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Vald

Person · male · France · Aulnay-sous-Bois · born 1992 · recording since 2012

French rapper

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Also known as Valentin Le Du · 瓦尔德

Debut: 2012
Recording span: 14 years
Release groups: 34
Timeline events: 12
Wiki language versions: 8

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Timeline

12 events▣ Album 10◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1

1990s
1. 15 July 1992 · Birth
  Born 1992-07-15
  source: wikidata
2010s
1. 2012 · Debut release
  Debut release: Cours de rattrapage
  First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
  source: musicbrainz
2. 2012 · Album
  Album: Cours de rattrapage
  Album (Mixtape/Street)
  source: musicbrainz
3. 2012 · Album
  Album: NQNTMQMQMB
  Album (Mixtape/Street)
  source: musicbrainz
4. 20 January 2017 · Album
  Album: Agartha
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 2 February 2018 · Album
  Album: XEU
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
6. 14 September 2018 · Album
  Album: NQNT33
  Album (Mixtape/Street)
  source: musicbrainz
7. 11 October 2019 · Album
  Album: Ce monde est cruel
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2020s
1. 18 December 2020 · Album
  Album: Horizon vertical
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 4 February 2022 · Album
  Album: V1
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 28 March 2025 · Album
  Album: PANDEMONIUM
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 30 November 2025 · Album
  Album: MAGNIFICAT
  Album
  source: musicbrainz

Biography

English biography333 words · 6 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1375080369

Biography

Valentin Le Du (French pronunciation: [valɑ̃tɛ̃ lə dy]; born 15 July 1992), better known by his stage name Vald (French: [vald]; sometimes stylized as VALD), is a French rapper.

Life and Career

Raised in Aulnay-sous-Bois, in Seine-Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, he studied at Lycée privé catholique l'Espérance where he received a Baccalauréat S (Sciences). He then studied medicine for a semester before moving to Mathematics/computer science, graduating with a bachelor's degree, known in France as a licence. He also studied sound engineering.
He started rapping at age 17. He released a mixtape, NQNTMQMQMBNQNTMQMQMB2012 · Studio album · Mixtape/StreetSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 22 tracks1Surprise0:072Journal perso3:343Smiley2:534Lune2:575Gouaould0:526CQFD2:467J'ai rêvé d'un verre de sang3:098Élyxir3:329Winston2:2510Lettre à Élise0:4411Évoluchienne1:1112Interlude1:0413Pas grave2:3714Guedin3:0415Fado0:3816Branleur1:3917Lalala2:3218Rockstar1:2519Steh Style1:2320OK0:4921Deuspi1:5822Métafion3:25 (Ni Queue Ni Tête Mais Qui Met Quand Même Bien) in 2012, followed by another mixtape Cours de rattrapageCours de rattrapage2012 · Studio album · Mixtape/StreetSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 21 tracks1Mon présent (Interlude)0:242Donkey Punch2:373John Doe3:294Cylindrique4:245La Ive4:036J'ai vu (interlude)1:137NQNT2:588Encore3:479Hippopotomonstroesquippeddiophobie4:3610Pour si peu4:3311Ass propos4:1312Adulez-moi (interlude)3:0013Bukkake3:0514Bad Trip3:3315Spirale3:4516Épices Loufoques3:3117Que fait la police3:2118La comptine de Sullyvan2:2219Poésie moderne2:4820Nique le bordel2:4421V.A.L.S.E.3:25 the same year. Both were re-edited in 2016 as a double CD released through his website. On 27 October 2014, he released his debut EP NQNT (Ni Queue Ni Tête) with a music video, Bonjour, finding success. It was followed by the release of EP NQNT 2NQNT 225 September 2015 · EPSpotify YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 12 tracks1Retour2:452Bonjour3:393Infanticide4:344Quidam4:355Cartes sous l'coude4:226Urbanisme4:047Selfie3:528Bareme3:289Taga5:1510Promesse3:4011Joffrey3:2912Ogre3:40 on 25 September 2015. On 20 January 2017, he released his debut album AgarthaAgartha20 January 2017 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 17 tracks1Acacia4:172Megadose3:463Si j’arrêtais3:584Je t’aime4:295Totem2:346L.D.S3:527Ma meilleure amie3:218Neo3:499Lezarman3:1610Blanc3:2611Eurotrap4:5512Petite chatte4:3113Vitrine4:3114Strip3:4915Kid Cudi4:3116Libellule4:2017Dernier verre4:04 on Mezoued Records & Suther Kane Films, and on Millenium, Capitol, Universal; the album earned a platinum certification in France. A leak of song material resulted in the release of the EP project NQNT 3NQNT 318 January 2018 · EPSpotify YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 14 tracks1Accordé3:542Baby Squirt3:383Baraccuda3:234Berflam2:065Foie Gras3:226Jean Teh3:187Mana4:148Maya3:239Pas Comme Eux2:5710Pentacles Et Bougies3:1311Possédé Framboise2:3412Sombre soirée3:4413Symphonie3:3014Trophée (Démo)2:20. On 2 February 2018, Vald released his second album XEU featuring collaborations with rappers Sirius, Suik'on Blaz AD and Sofiane; the album received a double platinum certification. This was followed by the mixtape NQNT33NQNT3314 September 2018 · Studio album · Mixtape/StreetSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 18 tracks1Non stop3:172YAX32:583Berflam2:184Rhumance3:055Dis moi tout BB3:346Foie gras3:197No Tube Zone2:208Mana2:399Interlude (Vald - NQNT33)2:1310Vlad2:5711MacDo3:0512Baby Squirt3:3913Champignon3:5514Kamasutra2:3915Sombre soirée3:4916Molly interlude1:1517Possédé3:1518Rechute3:20 in September 2018. In October 2019, he released a third album, Ce monde est cruelCe monde est cruel11 October 2019 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 16 tracks1Poches pleines3:262NQNTMQMQMB3:293Journal Perso II3:334Ce monde est cruel3:045Pensionman3:316Ma Star3:207Ignorant2:468Halloween3:089Dernier retrait3:5910Keskivonfer3:4011Pourquoi3:0812J’pourrai3:1713No Friends3:3514ASB3:5615Royal Bacon3:2016Rappel5:11 (This world is cruel).

