98-756: Gandhi Alimasi Djuna (born 6 May 1986), known professionally as Maître Gims and more recently just Gims (stylized in all caps ), is a French-Congolese singer, rapper, producer, and songwriter. He grew up in France and currently lives in France and Morocco. He is a member of the hip hop group Sexion d'Assaut . He pursued an individual career under the name Maître Gims in 2013. He previously released an extended play in 2006, titled Ceux qui dorment les yeux ouverts . During his career he has worked with several international artists such as Sia , Pitbull , Lil Wayne , Stromae , Maluma , Sting , and others. He has sold over 5 million records, including 3 million albums since
196-608: A "guest" in the Popstars program, in which he gave young groups advice for their career. Following this intervention, he wrote the first single of the winning group, The Mess , entitled Au Top. This single reached eighth on the iTunes chart. All caps In typography , text or font in all caps (short for " all capitals ") contains capital letters without any lowercase letters. For example: THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG. All-caps text can be seen in legal documents, advertisements , newspaper headlines , and
294-416: A DVD including a video of one of the songs, as well as a documentary retracing the group's journey. In March 2012, they released their second album, L'Apogée , which was more successful than the first. The album sold over 700,000 copies. The same year, Gims published an online comic entitled Au cœur du vortex . In parallel with his career with Sexion d'Assaut, Gims tried his hand at musical composition. At
392-415: A clip from the music video for the song " Silent All These Years " by Tori Amos . At the end of 2021, he stated in a video that celebrating Christmas or wishing a happy new year "is not Muslim". He is also opposed to birthday celebrations because this tradition is of non-Muslim origin. He subsequently apologised for the video. Among several homophobic lyrics with his band Sexion D'Assaut, in 2008, in
490-534: A clip is officially released on its new YouTube channel on 12 May 2017. On 10 November 2017, Gims broadcast the first official clip of Ceinture noire , titled " Caméléon " on streaming platforms. On 12 December he posted the clip on his YouTube channel. The clip exceeds 10 million views in 2 weeks. Ceinture noire is released on 23 March 2018. Gims unveils the tracklist and release date of his third solo album Ceinture noire for 23 March 2018, with 31 tracks +3 bonus tracks to choose from. Then he reissued 4 bonus tracks on
588-689: A commonly preferred alternative to all caps text is the use of small caps to emphasise key names or acronyms (for example, Text in Small Caps ), or the use of italics or (more rarely) bold . In addition, if all caps must be used it is customary to slightly widen the spacing between the letters, by around 10 per cent of the point height. This practice is known as tracking or letterspacing. Some digital fonts contain alternative spacing metrics for this purpose. Messages completely in capital letters are often equated on social media to shouting and other impolite or argumentative behaviors. This became
686-483: A computer program shouting at its user. Information technology journalist Lee Hutchinson described Microsoft's using the practice as "LITERALLY TERRIBLE ... [it] doesn't so much violate OS X's design conventions as it does take them out behind the shed, pour gasoline on them, and set them on fire." In programming, writing in all caps (possibly with underscores replacing spaces ) is an identifier naming convention in many programming languages that symbolizes that
784-779: A controversy about the pyramids of Egypt, he revealed the title "Hernan Cortes". On 15 September 2023, he released the title "Si te llamo" in collaboration with Maluma , accompanied by its music video. On 6 October 2023, he unveiled "Seya" featuring Morad and SativaMusic. He subsequently reveals several tracks which, like these first two, are not part of the album. In early 2024, Gims released several singles such as "Loco" featuring Lossa (certified platinum single), "Ma douce" with Baby Gang , "Sin Ti" with Maria Becerra and Joe Pesci in collaboration with Inso le Véritable not part of any album. In May 2024, he released "Spider" featuring Dystinct which ranked number 1 in France for 7 consecutive weeks and
882-402: A date officially set for January but postponed due to the raging COVID-19 pandemic . On 28 August 2020, Kendji Girac and Gims unveiled their title "Dernier Métro", produced as a duo. The same day, he released the first single, " Yolo ", from his upcoming album Le fléau . On 17 September 2020, on Netflix , a documentary was released retracing the last ten years of his career titled Gims: On
980-466: A date on social networks, 09/30. On 30 September 2022, Gims released the single "Maintenant". On 5 October 2022, Gims revealed the album's title, its release date and its cover. On 10 November 2022, he unveils "Thémistocle" and announces the release of the clip the next day, 11 November at 1:00 p.m. On 14 November 2022, he unveiled part of the album's tracklist containing 14 titles and three collaborations with Carla Bruni , Soolking and Tayc . In reality,
1078-495: A delicate scanning of characters (from a damaged image that needs further contextual text correction). Depending on the typeface , these similarities accidentally create various duplicates (even quite briefly and without realizing it when reading). E.g. H/A, F/E or I/T by adding a bar; P/R, O/Q, even C/G from similar errors; V/U, D/O, even B/S while rounding the shape; and more deformations implying mixings. Adding digits in all caps styled texts may multiply these confusions, which
