Music France. With the single "Madrina" featuring Booba, he topped SNEP, the French Singles Chart. The music video was shot in Bogota.[3] With Millenium, he had released the albums Pure in 2018[4] and Les derniers salopards in 2020.
Discography
Albums
| Title | Year | Peak positions | Units | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRA [5] |
BEL (Wa) [6] |
SWI [7] | |||
| Pure | 2018 | 5 | 25 | 36 | |
| Les derniers salopards | 2020 | 1 [8] | 2 | 2 |
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| Title | Year | Peak positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRA [5] |
BEL (Wa) [6] | ||
| Réelle Vie | 2017 | — | — |
| Réelle vie 2.0 | 2018 | 65 | 135 |
Singles
| Title | Year | Peak positions | Album, EP or mixtape | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRA [5] |
BEL (Wa) [6] |
SWI [7] | |||
| "Billets verts" | 2018 | 10 | 22* (Ultratip) | — | Pure |
| "Avenue Montaigne" | 33 | Tip* | — | ||
| "Madrina" (featuring Booba) |
1 | 31 | 49 | ||
| "Rude" (with Benab) |
2019 | 80 | — | — | Benam mixtape Dracarys |
| "NWR" | 40 | Tip* | — | Non-album single | |
| "Liquide rouge" | 50 | 31* (Ultratip) | — | Non-album single | |
| "Street" | 4 | 27 | 63 | Les derniers salopards | |
| "Distant" (featuring Ninho) |
2020 | 3 [10] | 11 | 24 | |
| "10K" (with Bolémvn) |
5 [11] | — | 67 | Non-album single | |
*Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.
Featured in
| Title | Year | Peak positions | Album, EP or mixtape | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRA [5] |
BEL (Wa) [6] | |||
| "Tes rêves" (Dabs featuring Maes) |
2019 | 44 | Tip* | Dabs mixtape Mainmise |
| "Matin" (Koba LaD featuring Maes) |
23 | 17* (Ultratip) |
Koba LaD album L'Affranchi | |
| "L'odeur du charbon" (Dosseh featuring Maes) |
18 | 11* (Ultratip) |
Dosseh mixtape Summer Crack 4 | |
| "Stupéfiant" (Niro featuring Maes) |
58 | — | Niro EP Stupéfiant : Chapitre 2 | |
| "ASB" (Vald featuring Maes) |
18 | — | Vald album Ce monde est cruel | |
| "Ailleurs" (Timal featuring Maes) |
2020 | 7 [12] | — | TBA |
- Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.
Other charting releases
| Title | Year | Peak positions | Album, EP or mixtape | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRA [5] |
BEL (Wa) [6] |
SWI [7] | |||
| "Mama" | 2018 | 16 | — | — | Pure |
| "J'voulais" | 18 | — | — | ||
| "LDS" | 25 | — | — | ||
| "Weed" (featuring Zed) |
37 | — | — | ||
| "Zipette" | 41 | — | — | ||
| "Fumer" | 52 | — | — | ||
| "Mula" | 53 | — | — | ||
| "Vue" | 54 | — | — | ||
| "Panamera" | 60 | — | — | ||
| "Depardieu" | 62 | — | — | ||
| "Bâtiment" | 82 | — | — | ||
| "Particulière" | 90 | — | — | ||
| "Outro" | 94 | — | — | ||
| "Blanche" (featuring Booba) |
2020 | 2 | 49 | 10 | Les derniers salopards |
| "Dybala" (featuring Jul) |
3 | — | 22 | ||
| "Dragović" | 8 | — | — | ||
| "Elvira" | 9 | — | — | ||
| "Mémoire" | 12 | — | — | ||
| "Les gens disent" | 13 | — | — | ||
| "Imparfait" | 13 | — | — | ||
| "Police" | 14 | — | — | ||
| "À côté de moi" | 16 | — | — | ||
| "Marco Polo" | 17 | — | — | ||
| "Étoile" | 18 | — | — | ||
| "Chromé" | 19 | — | — | ||
References
- Les Inrockubtiles: Maes, nouvelle sensation rap venue de Sevran (in French)
- 20 minutes: Maes, le mauvais garçon qui regrette de ne pas avoir écouté sa mère (in French)
- Charts in France: Clip "Madrina" : Maes et Booba jouent les dealeurs en Colombie (in French)
- Les Inrockuptibles: Maes : “Je veux être un artiste total” (in French)
- "Maes discography". lescharts.com. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
- "Maes discography". ultratop.be. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
- "Maes discography". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 24 January 2020.
- "Top Albums (Week 4, 2020)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
- min, Charts·3 février 2020 | 10 h 19 (2020-02-03). "Top Albums : une seconde semaine au sommet pour Maes". aficia (in French). Retrieved 2020-02-03.
- "Top Singles (Week 4, 2020)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- "Top Singles (Week 23, 2020)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
- "Top Singles (Week 10, 2020)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
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