Personal life

Vald is of Breton descent through his father. In an interview with radio station Mouv', he stated he has a son, Charles, born in 2014.

Other charted songs

Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.

Featured in

Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.

Berlin Music Video Awards

The Berlin Music Video Awards is an international festival that promotes the art of music videos.

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.

Normalised profile metrics with percentile rank
Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	8	49.7th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	34	91.4th
Studio albums	10	91.1th
Awards recorded	0	0th
Timeline events	12	88.9th
Recording span (years)	14	33.6th
Genres	3	80.4th

Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.

Discography (34 release groups · 10 studio albums)

Albums · 10

Cours de rattrapage
2012 · Mixtape/Street
Search Spotify Search YouTube Music
Tracklist · 21 tracks · 1:07:51
1Mon présent (Interlude)0:24
2Donkey Punch2:37
3John Doe3:29
4Cylindrique4:24
5La Ive4:03
6J'ai vu (interlude)1:13
7NQNT2:58
8Encore3:47
9Hippopotomonstroesquippeddiophobie4:36
10Pour si peu4:33
11Ass propos4:13
12Adulez-moi (interlude)3:00
13Bukkake3:05
14Bad Trip3:33
15Spirale3:45
16Épices Loufoques3:31
17Que fait la police3:21
18La comptine de Sullyvan2:22
19Poésie moderne2:48
20Nique le bordel2:44
21V.A.L.S.E.3:25
NQNTMQMQMB
2012 · Mixtape/Street
Search Spotify Search YouTube Music
Tracklist · 22 tracks · 44:44
1Surprise0:07
2Journal perso3:34
3Smiley2:53
4Lune2:57
5Gouaould0:52
6CQFD2:46
7J'ai rêvé d'un verre de sang3:09
8Élyxir3:32
9Winston2:25
10Lettre à Élise0:44
11Évoluchienne1:11
12Interlude1:04
13Pas grave2:37
14Guedin3:04
15Fado0:38
16Branleur1:39
17Lalala2:32
18Rockstar1:25
19Steh Style1:23
20OK0:49
21Deuspi1:58
22Métafion3:25
Agartha
2017 · studio album
Search Spotify Search YouTube Music
Tracklist · 17 tracks · 1:07:29
1Acacia4:17
2Megadose3:46
3Si j’arrêtais3:58
4Je t’aime4:29
5Totem2:34
6L.D.S3:52
7Ma meilleure amie3:21
8Neo3:49
9Lezarman3:16
10Blanc3:26
11Eurotrap4:55
12Petite chatte4:31
13Vitrine4:31
14Strip3:49
15Kid Cudi4:31
16Libellule4:20
17Dernier verre4:04
XEU
2018 · studio album
Search Spotify Search YouTube Music
Tracklist · 17 tracks · 57:59
1Primitif2:56
2Seum3:55
3DQTP2:53
4Possédé3:30
5Chépakichui4:03
6Résidus3:32
7J'entertain3:50
8Rituel3:39
9Désaccordé3:34
10Gris4:10
11Réflexions basses3:47
12Offshore3:26
13Ne me déteste pas0:58
14Rockin Chair3:36
15Dragon3:32
16Deviens génial4:20
17Trophée2:18
NQNT33
2018 · Mixtape/Street
Search Spotify Search YouTube Music
Tracklist · 18 tracks · 53:37
1Non stop3:17
2YAX32:58
3Berflam2:18
4Rhumance3:05
5Dis moi tout BB3:34
6Foie gras3:19
7No Tube Zone2:20
8Mana2:39
9Interlude (Vald - NQNT33)2:13
10Vlad2:57
11MacDo3:05