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#17327721481341176-532: A documentary dedicated to him on Netflix : "There were people who ended up dead, committed suicide in Iraq, People who were next to me, And that freaked me out, I don't know where I could have ended up." Originally a Catholic, he indicated in 2016 that Barack Adama , his friend from the group Sexion d'Assaut , convinced him to convert to Islam, as well as after an interview with an imam. In March 2018, he indicated that he had applied for French nationality and that it
1274-471: A live Instagram with Dadju , Gims announced the album Le Retour des Rois for release that year. "Here we are in the negotiations, of who, or, the album will be released, with whom it will be distributed. You know, the things a little technical." On 30 March 2020 in this recording, Gims listens to several songs from the Sexion d'Assaut album Le Retour des Rois while driving in his car. On 2 May 2020, during
1372-555: A live return to Instagram with Sniper , Sefyu and Gradur . Gims has formalized his 100% rap album for the start of the 2020 school year at the latest, and Le Retour des Rois for the end of 2020, or even the beginning of 2021. After the end of the first confinement on 11 May 2020, Gims announces the return of the Sexion d'Assaut with the new album Le Retour des Rois , scheduled for the fall. The Sexion d'Assaut made its comeback in concert at Paris La Défense Arena on 25 September 2021,
1470-583: A lot of people who do not like his music but would be ready to redo the experience for his fans. Gims announces the release of Ceinture noire on 9 November 2016. Having left the Wati B label in December 2016, the album is released on TF1 Group under the Play Two label. On 7 May 2017, shortly after his official announcement, Gims published an extract on Instagram entitled "Marabout". The title accompanied by
1568-399: A mainstream interpretation with the advent of networked computers, from the 1980s onward. However, a similar interpretation was already evidenced by written sources that predated the computing era, in some cases by at least a century, and the textual display of shouting or emphasis was still not a settled matter by 1984. The following sources may be relevant to the history of all caps: Before
1666-433: A new freestyle named "Pyongyang" in collaboration with l'nsolent. On 5 April 2021, he published on streaming platforms a new track called "GJS" in collaboration with Jul and SCH , as well as the track " Belle ", in collaboration with Dadju and Slimane . He appears in a video supporting right-wing candidate Valérie Pecresse in the run-up to the 2021 regional elections in Île-de-France . On 28 April 2021, Gims announced
1764-673: A second EP and his first since 2006, titled Le Nord se souvient containing the tracks "Spider", "Sois pas timide", "Terminal 2F" and "Vent du Nord" as well as three new tracks. Gandhi Djuna was born on 6 May 1986 in Kinshasa , Zaire (Now the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 1997). He comes from a family of musicians: his father Djanana Djuna is the singer of Papa Wemba 's Viva La Musica troupe. His parents, who were undocumented immigrants, moved to France in 1988 when he
1862-532: A slowed speed is possible – but in principle too many factors of low legibility are involved." Other critics are of the opinion that all caps letters in text are often "too tightly packed against each other". Besides the aforementioned speed of reading, all caps is can be prone to character -based ambiguities. Namely, the upper-case letters are globally simpler than their lower-case counterpart. For example, they lack ascenders and descenders . Since they are built from fewer positional and building elements (e.g.
1960-416: A smaller grid pertaining to minimalist digital fonts), they are more fragile to small changes. These variations, generally involuntary but sometimes induced on purpose, are caused by a misinterpretation (the information is transferred) or by a deterioration (the data is lost, in the analysis wording). They can occur horizontally and/or vertically, while misreading (without this extra effort or time), or during
2058-663: A term is conspicuous, we look at more than formatting. A term that appears in capitals can still be inconspicuous if it is hidden on the back of a contract in small type. Terms that are in capitals but also appear in hard-to-read type may flunk the conspicuousness test. A sentence in capitals, buried deep within a long paragraph in capitals will probably not be deemed conspicuous...it is entirely possible for text to be conspicuous without being in capitals. Certain musicians—such as Marina , Finneas , who are both known mononymously, and MF DOOM —as well as some bands such as Haim and Kiss —have their names stylised in all caps. Additionally, it
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#17327721481342156-591: A video of himself in a co-pilot's seat during a private flight run by Smart Aviation Company to Saudi Arabia, which led to a life-time ban on the pilot, Ashraf Abu Al-Yusr, due to violations against the Egyptian civil aviation law. In June 2021, the Egyptian Public Prosecution froze all bank accounts of Ramadan, as he had to pay £E 6m in compensation to the family of the pilot Abu Al-Yusr, who had died earlier that year. On November 21, 2020,
2254-403: Is an "apparent consensus" that lower-case text is more legible, but that some editors continue to use all caps in text regardless. In his studies of all caps in headlines , he states that, "Editors who favor capitals claim that they give greater emphasis. Those who prefer lower case claim their preferences gives greater legibility." Wheildon, who informs us that "When a person reads a line of type,
