Karim Zenoud (Arabic: كريم زنود, born 19 April 1985 in Paris), better known by his stage name Lacrim (, [lakʁim]; sometimes stylized as LaCrim), is a French rapper of Algerian descent. After collaborations with various rappers, he released his album Faites entrer Lacrim in May 2012 followed by a mixtape Toujours le même in December 2012. The following two albums, Corleone in 2014 and Force & Honneur in 2017 both topped the French Albums Chart. He also released three successive mixtapes under the R.I.P.R.O series two in 2015 and a third in 2017.
Biography
Lacrim was born in the 20th arrondissement of Paris.
Accused of possession of a kalashnikov gun, he was condemned to three years of imprisonment. After 8 months of hiding in Morocco, he presented himself on 9 September 2015 to the French authorities who imprisoned him for a second time in three years. He was released on 28 November 2016, after remaining in incarceration for a full year.
Discography
Studio albums
| Year | Album | Peak positions | Certification |
|---|
FR
| BEL (Fl)
| BEL (Wa)
| NED
| SWI
|
|---|
| 2014 | Corleone | 1 | 113 | 6 | – | 37 | SNEP: Platinum |
| 2017 | Force & Honneur | 1
| 105 | 2 | 74 | 8 | SNEP: 3xPlatinum |
| 2019 | Lacrim | 1
| 28 | 4 | 18 | 9 | SNEP: Gold |
Street albums
| Year | Album | Peak positions |
|---|
FR
|
|---|
| 2012 | Faites entrer Lacrim | 16 |
EPs
| Year | Album | Peak positions | Certification |
|---|
FR
| BEL (Wa)
| SWI
|
|---|
| 2013 | Né pour mourir | 12 | 96 | – | |
Mixtapes
| Year | Album | Peak positions | Certification |
|---|
FR
| BEL (Fl)
| BEL (Wa)
| NED
| SWI
|
|---|
| 2010 | Liberté provisoire | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 2012 | Toujours le même | 148 | – | – | – | – | |
| 2015 | R.I.P.R.O Vol. 1 | 1 | 87 | 8 | – | 20 | SNEP: Platinum |
| R.I.P.R.O 2 | 12 | – | 12 | – | 33 | SNEP: Platinum |
| 2017 | R.I.P.R.O 3 | 1
| 69 | 4 | 117 | 27 | SNEP: 2x Platinum |
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak positions | Album |
|---|
FR
| BEL (Wa)
| SWI
|
|---|
| 2013 | "On va tout perdre"
| 116 | – | – | Né pour mourir |
| 2014 | "Mon glock te mettra à genoux" | 12 | 1* | – | Corleone |
| "Tout le monde veut des Lovés" | 25 | – | – |
| "Corleone" | 28 | – | – |
| "Pocket Coffee" | 30 | – | – |
| "Pronto" | 11 | 26*
| – |
| 2015 | "Sablier" | 36 | – | – | R.I.P.R.O Vol. 1 |
| "Billets en l'air" | 35 | – | – |
| 2017 | "Traîtres" | 2 | 14 | 49 | Force & Honneur |
| "Grande armée" | 2 | 35 | 60 |
| "Colonel Carrillo" | 2 | 44 | 88 |
"Ce soir ne sors pas"
| 20 | 46 | – | R.I.P.R.O Vol. 3 |
| "Judy Moncada" | 13 | 10*
| – |
| "Tous les mêmes" | 12 | 48 | – |
"Noche"
| 2 | – | 65 |
| 2018 | "Jon Snow" | 6 | 15*
| – | Lacrim |
| 2019 | "Solo" | 14 | 16*
| – |
| "Tiguere II (Freestyle)" | 185
| – | – | |
| "Philippins" | 125
| – | – | |
| "Tiguere 3 (Freestyle)" | 69
| – | – | |
| 2020 | "Allez nique ta mère"
| 15 | 41 | – | |
Other charting releases
| Year | Single | Peak positions | Album |
|---|
FR
| BEL (Wa)
| SWI
|
|---|
| 2014 | "A.W.A."
