Gazo (rapper)

Ibrahima Diakité (born August 5, 1994), better known by his stage name Gazo, is a French rapper from Île-de-France.[1][2]

Gazo is from a suburb of Paris called Saint-Denis. It is often named in many of his songs and also often identified as the "93" based on the French INSEE code for the region. In his youth, he got involved with a lot of troublemaking. His parents kicked him out by age 12, and by age 15 he left school, deciding to embark on his rap career along with some of his friends in Saint-Denis.[3] Putting a number of songs on YouTube, he got the attention of Gims who offered a joint track to him on his own album Le Fléau.[1] Gazo released his own mixtape Drill FR on 26 February 2021.[4][5] It reached number 1 on the French Albums Chart with the single "Haine&Sex" reaching number 2 on the French Single Chart.

Gazo has had much success in his rap career since. "Haine&Sex" has since received diamond certification.[6] He is commonly known as "The Prince of French Drill". Per one of his producers, Flem KGB, as well as a general consenus among fans of French rap, Gazo created an identifiable brand for French drill music, taking influence from UK and US drill yet unique on its own.[3]

In 2022, he has established his own brand, BSB, based on the name for the collaborative rap group including Gazo and fellow rappers from Saint-Denis: Opinel 21, LKS and Suwo. He continues to contribute to the rap game in France and extending internationally. He often brings fellow rappers from his hometown to freestyle with him. He works especially closely with Freeze Corleone, from the group 667, as well as Tiakola. Though he specializes in drill, he collaborates across many genres of French music, and is also featured on some UK albums.