2352-490: Is booed by the spectators, upon his arrival on the lawn. When the rapper shouts to the audience "Shall we continue?" ", The spectators shout" No! ". Interviewed in Morocco, Gims reveals that he did not hear the whistles when he sang and that these violent criticisms did not shock him. He argues that the supporters are alcoholic and some of them were for Lille, while Gims is Parisian. The rapper ends by acknowledging that there are
2450-615: Is common for bands with vowelless names (a process colourfully known as " disemvoweling ") to use all caps, with prominent examples including STRFKR , MSTRKRFT , PWR BTTM , SBTRKT , JPNSGRLS (now known as Hotel Mira), BLK JKS , MNDR , and DWNTWN . Miles Tinker , renowned for his landmark work, Legibility of Print , performed scientific studies on the legibility and readability of all-capital print. His findings were as follows: All-capital print greatly retards speed of reading in comparison with lower-case type. Also, most readers judge all capitals to be less legible. Faster reading of
2548-470: Is currently certified diamond disc with over 990,000 sales. It is approaching 1,000,000 in sales, synonymous with the double diamond disc. On 28 September 2019, he officially became the first French-speaking rapper to fill the Stade de France with more than 72,000 spectators. In 2020, Gims announced his plan to release an entirely rap album. Le fléau was released on 6 November 2020. On 27 March 2020, during
2646-435: Is less legible and readable than lower-case text. In addition, switching to all caps may make text appear hectoring and obnoxious for cultural reasons, since all-capitals is often used in transcribed speech to indicate that the speaker is shouting. All-caps text is common in comic books, as well as on older teleprinter and radio transmission systems, which often do not indicate letter case at all. In professional documents,
2744-548: Is now called 3rd Prototype. After a few pieces produced independently, Sexion d'Assault meets their agent, Dawala, in the cellars of Châtelet-Les Halles in Paris. With Dawala, the 3rd Prototype released its first mixtape, La Terre du Milieu , on 13 May 2006. Gims designed the CD cover. In 2007, they released the album Le Renouveau , which contained the well-known piece "Anti Tectonick". Through Prototype 3015 first, then Prototype 3, Gims
2842-825: Is one aim of Leet (intentional pseudo duplicates) and can provide simple means of concealing messages (often numbers). Mohamed Ramadan (actor and singer) Mohamed Ramadan (born in Qena, Upper Egypt , 23 May 1988) is an Egyptian Actor, Singer, Rapper, Dancer and Producer. Mohamed Ramadan began acting during school. He has received the award for greatest nationwide talent three times consecutively – an unprecedented achievement. He started his career with small roles in TV series like The Cindrella , until he had his big break in Yousry Nasrallah's Ehky Ya Sharazad (Tell me, Shahrazad). He then went on to star in films produced by
2940-518: Is part of the Sexion d'Assaut supergroup. Sexion d'Assaut released his first songs between 2002 and 2003. Among them, we find Gang yaba Gang, Coup 2 pression and Frères de rue. With Sexion d'Assault, Gims participates twice in the 12 Inch'All Star , a famous rap competition in the Parisian underground which takes place at the Batofar . He came in second place and gained notoriety, now known as one of
3038-566: The ASCII table , so can display both alphabets, but all caps only. Mikrosha is switchable to KOI-7N1, in this mode, it can display both caps and lower-case, but in Cyrillic only. Other Soviet computers, such as BK0010 , MK 85 , Corvette and Agat-9 , use 8-bit encoding called KOI-8R, they can display both Cyrillic and Latin in caps and lower-case. Many, but not all NES games use all caps because of tile graphics, where charset and tiles share
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3136-544: The Ceinture noire album in full version for 24 August 2018. On 14 March 2019 on YouTube, Gims finally released the reissue of the Ceinture noire album entitled Transcendance with 13 bonus tracks. It includes South American superstar Maluma and J Balvin as well as Vitaa , his brother Dadju , Alonzo and Sting . In 2019, he sang " Reste " with Sting . The clip was shot in Transports en commun lyonnais . The album
3234-624: The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs shared a photo of Ramadan with Arab-Israeli footballer Dia Saba and Israeli singer Omer Adam in a rooftop party in Dubai , which sparked condemnation by Arabs on social media accusing Ramadan of being a Zionist. The incident came months after Israel signed normalization deals with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain . Egyptian–Israeli relations have remained chilled since signing
3332-599: The Napoleonic Code . However, the minister assures that his request would be, like all the others, re-examined by his services. He has a Congolese diplomatic passport obtained in 2022. In 2013, Gims founded Monstre Marin Corporation with Pascal Nègre. The latter announces the direct integration of MMC into Universal. "Gims is one of the most gifted artists of his generation! I am delighted to accompany him with Universal Music in his discovery of new talents and in
3430-545: The Paris metro . In the program Touche pas à mon poste ! , Gims explained that the concert was initially only a proposal which was ultimately not accepted. However, the promoter had already started selling the tickets. Faced with the risk of financial loss, the promoter contacted the rapper's producer offering to fly Gims to the concert by private jet, but Gims could not attend due to a scheduling conflict with another concert. Gims and Vianney were accused of plagiarism by
3528-573: The 1990s, more than three-quarters of newspapers in the western world used lower-case letters in headline text. Discussion regarding the use of all caps for headlines centers on the greater emphasis offered by all caps versus the greater legibility offered by lower-case letters. Colin Wheildon conducted a scientific study with 224 readers who analyzed various headline styles and concluded that "Headlines set in capital letters are significantly less legible than those set in lower case." All caps typography
