JoeyStarr
JoeyStarr at the premiere of Passe Passe in Paris the 10 June
Background information
Birth name	Didier Morville
Also known as	Double R, L'Expert de la maison mère, Jaguarr Gorgone
Born	October 30, 1967 (1967-10-30) (age 40)
Origin	Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
Genre(s)	Hip hop
Occupation(s)	Rapper, record producer
Instrument(s)	Percussion, synthesizer, keyboards, bass guitar, turntables
Years active	1989-present
Label(s)	Epic, B.O.S.S.
Associated acts	Kool Shen, Busta Flex, Jaeyez, Lord Kossity
Website	[1]

JoeyStarr (2007)

JoeyStarr^[1] (alias Jaguar Gorgone or Double R) (real name Didier Morville, born October 27, 1967) is a French rapper of Martinican origin, from Saint-Denis. The word premiere (or première, from the French première, "first" generally means "a first performance" Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Events 637 - Antioch surrenders to the Muslim forces under Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of Iron bridge. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Saint-Denis is a commune in the northern suburbs of Paris, France. Seine-Saint-Denis is a French department located in the Île-de-France region. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Hip hop music, also referred to as rap music, is a Music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rap which is accompanied with Rapping (also known as emceeing, MCing, spitting, or just rhyming) is the Rhythmic spoken delivery of Rhymes wordplay and In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a Musical keyboard. The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the The phonograph, or gramophone, was the most common device for playing recorded Sound from the 1870s through the 1980s In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Epic Records is an American Record label. It is owned and operated by Sony Music Entertainment. The South African Bureau of State Security (BOSS was established in 1969 and replaced by the National Intelligence Service (NIS in 1980 Bruno Lopes, alias Kool Shen (born 9 February 1967) is a French rapper but also break dancer and Graffiti artist of Lord Kossity (real name Thierry Moutoussamy) is a Ragga - Zouk musician from the French Antilles (Martinique & Guadeloupe in the West French Indies (FWI Events 312 - Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. This article is about Hip hop music from the country of France, and does not cover the hip hop scenes in other French speaking countries like Senegalese Martinique is an Island in the eastern Caribbean Sea, having a land area of 1128 km² Saint-Denis is a commune in the northern suburbs of Paris, France. He co-founded the famous french rap group Suprême NTM in 1989 along with Kool Shen. Suprême NTM (or simply NTM) is a French hip hop group formed in 1989 in the Seine-Saint-Denis département Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Bruno Lopes, alias Kool Shen (born 9 February 1967) is a French rapper but also break dancer and Graffiti artist of

Biography

Childhood and upbringing

JoeyStarr had a difficult childhood, having been raised by his violent father until he turned 18. He was taken from his mother at age 5, and only saw her again after 18 years had passed. He tells of a time when his father killed an animal in front of him, and made him eat it. [2].
In 1985, he joins the military at Baden-Baden, "19 months of hell", an experience which he raps about in his album Authentik^[2]. Baden-Baden is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on the western foothills of the Black Forest, on the banks of the Oos River
After the Army, he wandered the streets, sleeping in subways and alleys. He discovered drugs, but also hip-hop, and the latter changes his life. ^[3]

NTM

During his time on the streets, he met another aspiring rapper, Kool Shen, and in 1988 they formed the group NTM^[4]. Bruno Lopes, alias Kool Shen (born 9 February 1967) is a French rapper but also break dancer and Graffiti artist of When the first single came out in 1989, he could not cash the check, as he could not produce an address or a bank account. The group achieved record sales with their 6 albums, but split in 1998, only to be reformed on March 13, 2008. Events 1138 - Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected Antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common ^[5]

Personal life

JoeyStarr had a very infamous romantic liaison with Beatrice Dalle, a French actress, and the couple appeared on TV shows and promotional events. Joey Starr has two sons, Mathis and Kalil, from his current girlfriend, Leïla Dixmier, a hip-hop journalist. [3] Joey also has had many problems with regards to violence. Indeed, he was first condemned in 1999 to two months of prison for physically harassing a stewardess [4]. He was also arrested in February 2001 on suspicion of being involved in drug trafficking. He again was condemned to one month in prison, the police having found some cocaine and a gun in his apartment. In 2003, in a now infamous TV moment, he hit a monkey on national television, and was condemned for animal brutality. He was heavily criticized in the press and by his fans. [5]

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