Find below the portrait of the rapper JUL:

 

Name: Julien Marie

Place of birth: Marseille, France

 

Fun facts:

 

• In his career, he made several collaborations with renowned French rappers, such as Soprano, Master Gims or Alonzo.

• Jul is from the Saint-Jean-du-Désert district of Marseilles. He began his career in the rap “business” after working with his father in a construction sites for swimming pools.

• In February 2017, Jul received the Best Urban Music Album Award at the 32nd Victoires de la Musique.

• Say “#Djoul”.

• Jul became known in the French rap world with his first success released in November 2013, a piece called “Sors le cross volé”. The video clip has been viewed more than 20 million times by Internet users since he put it online a year before.

• Unlike the typical bling-bling kind of rap, where the video clips show very often big cars and young half nude girls, JUL shows in his clips a more realistic world where we can see the difficulties of some French disadvantaged neighborhoods, where the motorcycles and the “neighborhood atmosphere” are well represented.

• Great supporter of the Olympique de Marseille soccer team.