3626-452: The 5 and 10-minute time limits, and 13.9 percent for the whole 20-minute period". Tinker concluded that, "Obviously, all-capital printing slows reading to a marked degree in comparison with Roman lower case." Tinker provides the following explanations for why all capital printing is more difficult to read: Text in all capitals covers about 35 percent more printing surface than the same material set in lower case. This would tend to increase
3724-588: The Belgian director Charlotte Abramow for the clip " La même ". Abramow had directed a video for the International Women's Day of 7 February 2004, with which "La même", according to her, had many similarities: "[the video for La même has] the same structure, the same esthetics, the same decorations in pastel colors and especially the same types of portraits". Maitre Gims responded by accusing Charlotte Abramow of having herself violated copyright by using
3822-477: The Egyptian producers Mohamed and Ahmed El Sobky, which made him one of the most valuable actors in the Middle East. Mohamed Ramadan is perhaps the only Egyptian actor to have been praised by the performer Omar Sharif , who stated that he had chosen Mohamed to perpetuate his acting legacy. Ramadan collaborated with Congo singer and rapper Gims in the song "Ya Habibi" (يا حبيبي). In 2020, his Youtube channel
3920-563: The German-Albanian singer Dhurata Dora . On 28 May 2021, the same day as the release of the reissue, Gims released the clip for " Only You " in collaboration with Dhurata Dora. On 8 October 2021, he released a new single in collaboration with Vitaa named "Prends ma main". In November 2021, he participated in the collective project Le Classico organisé , on Jul's initiative, bringing together more than 150 rappers from Bouches-du-Rhône and Île-de-France. On 28 September 2022, Gims unveiled
4018-922: The International Artist of the Year in Distinctive International Arab Festivals Awards after his featuring in Mohamed Ramadan 's song "Ya Habibi". On 17 September 2020, Netflix released a documentary about the last ten years of his career titled Gims: On the Record . A reissue entitled Les vestiges du fléau was published on 28 May 2021. A second reissue titled L'Empire de Méroé was released on 3 December 2021. The album contained songs such as " Yolo ", " Immortel ", " Jusqu'ici tout va bien ", " Belle " and " Only You ". On 5 October 2022, Gims revealed
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4116-682: The Marin Monster duo, now all gone and replaced by emerging artists like DJ Arafat , DJ Last One, Amalya or Savana blues. The label ends its activities on 13 January 2020. Gims is famous for always wearing sunglasses in public; in fact, it is rare to find pictures of him without glasses on the Internet. The reason for this is so that he is not recognized on the street when he is without glasses because of his wide popularity in France and Paris in particular, and he has stated that this method works. The only time Gims took off his glasses in public
4214-453: The Record . On 25 September 2020, he released the second single from Le Fléau, entitled " Immortel ", a purely rap song reminiscent of Gims' early freestyles with Sexion d'Assault.On 2 December 2020, Gims unveiled the tracklist of Le Fléau with 17 tracks, including features from Vald , Kaaris , Heuss l'Enfoiré , Leto , Bosh and Gazo . The album was certified platinum a month and a half after its release. On 17 March 2021, Gims published
4312-579: The Red Pill which is oriented towards rap . This concept was inspired by the movie The Matrix . Some time later, the first single from The Red Pill titled "Melynda Gates" followed by a clip is released. Then, Gims unveils the second extract of the Blue Pill called " Laissez passer ", the clip of which brings together his family, his father and his brothers. At the end of July, Gims continues with "Longue vie" (Red Pill) with Lefa which marks his return to
4410-577: The Wa Part. 4: La Consecration , Gims announces the release of his first solo studio album, Subliminal , for 20 May 2013. On 1 March Gims publishes "Meurtre par strangulation". On 15 March he unveils " J'me tire ", his second single which remains ranked number 1 on the French charts for four consecutive weeks, the clip being released on 10 April 2013. In an interview on the Rapelite.com site, Gims confirms
4508-481: The album certified platinum and would end up being double diamond disc for over 1 million in sales. The album was a great success charting in France, Belgium as well as charting in Switzerland. In August 2015, Gims released his second album, Mon cœur avait raison . The album was divided into two parts: the red pill, which contains rap songs, and the blue pill, which contains pop-urban songs. The idea came from
4606-448: The album contains a total of 18 tracks but only 14 have been revealed so far. On 25 November 2022, two titles are revealed "Après-vous madame" featuring Soolking and "Demain" with Carla Bruni. The album was released on 2 December 2022, containing 18 tracks and three features with Soolking, Carla Bruni and Tayc. On 2 May 2023, the title "Horizon" was released as a single and its music video was unveiled on 4 July 2023. On 13 April 2023, after
4704-463: The album, in the form of a series of video clips entitled This is not a clip. On the commercial side, the album is certified double diamond disc with more than 1 million sales. On 31 May 2013, he performed his first solo concert at the Olympia . He participates in the album Racine carrée of Stromae on the song "AVF" featuring with Orelsan . Gims announces that he wants to take a break after
