Diam's (born July 25, 1980 in Cyprus) is a French-language rap artist.
<… Read Full Bio ↴Diam's (born July 25, 1980 in Cyprus) is a French-language rap artist.

Her family moved to Paris in 1984 . She appeared in a song on DJ Mehdi's album "(The Story Of) Espion".

In 1998, when she was just 18 years old, Diam's signed a development deal with BMG Music Publishing France. With the publisher's help, Diam's worked on her craft and signed with Universal Records in 1999.

2003's Brut de Homme was her breakthrough, reaching gold and spawning the top 10 single "DJ." In 2005, she cemented her importance as a songwriter with her French adaptation of the English-language smash "Ma Philosophie" -- a huge number one hit for Pop Idol winner Amel Bent.

Dans Ma Bulle was released in February 2006, debuting at number one on the French album chart selling 60,000 copies in its first week. Diam's first single from Dans Ma Bulle, La Boulette received immense popularity and airtime. It stayed at number one on the French music charts for 6 consecutive weeks. Her second single Jeune Demoiselle debuted at #4.

Discography
1999: Premier Mandat
2003: Brut de Femme
2006: Dans Ma Bulle
2009: S.O.S.

INTRODUCTION
Diam's Lyrics

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Je rappe
Je rappe
Je rappe
Je rappe
Je rappe
Je rappe

Ok, imagine le monde

Et ses milliards d'habitants
Tu l'vois?
Ok, zoom un peu et regarde
Tous les continents, tous
Maintenant, imagine Chypre
Et traverse la méditerranée
T'arrives en France
Tu la vois la France?
Bah dans la France, imagine
Tous les départements, tous
Tous les départements
Mais t'en prend qu'un
Le 91, l'Esonne
Dans l'Esonne, imagine
Une p'tite zone pavillonnaire
Juste à coté des Ulis
Dans cette zone pavillonaire
Imagine un p'tit pav' tranquille
Dans ce ptit pav' zoom encore
Et tu vois y a une p'tite chambre
Une p'tite chambre d'adolescente, tranquille
Dans cette petite chambre
Au début des années 90
Imagine juste une p'tite meuf

Qui attendait plus rien d'la vie
Mais qui écoutait NTM

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Diam's's song Introduction depict her reminiscing about her humble upbringing in a small suburb on the outskirts of Paris, France. The continuous repetition of the phrase "Je rappe" establishes her identity as a rapper while also functioning as a form of meditation or prayer.

Diam's invites the listener to imagine the world and its billions of inhabitants before zooming in on the continent of Europe, and finally focusing on France. She then narrows her focus even further by imagining the department of Essonne, where she grew up. She takes the listener through the streets of an unremarkable suburban neighborhood where she lived as a teenager, bringing into sharp relief the limited scope of her existence at that time.

Through vivid imagery, Diam's paints a picture of a young girl who felt trapped and hopeless, someone who had given up on life but found solace in music. The mention of NTM, a popular French rap group from the 1990s that addressed issues such as social inequality and police brutality, emphasizes the significance of hip hop culture as an empowering force for young people living on the margins of French society.

Line by Line Meaning

Je rappe
I am rapping

Ok, imagine le monde
Let's visualize the world

Et ses milliards d'habitants
With its billions of inhabitants

Tu l'vois?
Can you see it?

Ok, zoom un peu et regarde
Now let's zoom in a little and look

Tous les continents, tous
All the continents, all of them

Maintenant, imagine Chypre
Now, let's imagine Cyprus

Et traverse la méditerranée
And cross the Mediterranean

T'arrives en France
You arrive in France

Tu la vois la France?
Can you see France?

Bah dans la France, imagine
Well, in France, imagine

Tous les départements, tous
All the departments, all of them

Mais t'en prend qu'un
But you only take one

Le 91, l'Esonne
The 91st department, Essonne

Dans l'Esonne, imagine
In Essonne, imagine

Une p'tite zone pavillonnaire
A small housing estate

Juste à coté des Ulis
Just next to Les Ulis

Dans cette zone pavillonaire
In this housing estate

Imagine un p'tit pav' tranquille
Imagine a small, peaceful house

Dans ce ptit pav' zoom encore
Zoom in on that small house

Et tu vois y a une p'tite chambre
And you see there's a small bedroom

Une p'tite chambre d'adolescente, tranquille
A small, peaceful teenage girl's bedroom

Dans cette petite chambre
In this small bedroom

Au début des années 90
In the early 90s

Imagine juste une p'tite meuf
Just imagine a young girl

Qui attendait plus rien d'la vie
Who didn't expect much from life

Mais qui écoutait NTM
But who listened to NTM

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: Melanie Marie Ghisla Georgiades, Anthony Gouin-Tambouro, David Alain Hichem Bonnefoi, Sylvain Couturier

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Comments from YouTube:

@Haatoza

6y↑36

j'ai grandi avec toi Diam's, aujourd'hui j'ai 20 ans, tu me manques ré écouter cette intro ça me donne beaucoup d'émotions <3 je me souviens de ton concert à Nice, t'avais mis le feu ! gros big up à toi Mélanie

@matheobuseniers6893

5y↑1

Toujours la avec toi en 2019

@annebadeau6753

4y↑1

@@matheobuseniers6893,,,,

@lologigi9413

7y↑27

2006 : trop de souvenirs... super période pour moi et ce fabuleux concert de diam's à Marseille. 😙 j'aimerais revenir en arrière !!!

@mcestla4829

7y↑29

c'est mon album préféré, à chaque fois que je l'écoute ça me replonge au jour ou ma sœur me l'a offert pour mon anniversaire ^^
les heures et les heures a l'écouter jusqu’à ce que ma mère me confisque le cd pour avoir un peu de répit !!^^
aaaaahhh je t'adore ^^

@happyyogawitheva8223

6y↑7

10 ans après, je me rends compte à quel point cet album à compté. Moi qui croyait que je ne m'en sortirai pas. Merci d'avoir porté un peu de cette période.