(Bordeaux) The popular French singer Kendji Girac was very seriously injured by gunfire on Monday and hospitalized in Bordeaux (south-west) where his vital prognosis is no longer in jeopardy after having been for a while, we learned from source close to the file.
Around 5:30 a.m. Monday, the gendarmes were called to the Biscarrosse travel area, on the Atlantic coast, for a man seriously injured by a gunshot to the chest.
The victim, Kendji Girac, who was then between life and death, was immediately transported to a nearby hospital in Bordeaux. At the start of the morning, his vital prognosis was no longer in jeopardy, the same source added, without giving details of the circumstances of these facts.
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The victim, Kendji Girac, who was then between life and death, was immediately transported to a nearby hospital in Bordeaux.
At this stage of the investigation, no leads have been ruled out, a source close to the investigations said.
Originally from Périgueux, Kendji Maillé, his real name, was born into a family of Catalan gypsy origin 27 years ago.
He was made famous “a little by accident”, in his words, when in August 2013 his uncle published a video in which he covers Gims’ hit on guitar, Bella.
He then won the show The Voice and sold millions of records, driven in particular by his songs Color Gitano Or Andalusianviewed hundreds of millions of times on YouTube.