4802-683: The album, such as SoulChildren with "La drogue te donne des ailes". The album met with great success with the general public, selling over 400,000 copies. The group opens for Suprême NTM at the Parc des Princes and performs at the Zénith de Paris . In April 2011, a controversy broke out over the group's openly homophobic claims. In reaction to criticism, Sexion d'Assaut decided to release a mixtape entitled En attendant L'Apogée: les Chroniques du 75 , which despite everything met with success with titles like "Paris va bien" and "Qui t'a dit". The project contains
4900-400: The artist addresses his joys, his questions, his anger and his rants. In September 2013, he told Liberation that "he is not forbidding himself anything. A rock or even varietal album 'does not scare him'. The second album is divided into two parts: an "urban pop / R&B " oriented, widely broadcast by radio and music channels, and a " rap " oriented as it did when it started. The humorist of
4998-452: The best kickers (freestylers) in France. In 2008, the group presented monthly freestyles called Les Chroniques du mois: each month, at least two freestyle songs were released via audio or video. In January 2009, Sexion d'Assaut published a net-tape renamed Les Chroniques du 75 , a compilation also containing previously unreleased tracks, including the solo piece "À 30%" by Gims. Sexion d'Assaut's second street album, L'Écrasement de tête ,
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#17327721481345096-434: The children. I was married only once.» He specifies: “the refusal [of the nationality application] is linked to an offense that I committed when I was a minor. But my record is clean.” According to an investigation by the newspaper Le Parisien , his first application for nationality was blocked for failure to pay fines for traffic offenses, and due to his inability to establish the center of his material interests in France,
5194-462: The development of lower-case letters in the 8th century, texts in the Latin alphabet were written in a single case, which is now considered to be capital letters. Text in all caps is not widely used in body copy . The main exception to this is the so-called fine print in legal documents. Capital letters have been widely used in printed headlines from the early days of newspapers until the 1950s. In
5292-621: The development of his label Sea Monster", he explains on his Twitter page. The label's logo was unveiled in early 2014. In February 2014, L'Algérino joined the label, followed in June 2014 by Mac Tyer . Monstre Marin Corporation published its first compilation La Monster Party chapitre 1 on 30 June 2014. According to BFM TV , Gims sold 50% of the label Monstre Marin Corporation in 2014 for 500,000 euros. This structure sold to Universal Music France brought together many artists such as Vitaa , Souf , Mac Tyer , L'Algérino , MA2X, Lartiste or even
5390-406: The end of 2006, he released his first solo project, an Extended play entitled Ceux qui dorment les yeux ouverts . The EP is produced by ATK's Fredy K and Noko. With a very limited pressing, the disc aims to make Gims known to the general public. The record features tracks with Sexion d'Assaut , Scred Connexion rapper Koma and a singer named Carole. On 29 January 2013, in the video Welcome to
5488-534: The evidence that all-capital printing retards speed of reading to a striking degree in comparison with lower case and is not liked by readers, it would seem wise to eliminate such printing whenever rapid reading and consumer (reader) views are of importance. Examples of this would include any continuous reading material, posters, bus cards, billboards, magazine advertising copy, headings in books, business forms and records, titles of articles, books and book chapters, and newspaper headlines. Colin Wheildon stated that there
5586-538: The eye recognizes letters by the shapes of their upper halves", asserts that recognizing words in all caps "becomes a task instead of a natural process". His conclusions, based on scientific testing in 1982–1990, are: "Headlines set in capital letters are significantly less legible than those set in lower case." John Ryder , in the Case for Legibility , stated that "Printing with capital letters can be done sufficiently well to arouse interest and, with short lines, reading at
5684-569: The given identifier represents a constant . A practice exists (most commonly in Francophone countries) of distinguishing the surname from the rest of a personal name by stylizing the surname only in all caps. This practice is also common among Japanese, when names are spelled using Roman letters. In April 2013, the U.S. Navy moved away from an all caps-based messaging system, which was begun with 1850s-era teleprinters that had only uppercase letters. The switch to mixed-case communications
5782-517: The group was chosen in reference to a film, mainly for its "combative" meaning. The name Sexion d'Assaut also includes a reference to the Sturmabteilung (SA), in French "Section d'Assaut", a famous Nazi paramilitary unit, which the group learns by chance during a concert for the City of Paris. In 2005, the trio merged with Assonance, another group from the Sexion d'Assaut collective. The group
5880-554: The interpreter and his family would live too much in Morocco and not enough in France to be considered French. In early 2022, he relaunched the procedure for obtaining French nationality. The Minister of the Interior , Gérald Darmanin , estimated on 25 January 2022 on France Inter that the rapper's recent comments on the New Year did not demonstrate "good proof of assimilation into French society", going to against article 21-24 of
