SDM releases its first album, Ocho -

Frederic De Pontcharra

  • After a few first freestyles like

    Shotas 

    or

    Cala Boca

    , SDM's career explodes thanks to its featuring with PLK,

    Jack Fuego

     released in 2019.

  • In February 2020, SDM signs on Booba's 92i label.

  • Today he presents

    Ocho

    , his first album of 16 tracks.

Hard worker and passionate about music, the rapper from Clamart (92), unveils, this Friday, April 9, his first project entitled

Ocho

, in reference to “100-8 = 92” (Hauts-de-Seine) initiated by Booba.

And the wink is not innocent.

At 25 years old, SDM - Sadam of his real name - knew, in the space of two years, a meteoric rise.

The one who started by filming the freestyles of his friends in his neighborhood of the Cité des 3F is now at the top of the charts and offers himself collaborations with artists like PLK, Koba la D or Booba.

Now the spotlight is on him and on this first project of 16 titles, more than expected by his fans.

A

Fuego

that opens doors

However, younger, SDM sees rap more as a hobby.

Cradled since his childhood by Congolese rumba and the flow of Booba or Niro, he timidly begins to write and record in the studio.

“But I was far from imagining that it was going to become my job,” he told

20 Minutes

.

Thanks to the support of those close to him, he perseveres in music and begins to be spotted by certain artists.

“One day I got a message from PLK on Facebook to tell me he liked what I was doing.

At the time he was a little known in Paris and he was going to move to Clamart, ”says SDM.

The connection between the two artists is through their love of music.

Together, they record in the studio the track

Jack Fuego

, which will explode the career of SDM.

In a few weeks the clip exceeded 100,000 views, a "synonym of achievement" according to SDM.

The presence of PLK on

Ocho

in the song

The noise of applause

 was therefore essential for him.

“With every opportunity he had, he would give me strength and tell everyone about me.

So, now, it's my turn to give him back this support with this feat, ”he reveals to

20 Minutes

.

La Booba Connection

Faced with the success of

Jack Fuego

, now gold single, labels and record companies are flocking around SDM.

But it is at 92i, a label created by Booba, that the young rapper will sign in 2020. In the process, the song

La Zone,

collaboration between the two rappers, is born and the name of SDM is thus quickly associated with that of Booba. .

“In the media, people spoke of me as his foal, his protégé.

But the truth is that in the label we are a big family and there is no preference in the artists ”, he assures.

Booba nevertheless played a significant role in the artistic direction of

Ocho

.

He supports SDM via a featuring on

Daddy

- a summer zumba very different from

Bonne jour

, their duet on

Booba's

recent album

Ultra

- and advises the young rapper in the choice of the 16 final tracks and their order of appearance.

A great musical openness

This accompaniment does not prevent SDM from remaining authentic to its music and from having fun by navigating between very rapped pieces like

Van Damme 

and more melodious and sung choruses on

Keur Nwar

.

The rapper also shows his versatility by inviting non-rap artists such as Congolese singer Fally Ipupa present on

Droit de Véto

.

The opportunity to put the Congo in the spotlight, but also to pay tribute to his father (now deceased), former producer of Koffi Olomidé and close to Fally Ipupa.

“We never talked about music with my father, but unwittingly, he instilled in me this love of song.

I think that when he was alive, he would never have imagined working in the industry, ”he reveals.

This musical identity, SDM intends to cultivate it to renew itself in the rest of its projects and to stay on the rap scene.

His ambition?

Being an artist who lasts: “I don't want to be a fad or a buzz.

Making lots of albums, I've been thinking about it since my beginnings.

Ocho

has barely been released, but I am already planning my second and third album… "While waiting to be able to realize these ambitions, SDM is thinking of defending

Ocho

on stage:" If I cannot meet my audience, I hope that we will be able to tour for the album when all is well.

But for now, I can't wait for people to return to the album via social media.

"

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