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My Take
What draws me to Booba is the arc from break dancer to one of the most influential figures in French rap. That physical, street-level beginning gives his authority a foundation you can feel. I admire that he never settled for being just a rapper, expanding into entrepreneurship and fashion as if his whole persona were the product. French-language rap rarely crosses borders the way English does, yet his stature suggests something undeniable in the craft itself. He reads to me as an artist who built an empire on conviction rather than translation, and that kind of self-made world-building always earns my respect.
Overview
Élie Thitia Yaffa (French pronunciation: [eli jafa]; born 9 December 1976), better known under his stage name Booba, is a French rapper, singer and entrepreneur. He is considered one of the best and most influential French rappers of all time. After a brief stint as a break dancer in the early 1990s, Booba partnered with his friend Ali to form Lunatic.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Booba
- Name (Japanese)
- ブーバ
- Reading
- ぶーば
- Born
- December 9, 1976 (age 49)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Dragon
- Origin
- Sèvres, Hauts-de-Seine, France
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 2 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- rapper / singer / songwriter / entrepreneur / fashion designer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttps://www.oklm.com
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/boobaofficial/
- Xhttps://x.com/booba
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%96%E3%83%BC%E3%83%90
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.