Umqambi we-rapper waseFrance, umculi nomqambi uGandhi Juna, owaziwa kangcono ngegama lokuqamba elithi Maitre Gims, wazalwa ngoMeyi 6, 1986 eKinshasa, eZaire (namuhla iDemocratic Republic of the Congo).
Umfana wakhulela emndenini womculo: uyise uyilungu leqembu lomculo elidumile uPapa Wemba, futhi abafowabo abadala bahlobene kakhulu nomkhakha we-hip-hop.
Ekuqaleni, umndeni wahlala eCongo isikhathi eside, lapho uJuna eneminyaka engu-7 ubudala, umndeni wathuthela eFrance. Kusukela ebuntwaneni, umntwana wabonisa amakhono omculo - wayethanda ukucula, ukudansa, ukuqamba izingoma zakhe siqu.
Ngesikhathi efunda esikoleni, yena nabangane bakhe, bahlela iqembu le-Sexiond' Assault, elisekhona nanamuhla.
Lo mculi ukhiphe iculo lakhe lokuqala eyedwa i-Coup 2 Pression kanye nebhendi. Ngaso leso sikhathi, waqala ukusebenza nomculi odumile JR, enza iphrojekthi ehlangene ye-hip-hop iPrototype-3015.
Ekuqaleni, wasebenzisa i-pseudonym Le Fleau, okusho ukuthi isiqalekiso ngesiFulentshi.
Kamuva, wanquma ukushintsha igama lakhe laba yi-Gims, ngemva kwesikhathi esithile wanezela igama lakhe elingelona iqiniso ngegama elihle lomculo elithi Mater.
Njengengxenye ye-duo ezimele, u-Gims usebenze kumaphrojekthi omculo ahlukahlukene futhi wakhipha ama-mixtape amaningana. Umsebenzi okhiqizayo kanye nesifiso sokulalelwa kuholele abaculi kumphathi nomdidiyeli uDawala.
Khona-ke uGims washiya i-duo futhi wagxila emsebenzini weqembu lomculo nasemsebenzini wakhe siqu.
Ngo-2007 wasebenza njengomdidiyeli ebhendini, wabhala izingcezu zezinsimbi futhi wakhulula i-albhamu yakhe encane ethi Pour ceux qui dorment les yeux outverts ("Yalabo abalala bevule amehlo"). Ukukhishwa kubonise ukusebenzisana no-Sexion d'Assault, umrepha waseFrance uKoma kanye nomculi uCarole.
Eqhubeka nomsebenzi wakhe womculo eqenjini, uMater Gims waba i-freestyler edumile, ngenxa yokunqoba okuningi ezimpini ezihlukahlukene ze-rap.
Ubuye wabamba iqhaza ekuhlanganyeleni kwerekhodi le-Prototype-3015 elibizwa ngeLe Renouveau ("Renaissance").
Ngo-2011, wabamba iqhaza engomeni ye-albhamu kayise uJuna Janana ethi Djanana. Ngo-2012 waba umbhali kanye nomculi we-comic edumile i-Au Coeur Du Vortex.
Umsebenzi we-solo kaMaître Gims
Ngo-2013, uMater Gims waqala iphromoshini esebenzayo ukukhuthaza irekhodi lakhe lokuqala eyedwa. Iphinde yakhipha uchungechunge lokukhishwa oku-6 okulandelanayo okuhlanganisa izinto ezihlukahlukene ezingashicilelwe ezivela ku-Ceci N'est Pas Un Clip.
NgoMashi 1, 2013, wakhipha eyodwa ku-albhamu ezayo ethi Meurtre par strangulation (MPS). Emasontweni amabili kamuva, wakhipha iculo lakhe lesibili elithi J'metire, elaphuma okokuqala eshadini lesizwe laseFrance le-SNEP lezingoma.
I-albhamu yokuqala ka-Subliminal yaba yimpumelelo enkulu kwezentengiselwano, ebambe ngokuqinile isikhundla esiphambili - isikhundla sesibili eshadini eliculayo le-French SNEP kanye neyoku-2 eshadini le-French Belgian singles.
NgoDisemba, wakhipha i-albhamu encane yezengezo zomculo ngendlela yamathrekhi edemo ahlukene e-albhamu yakhe yokuqala. Ngemuva kokukhululwa, udale ilebula yakhe i-MMC (Monstre Marin Corporation).
Ilebula ye-MMC bekuyigatsha le-Universal Music France, okulenze laba nomthelela omkhulu embonini yomculo yase-France.
Lo mculi usebenze nabaculi baseFrance abadumile njengo-rapper u-Bedjik (umfowethu omncane), umrepha u-Yanslo, umculi uVitaa, u-DJ Arafat, u-DJ Last One.
Ngo-Agasti 28, 2015, i-disc yesibili ye-Master Giems, i-Mon coeur avait raison, yakhululwa. I-albhamu ngokwayo ikhishwe izingxenye ezimbili. I-Pilule bleue yokuqala yayinamathrekhi angu-15, eyesibili i-Pilule rouge ino-11. Izingxenye ezimbili zifinyelele inombolo 1 eshadini le-SNEP kanye neshadi le-Belgian Ultra Pop.
Iculo lokuqala elivela ku-albhamu Est-cequetum'aimes? ifinyelele inombolo 1 eshadini lase-Italy kanye nenombolo 3 eshadini le-French SNEP, yazuza ukuduma emazweni amaningi aseYurophu.
I-albhamu yesithathu yomculi uCeinture Noir ikhishwe ngoMashi 23, 2018. Ukukhishwa ngokwako kuhlanganisa amathrekhi angu-40, phakathi kwawo okwakungumsebenzi no-DJ waseMelika odumile u-Super Sako ku-remix yengoma yesi-Armenia ethi MaGna, amathrekhi nomrepha waseMelika uLil Wayne, umrepha waseFrance uSofiane nomculi uVianney.
Emasontweni ayi-11, i-albhamu yakhuphukela kunombolo 1 kumashadi e-SNEP futhi yahlala lapho izinyanga ezimbalwa.
Mater Gims okwamanje
Ngo-Ephreli 2019, uMater Gims uphinde wakhipha i-albhamu yakhe yesithathu, washintsha igama laba yiTranscendance. Ukukhishwa kwengeze amanye amathrekhi angu-13 nokusebenzisana no-J Balvin, umfowabo ka-Dadju, umculi oyiNgisi uSting.
Lo mculi usebenza ngenkuthalo kulebula yakhe, ethuthukisa oDJ baseFrance abasha embonini yomculo. Ushadile futhi unezingane ezine. Uhlala eMorocco nomndeni wakhe.
Naphezu kokuthi ingxenye enkulu yokuphila kwakhe wayeshumayela ubuKatolika, ngo-2004 waba umlandeli wenkolo yamaSulumane, eshintsha igama lakhe eliphakathi kwaba uBielel.
Igqugquzelwe nguNate Dogg, uMarvin Gaye, uMichael Jackson, u-50 Cent, u-Eminem. Umculo we-Gims wadalwa ngenhlanganisela yomculo we-hip-hop, we-rap, we-pop onezici zesiLatini. Futhi uhileleke ekudaleni ama-remix amahithi adumile emhlabeni.
