Photo: MonsieurNas · CC BY-SA 3.0 · credits
Tier 3 · vertical & regional
Médine
Person · male · France · Le Havre · born 1983 · recording since 2004
French rapper
official homepagestreamingstreamingstreamingstreamingsocialsocialsocialsocialticketsdatabasedatabase
Listen on SpotifyYouTube Music
Also known as Boulehya · Cheikh Guevara · Cheikh Spire · Médine Zaouiche · Saint Loubard · メディン
Timeline
13 events▣ Album 11◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1
1980s
2000s
· Debut release
Debut release: 11 septembre, récit du 11ème jour
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
source: musicbrainz
2010s
2020s
Biography
English biography177 words · 3 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1379079715
Biography
Médine Zaouiche (French pronunciation: [medin zawiʃ]; born 24 February 1983 in Le Havre), better known by his stage name Médine (French for Medina), is a French rapper. He has been a part of the hip hop band La Boussole since 1996. Médine is a practicing Muslim, and many of his lyrics deal with the hardships of migrants, oppressed individuals, and Muslims in the Western world. One article he wrote for Time magazine after the 2005 riots was entitled "How Much More French Can I Be".
Origins and youth
His father, born in Algeria, arrived in France when he was four years old. He worked as an employee in a packaging company and as a semi-professional boxer then trainer. His mother was born in France. A stay-at-home mother, she then became a childminder. Médine grew up in Le Havre, in Caucriauville.
Médine France and tour
In May 2022, Médine released his album Médine France
Médine FranceSpotifyYouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 14 tracks1Médine France3:552Allons zenfants3:123Saint Modeste3:374Ratata3:175La puissance du Port du Havre3:146Médicis2:037La France au Rap français2:578Grenier à seum3:569Houri2:2710Perles d'Insta3:5211GÈNÉRIC1:4812Hier c'est proche4:3613L'école 2 la vie2:3314Heureux comme un arabe en France3:20 on 13 May and announced a tour of France. The tour will begin at festivals on 4 June and will notably pass through the Casino of Paris on 19 October 2022.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 11 | 61.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 28 | 89.8th |
| Studio albums | 11 | 91.9th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 13 | 89.7th |
| Recording span (years) | 21 | 47.7th |
| Genres | 9 | 95.7th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (28 release groups · 11 studio albums)
Albums · 11
11 septembre, récit du 11ème jour
2004 · studio album
Search SpotifySearch YouTube Music
Tracklist · 12 tracks · 51:50
1Ground Zero4:282À l'encre de Médine4:363L'École de la vie3:594Enfant du destin (Sou-han)3:155Guantanamo3:446Ni violeur ni terroriste3:377La Tess (Samterlude)2:438Enfant du destin (David)3:329Ligne 115:3010Salaam4:06111 minute de silence3:031211 septembre9:17Jihad : Le plus grand combat est contre soi-même
2005 · studio album
Search SpotifySearch YouTube Music
Tracklist · 13 tracks · 53:48
1Premier Sang2:212Médine3:543Écoute4:374Enfant du destin (Petit Cheval)4:225Ennemi d’État3:306Besoin de résolution3:257Combat de femme4:038Qui veut la paix4:259Du Panjshir à Harlem7:1010Victory3:0011Poussière de guerre4:1812Entre Loups3:4713Jihad4:562008 · DJ-mix,Mixtape/Street
Search SpotifySearch YouTube Music
Tracklist · 25 tracks · 1:27:39
Disc 11Interpol2:532Don't Panik4:033Interrogatoire0:554Independenza/Comportement violent3:325Un seul3:296Entre les lignes/Ma part de jihad3:437Al jazeerap2:358Corde au cou4:109L'arme pour changer/Marianne à tout pris5:4810Musique archéologique3:5811Interjection0:3912Sans artifice/Les gens comme eux/Asile Politique/Torture morale6:0613Game Over3:5414La Récolte/Fils de colonisé/International3:4315Tête froide2:5316Le Mal qu'on a fait/Syndromede Stockholm/La rue en direct3:2217Rappeur de force2:4318Interlocuteur0:3919La Colombe/Ils disent/Personne n'est innocent3:0120Les Contraires4:3921Joe le taxi4:4622Interminable1:48Disc 21Double discours (live)4:012Hotmail (live)5:083Lecture aléatoire5:112008 · studio album
Search SpotifySearch YouTube Music
Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:07:13
1Self-Defense4:412Peplum5:013Portrait chinois5:064R.E.R. D4:295Don’t Panik4:066À l’ombre du mâle4:347Pantherlude: Ils peuvent…3:058Enfant du destin (Kounta Kinté)7:479Panther Blues5:0310Code Barbe4:2511Camp Delta5:3712Besoin de révolution3:2913Arabospiritual9:502013 · studio album
