Sérigne M'Baye Gueye, better known by his stage name Disiz, , is a French

French people

The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...

  rapper and actor

Actor

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. Born to a Senegalese father and Belgian mother, he grew up listening to rap

Rapping

Rapping refers to "spoken or chanted rhyming lyrics". The art form can be broken down into different components, as in the book How to Rap where it is separated into “content”, “flow” , and “delivery”...

.

He was a great fan of the French

French people

The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...

 rap

Rapping

Rapping refers to "spoken or chanted rhyming lyrics". The art form can be broken down into different components, as in the book How to Rap where it is separated into “content”, “flow” , and “delivery”...

 groups NTM

Suprême NTM

Suprême NTM is a French hip hop group formed in 1989 in the Seine-Saint-Denis département. The group comprises rappers Joey Starr and Kool Shen...

 and IAM

IAM (band)

IAM is a French hip hop band from Marseille, created in 1989, and composed of Akhenaton , Shurik'n , Khéops , Imhotep , and Kephren . 'IAM' has several meanings, including 'Invasion Arrivée de Mars'...

. He was discovered by JoeyStarr, one of the members of the famous rap group NTM

Suprême NTM

Suprême NTM is a French hip hop group formed in 1989 in the Seine-Saint-Denis département. The group comprises rappers Joey Starr and Kool Shen...

 after listening to a sample tape named "Bête de bombe".

Disiz has gained interest from the UK after his appearance on Channel 4's

Channel 4

Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...

 campaign: "Try life in another language".

Disiz is a follower of the religion of Islam

Islam

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 and described his religion as his "greatest wealth": "L'Islam est ma plus grande richesse."

Singles

• J'pète les plombs (2000, FR #6)
• Lettre ouverte (ft. One Shot presente Disiz La Peste & Jalane; 2000, FR #36)
• Le poisson rouge (2000, FR #55)
• Ghetto Sitcom (2001, FR #36)
• Volte face (ft. Busta Flex; 2001, FR #80)
• Dans tes rêves (2005, FR #37)
• Métis(se) (ft. Yannick Noah
  Yannick Noah
  Yannick Noah is a former professional tennis player from France. He is best remembered for being the last French man to win the French Open in 1983, and as a highly-successful captain of France's Davis Cup and Fed Cup teams...
  
  ; 2005, FR #11)
• Inspecteur Disiz (2005; FR #43)
• Jeune de banlieue (2006; FR #44)

Albums

• Le poisson rouge (2000, FR #5)
• Disizenkane (2003)
• Jeu de société (2003, FR #31)
• Itinéraire d'un enfant bronzé (2004)
• Fuckdat.FM (2004)
• Dans tes rêves, (2005)
• Les histoires extra-ordinaires d'un jeune de banlieue (2005, FR #30)
• Disiz - The end (2009, FR )

Actor

• "Petits meurtres en famille" .... Éloi (4 episodes, 2006)

... aka A Family Murder Party (International: English title)

• Dans tes rêves (2005) (as Sérigne M'Baye) .... Ixe

... aka In Your Dreams (Australia: TV title)

• Chepor, La (2004) (as Sérigne Gueye) .... Franck

TV appearances

• "Salut les Terriens" (1 episode, 2006)
• Noirs (2006) (TV)
• "Tout le monde en parle" (3 episodes, 2005)
• Live 8 (2005) (TV)
• Chanson de l'année, La (2005) (TV)
• Tout le monde ELA (2005) (TV)
• "Taratata" (2 episodes, 2005)
• Podium (2005) (TV)
• "Matinale, La" (1 episode, 2005)
• "Comme au cinéma" .... Himself (1 episode, 2005)

... aka Comme au cinéma: l'émission (France: long new title)

• "20h10 pétantes" .... Himself (1 episode, 2005)

External links

• http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/t4/advertorial/try-life-in-another-language/hiphop.html
• http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1305070/
• http://disizlapeste.artistes.universalmusic.fr/