Sofiane

Sofiane Zermani (, ; born 21 July 1986) is a French rapper. He is also known as Fianso (; verlan of his first name). Born in Saint-Denis, Paris Region, he lived in the nearby Stains until age 13 when he moved to Le Blanc-Mesnil.

In 2011, Sofiane released independently the album Blacklist followed by Blacklist II in 2013. In 2016, he launched a series of videos titled #JeSuisPasséChezSo inviting other less-known rappers to take part. In November 2016, he was signed to Capitol Records, an affiliate of Universal Music France. In January 2017, he released "Ma cité a craqué" featuring Bakyl. The album #JeSuisPasséChezSo, with same title as the earlier series, peaked at #2 on SNEP, the French Albums Chart. The album was certified Platinum in May 2017 for selling over 100,000 copies internationally.

In May 2017 Sofiane released the album Bandit saleté ("Filth bandit"), which again was certified platinum. For the music video for the song "Toka" from the album, Sofiane and around 10 of his crew stood in the middle of the A3 autoroute, blocking cars, while Sofiane rapped the song in front of cameras. The filming was done without a permit. In February 2018 he was fined €1,500 and given a suspended sentence of four months in jail for obstructing traffic. At the sentencing, Sofiane apologized for his actions, and said that the decision to film there had come to him in a moment of "bad inspiration".

Discography

Albums Album detailsChartsCertificationsDetailsFRA BELWa SWI Bandit saleté Date released: 12 May 2017 Record label: Suther Kane, Capitol11513 SNEP: Platinum Affranchis Date released: 26 January 2018 Record label: Suther Kane, Capitol1213 SNEP: Platinum 1239 SNEP: Platinum #JeSuisPasséChezSo"Bandit saleté"115Bandit saleté2018"Longue vie"(feat. Ninho & Hornet La Frappe)245 SNEP: Platinum "Remontada"(feat. Azet)95"American Airlines"(feat. SCH)1819(Ultratip*)"Nouveaux parrains"(feat. Soolking)422021"#Attrape-moi si tu peux"56La direction Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.

Featured in YearSingleChartsCertificationAlbumFRA SNEP: Gold Heuss l'Enfoiré albumEn esprit"C'est mon sang" (RK feat. Sofiane)310(Ultratip*)99 SNEP: Gold "Des malades"1132021"Case départ"40La direction"Windsor"57"Zidane"58"XIII"64"Monsieur Alexandre"71"Bout de papier"(feat. Sifax)79"C'est la loi"(feat. Zeguerre)82"I.R.F"83"Traumatisé"91"J'te raconte pas"(feat. Kenem)104"Windsor - A Colors Show"182"Ouais Igo"88 Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.

Filmography 2014: Terremère by Aliou Sow 2018: Frères Ennemis (English title Close Enemies) by David Oelhoffen 2018: Mauvaises herbes (English title Bad Seeds) by Kheiron 2019: Les Sauvages (TV series) (English title Savages) by Sabri Louatah and Rebecca Zlotowski 2022: Sous emprise (English title No limit) by David M. Rosenthal 2022: Hors Saison (TV series) (English title Off season) by Sarah Farkas, Marine Flores-Ruimi et Claire Kanny 2023: La Vénus d'argent (English title Spirit of ectasy) by Héléna Klotz 2024: The Wages of Fear as Gauthier 2024: Barbès, little Algérie (English title Barbès little Algeria) by Hassan Guerrar 2024: Reine mère by Manele Labidi 2025: Le roi soleil (English title No one will know) by Vincent Maël Cardona 2025: Les règles de l'art (English title The Rules of Art) by Dominique Baumard Theatre 2018: Le Magnifique, adaptation of The Great Gatsby of F. Scott Fitzgerald, at Festival d'Avignon 2019: La Mort d'Achille, by Wajdi Mouawad, at Festival d'Avignon

Videography 2011: En ouvrant les bras 2012: Aller retour 2012: Elle était belle 2013: Échec et Mat 2013: So 2013: Ciao bonne vie (feat. Léa Castel) 2016: Rapass 2016: #JeSuisPasséChezSo (video series) 2017: Ma cité a craqué (feat. Bakyl) 2017: Tout l'monde s'en fout 2017: Bakhaw (feat. Boozoo) 2017: Toka 2017: Mon ptit loup 2017: Bandit saleté 2017: Pégase 2017: Le cercle (feat. Hornet La Frappe, GLK & YL) 2017: Bois d'argent 2017: Parti de rien 2020: American Airlines Ft. SCH 2021: Nouveaux Parrains Ft. Soolking