The French rap artist La Fouine was born Laouni Mouhid in 1981 and brought up in
the Paris suburb of Trappes. After dropping out of France's education system at
14 and nurturing aspirations to become a rapper he turned instead to drug
dealing. He managed to turn his life around and after making a freestyle
appearance on a mixtape titled 'Violences Urbaines' he signed a deal with Sony.
Away from his professional life and in an effort to help French teenagers from
similar backgrounds as his own Mouhid became a mediator taking part in youth
meetings within the area he grew up.
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