12Baby Squirt3:39
13Champignon3:55
14Kamasutra2:39
15Sombre soirée3:49
16Molly interlude1:15
17Possédé3:15
18Rechute3:20
Ce monde est cruel
2019 · studio album
Search Spotify Search YouTube Music
Tracklist · 16 tracks · 56:23
1Poches pleines3:26
2NQNTMQMQMB3:29
3Journal Perso II3:33
4Ce monde est cruel3:04
5Pensionman3:31
6Ma Star3:20
7Ignorant2:46
8Halloween3:08
9Dernier retrait3:59
10Keskivonfer3:40
11Pourquoi3:08
12J’pourrai3:17
13No Friends3:35
14ASB3:56
15Royal Bacon3:20
16Rappel5:11
Horizon vertical
2020 · studio album
Search Spotify Search YouTube Music
Tracklist · 12 tracks · 37:12
1Mélange2:07
2Horizon vertical3:38
3Matrixé2:17
4Canada3:05
5Mauvais3:29
619923:53
7Diviser pour mieux régner2:41
8Royal Cheese3:09
9Guccissima3:19
10VHR3:34
1120142:57
12Adios3:03
V1
2022 · studio album
Search Spotify Search YouTube Music
Tracklist · 17 tracks · 51:34
1Sushi3:03
2Pandémie2:34
3La faux le fer2:27
4Sur un nouvel album2:45
5Un mot3:37
6Péon3:47
7Papoose3:16
8Je ressens rien3:04
9Rappeur conscient2:29
10Maudit2:57
11Regarde-toi3:25
12Qui écoute2:47
13Pas deux fois3:06
14Anunnaki3:23
15Laisse tomber2:54
16Happy End3:13
17Bien sûr2:47
PANDEMONIUM
2025 · studio album
Search Spotify Search YouTube Music
Tracklist · 17 tracks · 55:52
1DIEU MERCI4:20
2REGULATION2:07
3LETHARGIE2:15
4PANDEMONIUM2:33
5FLPVCOF4:21
6GAUCHE DROITE3:25
7ROCHE NOIRE4:29
8DARKNET2:56
9FUMEE3:36
10QUE DES PROBLEMES2:57
11UFOV3:33
12SUPERMAN3:19
13PROZACZOPIXAN2:12
14interlude2:40
1593 MILLIARDS4:49
16LES ECHAPPES2:49
17PARADIS PERDU3:31
MAGNIFICAT
2025 · studio album
Search Spotify Search YouTube Music
Tracklist · 12 tracks · 27:40
1Blauwburgval2:27
2Dans la rue2:01
3Magnificat2:30
4Retomber amoureux2:22
5Dimension parallèle2:10
6Jolie fleur2:16
7Abysses2:25
8Décadence2:17
9Strass & paillettes2:46
10Changer d'air2:07
11Toujours pareil2:26
12Mamacita1:53

EP · 3

EP release groups, by first release date
Year	Title	First release
2014	NQNTSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 13 tracks · 46:21 1C'est pour3:13 2Par Toutatis3:42 3Shoote un ministre4:41 4Autiste3:38 5Sullyvan3:58 6Flowjob3:33 7Vie de cochon3:32 8Horrible3:17 9Aulnay-sous-Bois4:03 10Elle me regarde2:40 11Smiley3:51 12PF3:37 13CQFD2:36	1 January 2014
2015	NQNT 2Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 12 tracks · 47:23 1Retour2:45 2Bonjour3:39 3Infanticide4:34 4Quidam4:35 5Cartes sous l'coude4:22 6Urbanisme4:04 7Selfie3:52 8Bareme3:28 9Taga5:15 10Promesse3:40 11Joffrey3:29 12Ogre3:40	25 September 2015
2018	NQNT 3Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 14 tracks · 45:36 1Accordé3:54 2Baby Squirt3:38 3Baraccuda3:23 4Berflam2:06 5Foie Gras3:22 6Jean Teh3:18 7Mana4:14 8Maya3:23 9Pas Comme Eux2:57 10Pentacles Et Bougies3:13 11Possédé Framboise2:34 12Sombre soirée3:44 13Symphonie3:30 14Trophée (Démo)2:20	18 January 2018