| 104 | — | — | Corleone |
"On fait pas ça"
| 107 | — | — |
| "Barbade" | 135 | — | — |
| "Bracelet" | 141 | — | — |
| "J'suis qu'un thug" | 75 | — | — |
"Le loup d'la street"
| 171 | — | — |
| "Oz" | 173 | — | — |
| "Mon frère" | 189 | — | — |
| 2015 | "A.W.A 2" | 102 | — | — | R.I.P.R.O Vol. 1 |
| "Carte de la vieillesse" | 48 | — | — |
"Voyous"
| 89 | — | — |
"6.35"
| 134 | — | — |
"Red Zone"
| 140 | — | — |
| "Y a R" | 151 | — | — |
| "Sale époque Part. 2" | 154 | — | — |
| "Mon fils" | 158 | — | — |
| "J'ai mal" | 49 | — | — | R.I.P.R.O Vol. 2 |
| "Gustavo Gaviria" | 68 | — | — |
| "Poutine" | 116 | — | — |
| "Brasse au max" | 86 | — | — |
| "Marabout" | 69 | — | — |
| "C'est ma vie" | 146 | — | — |
| "Adieu" | 147 | — | — |
"Petit jaloux"
| 64 | — | — |
"En la calle"
| 180 | — | — |
"On y est"
| 103 | — | — |
| 2017 | "Oh bah oui"
| 10 | — | — | Force & Honneur |
| "La dolce vita" | 9 | — | — |
| "20 bouteilles" | 12 | — | — |
"Laisse-les"
| 27 | — | — |
| "Pardon..." | 28 | — | — |
| "Rockefeller" | 21 | — | — |
"Tristi"
| 13 | — | 91 |
"Papa Trabaja"
| 44 | — | — |
| "2 Pac" | 7 | — | — |
| "Solitaire" | 48 | — | — |
| "Ça paie pas" | 26 | — | — |
| "Kim Jong Un" | 22 | — | — |
| "Histoire de" | 55 | — | — |
"Mythone pas"
| 46 | — | — |
| "Cohiba" | 33 | — | — |
| "Nuit blanche" | 40 | — | — |
| "Gericault" | 37 | — | — | R.I.P.R.O Vol. 3 |
"Intocable"
| 55 | — | — |
"Veux-tu ?"
| 6 | — | — |
| "Partis de rien" | 16 | — | — |
| "La valise" | 25 | — | — |
| "J'essaie" | 14 | — | — |
| "Vory V Zakone" | 27 | — | — |
| "Rio" | 17 | — | — |
| "Mode S" | 30 | — | — |
"Intocable"
| 5 | — | — |
"London Blues"
| 62 | — | — |
"3dabi"
| 63 | — | — |
| "Audemars piguet" | 22 | — | — |
| 2019 | "Bloody"
| 11 | 17*
| — | Lacrim |
"Maladie"
| 15 | — | — |
| "RS6" | 24 | — | — |
| "Patrizia" | 25 | — | — |
| "Pardon mama" | 61 | — | — |
| "Granada" | 57 | — | — |
"Puerto Rico"
| 50 | — | — |
| "Miami" | 65 | — | — |
"Eprouvé"
| 43 | — | — |
| "Adjida" | 85 | — | — |
| "Jvlius" | 51 | — | — |
"West Coast"
| 31 | — | — |
"Never Personal"
| 46 | — | — |
| "Trabaja" | 74 | — | — |
"Kounti"
| 94 | — | — |
"Fugazi"
| 115 | — | — |
"26 décembre 1999"
| 130 | — | — |
| "Tootsie's" | 152 | — | — |
Featured in
| Year | Single | Peak positions | Album |
|---|
FR
| BEL(Wa)
|
|---|
| 2014 | "Merci"
| 111 | — | |
| 2015 | "La douille"
| 85 | — | |
"El Chapo"
| 123 | — | |
| 2016 | "Tony"
| 13 | 35*
| Pattaya
|
"Mon frelo"
| 75 | — | Packman
|
| 2017 | "Ça va"
| 42 | — | |
"Snitch"
| 109 | — | |
| 2018 | "Dix millions de dollars"
| 8 | — | |
"VLT"
| 48 | — | |
"Maradona"
| 62 | — | |
"Rolls"
| 15 | 25*
| |
"Cosa nostra"
| 5 | — | |
Others
- 2012: "On se rattrape"(in Mister You album MDR Mec de rue 2)
- 2013: "Un arabe à Miami" (in compilation album Planète Rap 2013)
Aries
