Rising from the southern suburbs of Paris, Koba LaD was just 18 when he landed a
deal with the Def Jam label and became an overnight sensation as debut album VII
reached number three in the French charts in 2018. One of ten siblings from a
Congolese family, Marcel Junior Loutarilla (born on April 3, 2000) grew up in
the neighborhood of Évry on the Essonne River and his cousin, now manager,
Deuspi introduced him to rappers such as LMC Click and Mossda, before the
swampy, menacing, Chicago drill sound perfected by Chief Keef made its way to
Europe in 2017. It was a huge influence o...