A native of Perpignan, France, Gros Mo discovered rap when he was just a
schoolboy, through an album that had a profound effect on him: Booba's Temps
Mort. Seized by this culture, which he discovered on the job, he began rapping
lyrics that were not yet his own, but started writing them in the early 2000s,
on the benches of Casa Musicale, an association in the Catalan city. Although he
tried his hand at breakdancing for a while, he soon gave up because of his stout
build, preferring instead to concentrate on music. He discovered the American
school, notably Wu-Tang Clan, and hone...