Gims

Gims is one of those artists I respect for reinventing himself without losing his core. Born in Kinshasa and raised in France, he first broke through with the hip hop group Sexion d'Assaut before stepping out solo as Maître Gims in 2013, and that group-to-solo arc is always a hard one to pull off. What I appreciate is how he later trimmed the name down to just Gims, almost like he was shedding a layer to show the artist underneath. Splitting his life between France and Morocco, he strikes me as someone comfortable straddling cultures, and I think that range is exactly what keeps his music feeling fresh.

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Name (English)

Gims

Name (Japanese)

メートル・ギムス

Reading

めーとる・ぎむす

Born

May 6, 1986 (age 40)

Origin

Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Occupation

singer / rapper / singer-songwriter

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Tiger

• Official sitehttps://www.gimstour.com/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/gims/
• Xhttps://x.com/GIMS
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gims
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%88%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AE%E3%83%A0%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3303251

Tags

• singer
• rapper
• singer-songwriter

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.