Rocé

Who is Rocé?

Lamine Kaminsky, better known by his stage name Rocé is a French rapper of Algerian origin.

Born in Bab El-Oued, a neighborhood of Algiers, to Adolfo Kaminsky, he immigrated while very young to France and grew up in Val-de-Marne, a Paris suburb. He had his break when Manu Key of the French rap collective Mafia K-1 Fry invite him to contribute a solo freestyle interlude of his own composition called "Respect" in 1996. The track appeared in the album La rime urbaine of Manu Key's group Different Teep.

In 1998, Rocé released two maxi-singles, "Pour l'horizon / De ma haine à ta haine" and "Ricochets / Encore et encore" with Chronowax / Espionnage, DJ Mehdi's label. And in 1999, appeared in the compilation Première classe vol. 1 with track "La vérité blesse" with group 113 and Rodriguez aka Jeap12. The same year he appeared on Koma album Le réveil with his track "Un parmi des millions".

In 2002, he released his debut album, Top départ on Chronowax label with collaborations with J.L. and Manu Key. Two tracks were also released as music videos, "Changer le monde" directed by Kourtrajme and "On s'habitue" directed by Alexander Wise.