Socrate Petnga (born 23 April 1979), better known as Mac Tyer (), is a French rapper of Cameroonian descent, from Aubervilliers, Île-de-France. He is also known as Monsieur Socrate or mononym Socrate.
He was also member of Perestroika, a hip hop trio made up of Mac Tyer, Mac Kregor (real name Makenzy Guerrier), also from Aubervilliers, France but of Haitian descent and Dontcha. The band was formed in 1999, and active initially for one year, with very rare appearances later on.
With Dontcha opting to continue on a solo career, Mac Tyer and Mac Kregor turned it into a rap duo renaming it Tandem in 2000. Tandem remained active until 2014, although its members also released solo albums of their own. Tandem was signed at various times to Because Music, Première Classe and Hostile Records.
Discography Albums as part of duo Tandem 2005: C'est toujours pour ceux qui savent
Solo YearAlbumPeak positions FR BEL (Wa)2006Le général(credited to Socrate AKA Mac Tyer)28—2008D'où je viens28—2010Hat-Trick28—2012Untouchable66—2013Banger #166—2014Banger II54—2015Je suis une légende6762017Banger 312—2018C'est la street mon pote55—2020Noir33—2021Noir. II133—Noir. III57—
Mixtapes / EPs as part of duo Tandem 2001: Ceux qui savent m'ecoutent (EP) 2004: Tandematique Modéle Vol. 1 (Mixtape) 2005: La Trilogie (Maxi)
Solo 2005: Patrimoine du ghetto (produced by Jo Le Balafré)
Singles Solo YearSinglePeak positionsAlbum FR2014"Laisse-moi te dire" (feat. Maître Gims)372015"Un jour peut-être" 92Je suis une légende"Je suis une légende" 190"Fantômes" (Mac Tyer / Blacko)1532020"Moto"(feat. Ninho)7Noir
Featured in YearSinglePeak positionsAlbum FR2013"On s'en bat les couilles 2013" (La Fouine feat. Mac Tyer)183La Fouine albumDrôle de parcours2017"Comme à l'ancienne" (Rémy feat. Mac Tyer)176Rémy albumC'est Rémy2018"Woah" (Sofiane feat. Vald, Mac Tyer, Soolking, Kalash Criminel, Sadek & Heuss L'Enfoiré)593 Empire(by Various Artists)2019"Briganté" (Kaaris feat. Mac Tyer & Sofiane)33Kaaris albumOr Noir Part 3
Other releases and charted songs Solo YearSinglePeak positionsAlbum FR2018"Il se passe quoi"(feat. Kaaris & Sofiane)107C'est la street mon pote2021"Grammy"(feat. Freeze Corleone)84Noir 3
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