5978-399: The last date of the Sexion d'Assaut tour, 28 September 2013 at the Stade de France for Urban Peace, which also brings together IAM, Orelsan , Youssoupha , La Fouine , Psy 4 de la Rime , Rohff and Stromae . He also intends to take care of his couple and his four children, whom he says he has seen too little because of his career (the oldest of his four children was born around 2008 and
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#17327721481346076-567: The lower-case print is due to the characteristic word forms furnished by this type. This permits reading by word units, while all capitals tend to be read letter by letter. Furthermore, since all-capital printing takes at least one-third more space than lower case, more fixation pauses are required for reading the same amount of material. The use of all capitals should be dispensed with in every printing situation. According to Tinker, "As early as 1914, Starch reported that material set in Roman lower case
6174-424: The most hated French rappers which also include Bigflo & Oli , Jul and Booba . Rap "purists" like Joeystarr or Jhon Rachid cited above reproach him for the touches of pop and dance; some calling his music "camping music" or " zumba ". Hated by a part of the rap fans, he is also hated by a part of the general public who do not like rap and prefer variety or rock. Part of the press considers Gims as an artist of
6272-409: The movie The Matrix . A year later he released a re-release titled À contrecœur . The album contained his best songs in his career, such as: " Est-ce que tu m'aimes? ", " Laissez passer ", " Brisé ", " Sapés comme jamais ", " Tu vas me manquer ", " Je te pardonne ", " Ma beauté " and " Tout donner ". The album was well received and after having counted nearly 85,800 records sold for its first week, it
6370-429: The music scene, the clip brings together all the Sexion d'Assaut . The tracklist and the release date of the album are announced by Gims on social networks: the album will be released on 28 August. At the end of August, a new single: " Brisé ", is available. Subsequently, he released 4 other singles from his double album (" Tu vas me manquer ", " Je te pardonne ", "ABCD" as well as " Sapés comme jamais "). Then he announced
6468-426: The new album's title, its release date and its cover. At the same time, the pre-order of the record was made available, accompanied by three tickets, gold, platinum and diamond to be won. In December 2022, he released his fifth album, Les dernières volontés de Mozart or LDVM (Symphony) . The album is certified gold with more than 50,000 copies sold in June 2023. In July 2024, the album reached 100,000 copies sold and
6566-523: The opportunity to add marginal notes emphasising key points. Legal writing expert Bryan A. Garner has described the practice as "ghastly". A 2020 study found that all-caps in legal texts is ineffective and is, in fact, harmful to older readers. In 2002, a US court spoke out against the practice, ruling that simply making text all-capitals has no bearing on whether it is clear and easily readable: Lawyers who think their caps lock keys are instant "make conspicuous" buttons are deluded. In determining whether
6664-410: The peace treaty in 1979. The Union of Artistic Syndicates suspended his membership for the same reason. A soap opera featuring Ramadan was also reportedly cancelled. By mid-December that year, he was exempt from any suspension or penalties related to the issue. In August 2022, Ramadan received backlash after he posted a photo of him with his arm around an Israeli fan on his TikTok account. The photo
6762-531: The presence of rapper Pitbull on a track entitled "Pas touché". His three brothers, Bedjik, Dadju and X-Gang, from the group MM Solja, are reunited on the track "Outsider". On 4 May he published " Bella ". On 13 May it broadcasts "VQ2PQ" exclusively on Skyrock. On 14 May it broadcasts, still exclusively, It Works, in collaboration with The Shin Sekaï . Subliminal is released on 20 May. To promote it, Gims unveils previously unreleased tracks, which will not be part of
6860-584: The pyramids is the best conductor of electricity". He claims these statements were taken out of context and that he can not definitely say this happened. At the beginning of 2013, Gims founded his own clothing brand, Vortex Vx, sold in particular at Veepee and Gémo. On 31 October 2018, the manga Devil's Relics was published, imagined by Gims with his brother Darcy, and co-signed by the two brothers with screenwriter Jean-David Morvan and designer Yoshiyasu Tamura. In addition to writing his own lyrics, he also writes for other artists. In 2013, Gims participated as
6958-489: The reading time. When this is combined with the difficulty in reading words in all-capital letters as units, the hindrance to rapid reading becomes marked. In the eye-movement study by Tinker and Patterson, the principal difference in oculomotor patterns between lower case and all capitals was the very large increase in number of fixation pauses for reading the all-capital print. All caps text should be eliminated from most forms of composition, according to Tinker: Considering
7056-402: The reissue of his album which will be released on 26 August 2016. Mon cœur avait raison runs out to 700,000 copies. On 23 April 2016, Gims gave a concert before the football match between Paris Saint-Germain F.C. and Lille OSC for the 2016 Coupe de la Ligue final . He performs there excerpts from three of his hits " Est-ce que tu m'aimes? ", " Bella " and " Sapés comme jamais ". The singer
7154-566: The reissue of the album entitled Les Vestiges du Fléau which will be released on 28 May 2021. On 19 May 2021, he published the list of titles composed of 10 tracks including 8 collaborations and two solos . Among the guests of the reissue, in addition to Jul , SCH , Dadju and Slimane , participate, in particular, international singers such as the Egyptian Mohamed Ramadan , the Tanzanian Rayvanny as well as