Search SpotifySearch YouTube Music
Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:08:32
1Protest Song6:092Oracle4:543Double audition3:524Blockkk identitaire5:205Enfant du destin (Daoud)4:446Courage fuyons4:587Le bruit qui pense4:208Cadavre exquis4:499D'arobaz à zéro4:1710Home3:4611Iceberg5:0112Besoin d'évolution5:2313Biopic10:592015 · studio album
Search SpotifySearch YouTube Music
Tracklist · 10 tracks · 45:17
1Reboot4:522Grand Médine5:093Don't Laïk3:434Speaker Corner4:455Ali X4:246#faisgafatwa5:227MC Soraal3:408Boulehya4:289Gaza Soccer Beach3:5810Démineur4:562017 · studio album
Search SpotifySearch YouTube Music
Tracklist · 13 tracks · 59:20
1Le Khan2:572Urban 1er3:293Grand Paris7:214Raison sociale4:495Allumettes3:576Enfant du destin (Nour)4:317Prose élite4:218Alger roi3:139L'homme qui répare les femmes4:3110Papamobile4:1211Rappeur 2 force4:4312Porteur saint4:5613Global6:202018 · studio album
Search SpotifySearch YouTube Music
Tracklist · 16 tracks · 49:20
1Bangerang2:482Nature morte2:523Venom2:244PLMV4:015Tellement je t’m3:476Normal ZUP2:337Clash royal3:258Madara3:109Dream Bank (skit)0:3910Bataclan3:1911Enfant du destin (Ataï)4:2512Fin alternative4:3013Limits (skit)0:5914Bromance2:4815Papeti2:5916Storyteller4:412020 · studio album
Search SpotifySearch YouTube Music
Tracklist · 17 tracks
1Ignorez l’intro2FC Grand Médine3Grand d’la tess4God Complex5Voltaire6Grand Paris 27HLM Grand Médine8À l’essentiel9Quartier VIP10Enfant du destin – Sara11Barbapapa12Reste13Ray14L’Imposteur15Tue l’amour16Tête à cœur17FAQ2022 · studio album
Search SpotifySearch YouTube Music
Tracklist · 14 tracks · 44:47
1Médine France3:552Allons zenfants3:123Saint Modeste3:374Ratata3:175La puissance du Port du Havre3:146Médicis2:037La France au Rap français2:578Grenier à seum3:569Houri2:2710Perles d'Insta3:5211GÈNÉRIC1:4812Hier c'est proche4:3613L'école 2 la vie2:3314Heureux comme un arabe en France3:202025 · studio album
Search SpotifySearch YouTube Music
Tracklist · 7 tracks · 20:55
1stentor3:012media training3:223thalys3:064jemila2:345QI. RAP2:506frontaliers2:377reste à vivre3:25
Album · 4
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Table d'écouteSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracks · 50:241Intro3:10 2Table d'écoute5:45 3Soul Rebel5:09 4Lecture aléatoire5:58 5Machine à écrire4:29 617 octobre5:52 7Hotmail4:12 8Reconstitution5:31 9Arabian Panthers 14:34 10Jeune Vétéran5:44 | Compilation | 21 November 2006 | |
| 2011 | Table d'écoute 2Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 15 tracks · 1:07:041Sourcing2:41 2Téléphone arabe11:10 3Language des armes3:26 4Bravitude4:19 5Victoire perdue4:03 6Angle d'attaque (act 1)2:49 7LH3:59 8Minorité visible6:41 9Angle de tir (act 2)2:50 10Combat de l'être3:30 11Interférences4:20 12À bout de souffre4:24 13Trône5:14 14Angle de mort (act 3)2:32 15Jusqu'ici tout va bien5:06 | Compilation | 28 March 2011 | |
| 2013 | Édition collector (11 septembre + Jihad)Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 26 tracks · 1:52:13Disc 1 1Ground Zero4:28 2À l’encre de Médine4:37 3L’École de la vie4:00 4Enfant du destin3:16 5Guantanamo3:44 6Ni violeur ni terroriste3:37 7La Tess2:44 8Enfant du destin (David)3:32 9Ligne 115:31 10Salaam4:06 111 minute de…3:04 1211 Septembre9:18 13Boulevard Auriol6:19 Disc 21Premier Sang2:21 2Médine3:54 3Écoute4:38 4Enfant du destin (Petit Cheval)4:22 5Ennemi d’État3:31 6Besoin de résolution3:26 7Combat de femme4:03 8Qui veut la paix…4:25 9Du Panjshir à Harlem7:11 10Victory3:01 11Poussière de guerre4:19 12Entre loups3:48 13Jihad4:58 | Compilation | May 2013 | |
| — | L’Album blancSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 14 tracks · 56:161Intro (Street live)1:26 2Al jazeerap3:04 3Double discours4:10 4Syndrome de Stockholm4:21 5Tête froide3:43 6Anéanti5:22 7Ils disent3:14 8Boulevard Vincent Auriol6:21 9Comportement violent4:35 10Système D.I.N4:28 11Musique archéologique4:01 12Lumière3:14 13Sans artifice5:04 14American Dreams3:13 | Compilation | — |
EP · 3
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | On peut tuer un révolutionnaire mais pas la révolutionSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 3 tracks · 17:291Candidat libre7:26 2Sister Act5:57 3Libre arbitre4:06 | 2009 | ||
