With his tough-as-nails rhymes about city life, French rapper Yamine L'artiste
(a.k.a. YL) has been capturing the spirit of his Marseille hometown since
joining the Click 11.43 group in 2007. After rolling with the crew for nearly a
decade and honing his freestyle game during events in the city, YL (born on
April 6, 1996 in Metz, France) gained notoriety as a solo artist in 2016 when
his "Traficante" track was used to soundtrack Tunisian-born French director
Kharm Dridi's movie set in the drug-ravaged outer suburbs of Marseille, Chouf.
He scored a deal with Def Jam the following ...