Pascal Trésor Azusimba better known as Despo Rutti (born 26 June 1982, in Kinshasa) is a Congolese rapper active in France.
Life and Career Spending his life in Kinshasa and in Brazzaville, he immigrated to France in 1992. He released his first recordings in 1999 "Tout c’que j'n'aurais pas" and "Les reufs meurent" and was featured in a number of rap compilations through producer Fabrice Yahiaoui and label Hématome Concept eventually signing with label Soldat Sans Grade Records releasing Les sirènes du charbon on 28 November 2006, as a double CD, being an EP of 9 titles and a street album mixed by DJ Boudj. It denounced the social inequalities and a protest for expulsion of immigrants. It was followed by another provocative release, Convictions suicidaires, his debut studio full album treating taboo subjects of French society including national identity in face of changing immigration trends. This was followed by the mixtape Discographie parallèle mixed by DJ Uka and highlighting a number of collaborations.
He prepared the materials for his second studio album Les funérailles des tabous in 2012, but put it on hold13or du HipHop: Despo Rutti - Les funérailles des tabous ne sortira pas instead starting a collaboration with rapper Guizmo and Mokless (from Scred Connexion) for a musical project in 2012,Fnac.com: Mokless, Despo Rutti et Guizmo s'allient pour un album de qualité that resulted in the issue of the joint EP Jamais 2 sans 3 followed by the joint studio album Jamais 203. The three acts are touring France in promotion of the releases.Afrik.com Despo Rutti, Guizmo et Mokless "enfument" le Bataclan!
Discography Albums, EPs and Mixtapes YearTitlePeak positionsNotesFRALesCharts.com: Despo Rutti discography2006Les sirènes du charbonDouble CD, an EP (9 tracks) and a street album mixed by DJ Boudj (15 tracks)2010Convictions suicidaires14First studio album (14 tracks)2010Discographie parallèleMixtape mixed by DJ Uka (37 tracks)2016Majster99Second studio album (22 tracks)
Joint Albums and EPs as trio Guizmo, Despo Rutti & Mokless YearTitlePeak positionsNotesFRA2013Jamais 2 sans 3EP in preparation for the album (8 tracks) and a street album mixed by DJ Boudj (15 tracks)Jamais 203102Studio album (17 tracks)
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