February 28, 2020
Disques 7ième Ciel
Originally from Quebec City, Kevin St-Laurent became Souldia when he was only 15 years old. Accompanied by Infrak, he formed the Mafia 03 group, now the Facekche trio. The 2 partners take pleasure in depicting the crime that surrounds them, the street, the system that oppresses them and the rage of Quebec City's underprivileged neighbourhoods. The flame fizzled as they formed Collective 187 with other accomplices, such as Die-on, Crazy8 and Dangerous. Many of their titles like''Infraktion'',''Maudit'',''Chek ton dos'' and many others quickly become number 1 in terms of street rap reference in the old capital. The province's promoters are fighting for the collective! They then perform multiple concerts, even if they didn't have albums on the shelves yet. In 2009, the rapper presented us his first solo album ''Art Kontrol''. Souldia sings in large sold-out venues and this is only the beginning! Following a signature at Explicit Productions, Souldia is back in full force with his band Facekche and the albums "Le visage de l'ombre" (2012), "Le retour de la bete" (2013) and "Les poetes maudits" (2015) are hits. But the success doesn't stop there! In the meantime, Souldia delivers ''Double tranchant'' (2011) in collaboration with rapper Saye as well as 2 solo albums ''Les origines du mal'' (2012) and ''Krime Grave'' (2014). In 2016, he offered us the little jewel ''Amsterdam'' with Rymz. This album ends up number 1 in sales in Quebec and his latest solo album ''Sacrifice'' has quickly become a must for Rap in Quebec. Going through his most prolific period, Souldia is back with his dark ideas on ''Ad Vitam Aeternam'' (2017), a fifth solo album in his career. "Survivant" (2018) sums up the impossible, the victory after crossing the paths of death. These are the writings of a 33-year-old man, a survivor of a long and hard adventure, who takes stock of his life. With more than 5 000 albums sold and more than 15 million streams, "Survivant" has significant media coverage and is acclaimed by big names such as Le VOIR, Le Journal de Quebec, Le Journal de Montreal and many others. According to ZONERAP's charts, Souldia is named ''Rap Franco Artist of the Year 2018'' and ''Survivant'' is the ''Rap Album of the Year 2018''. With ''Survivant'', Souldia is nominated for ADISQ 2019 for ''Album of the Year - Rap'' as well as ''Album of the Year - Best Seller''. In addition, he received the Telus scholarship, voted by the public, for ''My first nomination'' at the ADISQ 2019 Gala. In 2019, the Quebec rapper performed more than thirty shows, half of them were sold out, in addition to participating in other artists' shows. He also found himself performing at ADISQ in the opening issue in addition to having the honor of opening Sinik's show at La Cigale in Paris. Now, Souldia has approximately 60 000 subscribers on Facebook and more than 36 000 subscribers on Instagram, not to mention that all his music videos have been viewed more than 17 000 000 times on YouTube. Back in 2020 with the album ''BACKSTAGE'', Souldia is back in Quebec with an extraordinary project. The rap star presents a new show full of light, specially designed for fans looking for thrills. "Melomane" is a single from the album to come in april 3 2020 ''BACKSTAGE''. This album is nothing more than a VIP pass behind the scenes. A glimpse of the man behind the beast, written by a lyricist without filters. Souldia, master of ceremonies, shares with us a new chapter in her life and makes us travel back in time to melodies from the future.