7252-410: The release of LÉcrasement de tête , the group left Because Music due to misunderstandings and signed with Sony Music Entertainment. In 2010, Sexion d'Assaut released the studio album L'École des points vitaux . Gims is credited there as a singer-songwriter. He composed the instrumental tracks of several pieces, including "Ils appellent ça "Casquette à l'envers". Other beatmakers also participate in
7350-406: The release on 20 February 2016 of the seventh video of This is not a clip with Fuck Ramses which could not take place. Although announced for the month of March, the release of the first single from the album " Est-ce que tu m'aimes? " took place on 28 April on Skyrock. In addition, he announces that the album will be divided into two parts: the Blue Pill which is a part made up of urban pop songs, and
7448-516: The same ROM. Game designers often choose to have less characters in favor of more tiles. With the advent of the bulletin board system , or BBS, and later the Internet, typing messages in all caps commonly became closely identified with "shouting" or attention-seeking behavior, and may be considered rude. Its equivalence to shouting traces back to at least 1984 and before the Internet, back to printed typography usage of all capitals to mean shouting. For this reason, etiquette generally discourages
7546-405: The song "On t'as humilié" which uses the instrumental from the single Soldier by American rapper Eminem , Gims pronounces the sentence "I think it's time for the faggots to perish, cut off their penises and leave them dead on the ring road." In March 2023, he got into a controversy after claiming that ancient Egyptians had electricity. Among other theories, he claimed that "the gold at the tip of
7644-399: The song "Outsider". Gims grew up in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris . His family then moved to the 9th arrondissement and finally to the 19th arrondissement . Gims studied graphic design and communication. He takes the nickname "Gims" in reference to Asian cinema and the world of martial arts. In 2002, Gims formed with the rappers JR O Crom and Makan the trio Prototype 3015. The name of
7742-477: The start of his career. He started his solo career in 2013 with the release of his first album, Subliminal in May on Wati B and Monstre Marin Corporation , which sold over a million copies and peaked at number two in the French album charts. In December he released a reissue titled Subliminal la face cachée . The album contained songs such as " J'me tire ", " Bella " and " Zombie ". From its first week of operation,
7840-474: The subculture with very weak texts, like the literary critic Éric Naulleau declaring that Gims made "the worst texts of French song". In April 2017, it was said that he cancelled a concert in Alès due to the lack of a private jet to take him there, the organizer did not have the means to pay for it. The headlines criticised it as a "star whim". Following the media coverage, he gave a free and improvised concert in
7938-425: The titles on book covers. Short strings of words in capital letters appear bolder and "louder" than mixed case, and this is sometimes referred to as "screaming" or "shouting". All caps can also be used to indicate that a given word is an acronym . Studies have been conducted on the readability and legibility of all caps text. Scientific testing from the 20th century onward has generally indicated that all caps text
8036-465: The tracks "Spider", "Sois pas timide", "Terminal 2F" and "Vent du Nord" as well as 3 new tracks. Gandhi Djuna married Demdem, a Frenchwoman of Malian origin, in 2005. They have three children and split their time between France and Morocco. He converted to Islam in 2004. In 2005, he joined the revivalist movement of the Tablighi Jamaat , which he then left and now considers a sect. He says in
8134-581: The use of all caps when posting messages online. While all caps can be used as an alternative to rich-text "bolding" for a single word or phrase, to express emphasis, repeated use of all caps can be considered "shouting" or irritating. Some aspects of Microsoft's Metro design language involve the use of all caps headings and titles. This has received particular attention when menu and ribbon titles appeared in all caps in Visual Studio 2012 and Office 2013 , respectively. Critics have compared this to
8232-496: The web Jhon Rachid deplores that the second part "old-fashioned rap" is less known than the first, which hurts him "rap" (title of his show on YouTube). As for Joeystarr , he often criticizes him on social networks, calling his music "music for prepubescents". The slammer Grand Corps Malade said in an interview that he does not adhere to the music of Gims, which is "teenage pop" with "poor lyrics and an unpleasant voice". The Booska-P site evokes "Gims-bashing" in an article presenting
8330-419: The youngest in 2013). The new Sexion d'Assaut album is then scheduled for November 2015. In September 2013, he participated in the single " Game Over " by singer Vitaa . The song ranks first in sales of singles in France. On 22 November 2013, Gims unveils his new clip "Changer", which ranks 17th for the week of 1 December 2013. With this ballad, Gims hopes to reach a new, wider audience. In February 2014, Gims
8428-434: Was at a live concert with the group Sexion d'Assaut when he danced with the group members but little was noticed on his face because the stage was almost dark. Gims' music is influenced by hip-hop and dance, with pop and Latin touches. Just before his first album, Les Inrocks compares Gims to footballer Lionel Messi for his versatility: "Gims has a vast arsenal. He sings, raps, composes and produces." For his first album,
