“yes, like us, you can succeed”

At four, they climbed Everest. Soprano, Mateo, Djamali and Mej confide in a documentary series in 6 episodes, Soprano: to life, to death, which is released this Wednesday on Disney+. They didn’t know anything about the music industry, didn’t know how to write a contract with a record company. But together, with their talent and audacity, they will participate in writing the history of rap in France.

To get there, the path was strewn with pitfalls. We know the smiling Soprano who gives the fishing with titles like In fire Where The Coach. But behind the scenes unveiled in the documentary reveals the galley of the northern districts, the first CDs burned out, a father who did not want him to make music, the moments of depression, the turbulence of the crisis of the disc, the refusal of Skyrock to diffuse the title Has a well which will nevertheless become a tube. The friendship maintained since the 90s by the group of friends will be their best asset to overcome the difficulties.

“Starting from -1000 taught us how to anticipate any problems that could arise. We managed to shield ourselves and anticipate a lot more things, says the 43-year-old artist interviewed by franceinfo and whose interview can be found in the video above. Inspiring new Sopranos, new Mateos, etc… that’s the reason for this documentary. To encourage young people and tell them ‘yes, you can succeed’ when in everyday life, it’s quite the opposite that they pick up in the face.”

The desire to believe in it will never cease to accompany Soprano and his group of friends. Because nothing predestined this child from Marseille, from a Comorian family, to one day become one of the country’s favorite personalities. And grail for a Marseillais, to fill the Stade Vélodrome in 2017. Only one other French artist, Johnny Hallyday, had done it before him. The former Blue and fan of the singer, Zinedine Zidane, then came as a neighbor. He also engages in documentaries. Just like Akhenaton (IAM) who had spotted the young rapper in his early days.

Today the discs of the “minot” chain sales records and his last tour counted nearly a million spectators. “The fact of still being there, it’s incredible for us. We know very well that not all artists live what we live, what we have built. The logic is that other artists arrive, we turn the page, we move on, continues Soprano. And the more you grow, the more responsibilities you have, the children arrive… that plays into it too. The hardest thing is not to conquer but to stay.”