Mister_You
Mister You
French-Moroccan hip hop artist
Younes Latifi (French pronunciation: [junɛs latiˈfi]; Arabic: يونس لطيفي; born 5 February 1984), better known by his stage name Mister You, is a French rapper of Moroccan descent known for his freestyles.
Mister You | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Younes Latifi |
| Also known as | Mister You |
| Born | (1984-02-05) February 5, 1984 (age 40) Paris, France |
| Genres | Hip hop, French hip hop |
| Years active | Since 2003 |
| Labels | No Time Records Mercury Records |
Born in Paris, he was raised in the Belleville area of the capital city. He lived in the south of France trying to make a career in music.[1] His first official album was in December 2009 entitled Présumé coupable (meaning Presumed guilty).[1] When in 2009, the French police issued a warrant for assistance in his arrest, he gave an interview in October 2009 daring them to stop him. He accompanied that with a defiant underground indie album entitled Arrête You si tu peux (meaning Catch You if you can in French).[2]
Mister You has released new materials including mixtape and street album M.D.R. (or Mec De Rue) that incorporated cooperations with various rappers like Brutus & Lacrim, Tunisiano, Zesau and others and was released on 25 October 2010. It proved to be his biggest commercial success reaching #9 on the official French Albums Chart. Based on that success, he released a music video for "Les p'tits de chez moi", in duo with Mimma Mendhy.[3]
ON 31 October 2011, Mister You has released his third album "Dans ma grotte". The first single from the album was "Mets-toi à l'aise" featuring Colonel Reyel followed by "J'regarde en l'air".
Albums
| Year | Single | Charts | Certification | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR [4] |
BEL (Wa) [5] |
SWI [6] | ||||
| 2011 | Dans ma grotte | 3 | 69 | – | ||
| 2014 | Le Prince | 8 | 35 | – | ||
| 2016 | Le grand méchant You | 27 | 57 | – | ||
| 2019 | Hasta la muerte (HLM: Hasta la muerte) |
17 [7] |
47 | – | ||
| 2021 | HLM2 (HLM2: Hasta la muerte 2) |
6 | 42 | 91 | ||
| 2023 | HLM3 (HLM3: Hasta la muerte 3) |
– | 175 | – | ||
EPs
- 2009: Prise d'Otage
Mixtapes, others
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR [4] |
BEL (Wa) | |||
| 2011 | "Ça sort du Zoogataga" (feat. Tunisiano & Isleym) |
66 | – | |
| "Funk You (with DJ Abdel feat. Francisco) |
12 | 2* (Ultratip) |
Dans ma grotte | |
| "Mets-toi à l'aise" (feat. Colonel Reyel) |
37 | 18* (Ultratip) | ||
| "J'regarde en l'air" | 25 | 37* (Ultratip) | ||
| 2012 | "Roule avec moi" (feat. Djany) |
148 | – | |
| "Crève en enfer" | 139 | – | ||
| 2013 | "J'voulais" | 48 | – | Le Prince |
| "3.5.7" | 118 | – | ||
| 2014 | "A toi..." | 82 | – | |
| "Paré pour décoller" | 73 | – | ||
| "Emmène-moi" (feat. Nej) |
26 | – | ||
| "Marseille - Paris" (with Jul) |
86 | – | ||
| 2019 | "Flashback" | 198 [8] |
– | HLM: Hasta la muerte |
| "Carnal" (feat. Lacrim) |
169 [9] |
– | ||
| 2020 | "Pénurie" | 89 | – | |
| "Ça se fait pas" (feat. Jul) |
53 | – | ||
| 2021 | "La costa" | 27 | – | HLM2: Hasta la muerte 2 |
| "Solide" (feat. Rohff) |
98 | – | ||
| "Couplets gagnants" (feat. L'Allemand) |
179 | – | ||
*Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.
Non charting
- 2010: "Lettre à un traitre"
- 2010: "Quand on était petit" (feat. Nessbeal)
- 2010: "Les p'tits de chez moi"
- 2011: "Mal bien acquis profite toujours"
- 2011: "La mouche"
- 2012: "Pas d'love" feat. Sana
Featured in
| Year | Single | Peak positions | Certification | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR [4] |
BEL Wa | ||||
| 2013 | "Funk You 2" (DJ Abdel feat. Mister You, Francisco & Big Ali) |
118 | 24* (Ultratip) |
DJ Abdel album Evolution | |
| "On va tout perdre" (Lacrim feat. Mister You) |
116 | – | |||
| 2015 | "Jugni ji" (DJ Kayz feat. Mister You, Dr Zeus & Sophia Akkara) |
43 | – | Planète Rap 2015 Vol. 2 | |
| 2019 | "On passe le temps" (Naps feat. Mister You) |
129 | – | ||
| 2020 | "Culiacan" (Da Uzi feat. Mister You) |
67 | – | Da Uzi album Architecte | |
| "Ben Ali" (Brulux feat. Mister You) |
147 | – | Brulux album La sans pitax | ||
*Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.
- StreetLive: Mister You en cavale interview inédite Archived 2011-05-06 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
- TF1: Fin de cavale pour le rappeur "Mister You" Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
- "Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums Fusionnes – SNEP (Week 28, 2019)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 16 July 2019.[permanent dead link]
- "Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles (téléchargement + streaming) – SNEP (Week 25, 2019)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 25 June 2019.[permanent dead link]
- "Le Top de la semaine : Top Singles (téléchargement + streaming) – SNEP (Week 26, 2019)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Archived from the original on 4 August 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2019.