8526-463: Was certified diamond single. Then, in July, two tracks "Mamacita" with Sfera Ebbasta and "Sois pas timide" were released which ranked number 1 for 3 weeks and was certified gold single. At the end of August, he released "Terminal 2F" featuring Dadju then at the beginning of September the track "Vent du Nord" was released. On 13 September 2024, his second EP Le Nord se souvient was released containing
8624-975: Was certified platinum. At the end of 2018, more than 700,000 units had been sold in France and 581,000 units had been sold internationally. He released his third album in March 2018, titled Ceinture noire on the TF1 Group and Play Two labels. The album has been reissued several times: Transcendence reissue was released in April 2019 and an other reissue Décennie with 4 new titles was released in December 2019. The album entered pole position in Wallonia. 1st place remains for 7 consecutive weeks before dropping to 2nd place. The following week, he climbs back to first place. He entered Flanders 28th. The album contained songs such as " Caméléon ", " Miami Vice ", " Hola Señorita ", " Reste ", " 10/10 " and " Mi Gna ". His song " La même "
8722-481: Was certified platinum. The album will have finally had its small success, although it has sold less than his previous projects. In August 2022, he played the song "Arhbo" for the 2022 FIFA World Cup Official Soundtrack along with Ozuna , which they also performed during the closing ceremony. He has topped the French singles chart five times, including once as a featured artist, most recently in 2024 with "Spider", featuring Dystinct . On 13 September 2024, Gims released
8820-643: Was common on teletype machines, such as those used by police departments, news, and the United States' then-called Weather Bureau , as well as early computers, such as certain early Apple II models and the ZX81 , which had a limited support for lower-case text. This changed as full support of ASCII became standard, allowing lower-case characters. Some Soviet computers , such as Radio-86RK , Vector-06C , Agat-7 , use 7-bit encoding called KOI-7N2, where capital Cyrillic letters replace lower-case Latin letters in
8918-496: Was estimated to save the Navy $ 20 million a year and is compliant with current Internet protocol. An antiquated practice that still remains in use, especially by older American lawyers who grew up before the arrival of computers, is to use all caps text for text that is legally required to be emphasised and clearly readable. The practice dates to the period of typewriters, which generally did not offer bold text, small capitals, or
9016-646: Was nominated in the Urban Music category at the Victoires de la Musique , but the award was finally awarded to the 1995 group. His solo career was nonetheless a success. According to the magazine Challenges , the singer is the second highest paid French artist of 2013, behind Mylène Farmer but just ahead of Johnny Hallyday . In parallel with the announcement of his Warano Tour , Gims published videos via social networks with extracts of songs that turned out to be those of his future album. In addition, he announces
9114-545: Was one of the most-viewed in the Middle East. Mohamed Ramadan has been also very successful in commercial sponsorships and advertising promotions in Egypt and the Arab World including the telecommunication company Etisalat Misr and 4G with associated music releases like "ElTop". The promotions are under the slogan "Aqwa Cart fi Masr" (أقوى كارت في مصر), (meaning "the strongest card in Egypt"). In October 2019, Ramadan posted
9212-427: Was read somewhat faster than similar material printed in all capitals." Another study in 1928 showed that "all-capital text was read 11.8 percent slower than lower case, or approximately 38 words per minute slower", and that "nine-tenths of adult readers consider lower case more legible than all capitals". A 1955 study by Miles Tinker showed that "all-capital text retarded speed of reading from 9.5 to 19.0 percent for
9310-453: Was refused. According to Closer magazine, this decision is because of his “ bigamy ”, which is not authorized in French or European law . However, Maître Gims disputes this version of the facts. In an interview with Le Journal du Dimanche , in 2022, to the question: “We lend you a second wife in Morocco. Are you polygamous ?", he replies: "That's completely false. I live with DemDem and
9408-440: Was released in May 2009 on Because Music. The last sub-entity of the supergroup, 3rd Prototype, disappears completely. LÉcrasement de tête acquired a certain notoriety with the general public thanks to titles and music videos, including "T'es bête ou quoi?" and "Wati Bon Son" (in collaboration with Dry ). Sexion d'Assaut goes on tour, notably opening for Orelsan and Medina . The Head Crush sells more than 50,000 copies. Following
9506-633: Was the most performed in France in 2018 and it helped Gims become the most performed artist of 2018 on French television and radio, as well as the seventh most performed artist in the world on Deezer . During the COVID-19 pandemic confinement, Gims announces on a live Instagram a 100% rap album for the month of October 2020. According to some publications on his Instagram, Gims reveals that his album would be an 80% rap album contrary to what had been announced. On 4 December 2020, he released his fourth album titled Le fléau . In November 2020, In 2020, he won
9604-502: Was two years old. Because of his parents hiding, he explains having had a difficult childhood. He was placed with foster families, before living in squats until he was 18 years old. This passage from his life is mentioned in his book Vise le soleil . He is part of a family of fourteen children. He is the brother of Dadju , member of the group The Shin Sekaï , of Bedjik, Afi (formerly Xgangs) and Djelass, all three of them rappers. On his first album Subliminal (2013), they participate in
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