| 2012 | Made InSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracks · 1:03:031Biopic11:00 2Made In4:06 3Alger pleure6:37 4Trash Talking4:25 5Le bruit qui pense4:19 6Alger pleure6:35 7Biopic (instrumental)11:01 8Made In (instrumental)4:05 9Alger pleure (instrumental)6:31 10Trash Talking (instrumental)4:24 | 29 October 2012 | ||
| 2024 | HAP LIVE SESSION (version acoustique)Search SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 4 tracks · 12:341Paratonnerre (version acoustique)3:28 2Ratata (version acoustique)2:18 3Houri (version acoustique)2:29 4Gaza Soccer Beach (version acoustique)4:19 | 29 February 2024 |
Single · 10
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Enfants fortsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 2:381Enfants forts2:38 | 14 June 2016 | ||
| 2018 | BrassensSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 3:281Brassens3:28 | 19 October 2018 | ||
| 2018 | KYLLSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 3:211KYLL3:21 | 30 November 2018 | ||
| 2019 | Boulevard AuriolSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 6:151Boulevard Auriol6:15 | 19 September 2019 | ||
| 2019 | BEZOINSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 3:041BEZOIN3:04 | 18 October 2019 | ||
| 2019 | Le jour où j'ai arrêté le rapSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 6:44Disc 1 1Le jour où j'ai arrêté le rap3:22 Disc 21Le jour où j'ai arrêté le rap (Instrumental)3:22 | 29 November 2019 | ||
| 2020 | ExomédineSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 1:541Exomédine1:54 | 15 April 2020 | ||
| 2023 | ParatonnerreSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 3:181Paratonnerre3:18 | 29 September 2023 | ||
| 2024 | Quatrième murSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 5:111Quatrième mur5:11 | 8 November 2024 | ||
| 2025 | QI. RAPSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 2:501QI. RAP2:50 | 24 February 2025 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Médine head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 11 | 61.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 28 | 89.8th |
| Studio albums | 11 | 91.9th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 13 | 89.7th |
| Recording span (years) | 21 | 47.7th |
| Genres | 9 | 95.7th |
Awards & honours
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Boussole(band) | — | present | original |
| N.H.(band) | 1999 | 2004 | original |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Medine_Sevran.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6287622e-28d7-4129-b141-34802042c8f0discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6287622e-28d7-4129-b141-34802042c8f0core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3332672genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3332672seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9dine_%28rapper%29biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9dine_%28rapper%29
Why this artist is in the database
- List of hip-hop musicians
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: MonsieurNas · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q3332672 · MusicBrainz: 6287622e-28d7-4129-b141-34802042c8f0
Similar artists
Browse every Tier 3 artist →Ranked from this record's own data: shared genre tags (rarer tags weigh more), era, home country and comparable fame. Every card lists the signals that placed it — no editorial picks.
Nekfeu
France · Person
political hip-hop · French hip-hop
2 shared genre tags · debut 2011 · from France
11 wikis
Fabri Fibra
Italy · Person
political hip-hop · hardcore hip-hop
2 shared genre tags · debut 2002, 2 years apart
23 wikis
Immortal Technique
United States · Person
political hip-hop · hardcore hip-hop
2 shared genre tags · debut 2001, 3 years apart
28 wikis
MC Solaar
France · Person
political hip-hop · French hip-hop
2 shared genre tags · from France
23 wikis
Rim'K
France · Person
political hip-hop
1 shared genre tag · debut 2004, same year · from France
13 wikis
Keny Arkana
France · Person
political hip-hop
1 shared genre tag · debut 2004, same year · from France
23 wikis
Kery James
France · Person
French hip-hop · hardcore hip-hop
2 shared genre tags · debut 1998 · from France
14 wikis
Rakim
United States · Person
political hip-hop · hardcore hip-hop
2 shared genre tags
33 wikis