Single · 18

Single release groups, by first release date
Year	Title	Notes	First release
2014	Shoote Un MinistreSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 8:21 1Shoote Un Ministre4:41 2Autiste3:40		12 September 2014
2015	GizehSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 3:15 1Gizeh3:15		13 November 2015
2015	CompasSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 2:49 1Compas2:49		13 November 2015
2016	Le mignonSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 2:53 1Le mignon2:53		13 June 2016
2016	EnvieSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 2:38 1Envie2:38		21 July 2016
2018	DésaccordéSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 3:35 1Désaccordé3:35		5 January 2018
2019	ÉlévationSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 2:35 1Élévation2:35		14 June 2019
2019	Journal perso IISearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 3:33 1Journal perso II3:33		13 September 2019
2020	Élévation (Basstrick remix)Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 2:48 1Élévation (Basstrick remix)2:48	Remix	20 March 2020
2020	Guccissima x MatrixéSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 5:36 1Guccissima3:19 2Matrixé2:17		3 December 2020
2021	FootballeurSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 3:14 1Footballeur3:14		28 May 2021
2022	AnunnakiSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 3:22 1Anunnaki3:22		7 January 2022
2022	Semi-autoSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 1:59 1Semi-auto1:59		9 September 2022
2025	GAUCHE DROITESearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 3:25 1GAUCHE DROITE3:25		28 February 2025
2025	REGULATION RELOADEDSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 2:37 1REGULATION RELOADED2:37		2 May 2025
2026	Plus loinSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 4:36 1Plus loin4:36		11 February 2026
2026	SportSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 2:12 1Sport2:12		22 May 2026
2026	DIE HARD - ALL STARSSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 1 track · 2:42 1DIE HARD - ALL STARS2:42		30 June 2026

Album · 3

Album release groups, by first release date
Year	Title	Notes	First release
2020	Echelon, Vol. 1Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 11 tracks · 30:50 1Gotaga2:18 2Echelon Music3:02 3Magneto2:39 4Après minuit3:01 5Shakalaka2:35 6C'est pas nous les méchants2:59 7Bertrand2:57 8Avatar2:43 9Hybride2:54 10Labyrinthe2:20 11Diego3:22	Compilation	27 November 2020
2021	Echelon, Vol. 2Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 10 tracks · 31:33 1Echelon 23:00 2HS3:53 3Comme prévu2:48 4Virus WiFi3:18 5Vadala2:53 6Mushu2:59 7Vibe3:02 8Talkie4:04 91602:07 10Aventador3:29	Compilation	23 April 2021
2025	PANDEMONIUM RELOADEDSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 16 tracks · 39:52 1DEMON RELOADED1:36 2DIEU MERCI RELOADED2:25 3REGULATION RELOADED2:38 4TAL / TAL3:07 5QUE DES PROBLEMES RELOADED2:05 6PROZACZOPIXAN RELOADED2:14 7INTERLUDE RELOADED2:41 8GAUCHE DROITE RELOADED2:18 9RAP RIP2:39 10DARKNET RELOADED3:05 11UFOV RELOADED2:42 12PANDEMONIUM RELOADED3:09 13FLPVC RELOADED2:33 14MYM BONUS AOCIZ0:56 15SUPERMAN BONUS AOCIZ2:32 16VICTOIRE BONUS AOCIZ3:12	Remix	23 May 2025

Stats & PK

Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Vald head-to-head →

Vald metrics with percentile rank among published artists
Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	8	49.7th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	34	91.4th
Studio albums	10	91.1th
Awards recorded	0	0th
Timeline events	12	88.9th
Recording span (years)	14	33.6th
Genres	3	80.4th

Awards & honours

No awards recorded

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Where this record comes from

portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vald_Hip_Hop_2015.jpg
aliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/062ab94e-b7a5-47a9-b3f4-cc1750c3f859
discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/062ab94e-b7a5-47a9-b3f4-cc1750c3f859
core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21091667
genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21091667
seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vald_%28rapper%29
biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vald_%28rapper%29

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Timeline

1990s

Born 1992-07-15

2010s

Debut release: Cours de rattrapage

Album: Cours de rattrapage

Album: NQNTMQMQMB

Album: Agartha

Album: XEU

Album: NQNT33

Album: Ce monde est cruel

2020s

Album: Horizon vertical

Album: V1

Album: PANDEMONIUM

Album: MAGNIFICAT

Biography

Biography

Life and Career

Personal life

Other charted songs

Featured in

Berlin Music Video Awards

Discography & profile

Normalised profile

Discography (34 release groups · 10 studio albums)

Albums · 10

EP · 3

Single · 18

Album · 3

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