Rilès

Rilès Kacimi (/rɪˈlɛs/ ril-ESS; Arabic: غيليس قاسمي‎; born January 4, 1996) is an Algerian-born French rapper, songwriter, composer and record producer from Rouen. His songs are written and sung in English.

Biography

Born in France to Algerian parents, Rilès started making music at a very early age by learning guitar and making Youtube covers. After obtaining a bachelor's degree, he decided to focus solely on music as a career. Rilès studied English literature at the University of Rouen while studying music on his own in his free time. He worked as a supervisor for a while to save up enough money and build his own home-studio in his bedroom. He then began to compose and write music independently. Rilès is also talented in arts. He sells his pieces of art as a way to make extra money for his music career. Rilès started his own music career by writing, producing, and mastering his own songs, as well as recording, directing and editing his music videos. This is reflected in his song lyrics where he references recording and producing his music independently.[1][2]

He released his first album, Vanity Plus Mind (2015) and released a variety of singles such as “Brothers” which became a staple and one of his biggest hits in 2016. That same year he released one song per week, every Sunday, for a year to compile into his second “album” (more a collection of songs than an album) called “RILÈSUNDAYZ” which is made up of 52 songs. This includes songs “I Do it”, “Pesetas” and “Should I”, as some of the most popular songs. He organised in a concert tour in France in 2017 during which he performed at the Bataclan in Paris,[1] twice, then at the Zenith of Rouen.[3]

Discography

EPs

  • 2015: Vanity Plus Mind

Studio albums

  • 2019: Welcome to the jungle

Singles

Year Title Peak positions Album
FR
[4]
2017 "Brothers" 31
"I Do It" 48
"Thank God" 54 Welcome to the jungle
"In the Jungle" 121
"Should I" 147
"Away" 171
"Another Complaint, But.." 185
2018 "Pesetas" 179
"!I'll Be Back!" 103
2019 "Marijuana" ? Welcome to the jungle
2019 "Against the clock" ? Welcome to the jungle
2019 "Myself n the sea" ? Welcome to the jungle

References

  1. "VIDÉO. Rilès, ce rappeur inconnu aux 100 millions de vues YouTube après un défi". LExpress.fr (in French). 2017-10-21. Retrieved 2017-12-14.
  2. BFMTV. "Qui est Rilès, le rappeur qui cartonne sur le web et remplit le Bataclan?". BFMTV (in French). Retrieved 2017-12-14.
  3. "EN IMAGES - Rilès met le feu au Zénith de Rouen". France 3. Retrieved 2017-12-14.
  4. "Rilès discography". swedishcharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
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