[5] In 2003, she rapped about her past and how, aged 17, she was beaten by her partner in a song called Ma souffrance (My suffering).
[6] After her separation from Mafia Tres, Diam's released her first album, Premier Mandat in 1999, but it was not a success, selling just 9,000 copies.
[8] She finally prepares her second album, entitled Brut de femme and the record company EMI offers her a contract in April 2002.
The project is abandoned following a restructuring of EMI while the two titles Pogo and 1980 are broadcast by a journalist on the Internet before their official release.
[12] She also stands against Nicolas Sarkozy, whom she called a demagogue and a fascist in La Boulette and Ma France à moi.
[13][14] In 2005, she cemented her importance as a songwriter with "Ma philosophie"—a huge number one hit for Pop Idol star Amel Bent.
[15] Diam's first single from Dans Ma Bulle, La Boulette gained immense popularity and airtime.
[20][21] The first single Enfants du désert from her new album, whose clip takes a scene from the film Forrest Gump where the hero runs across the United States.
In a rare message posted to Instagram, Diam's, who had previously retired from social media, explained her motivation, and why she agreed to entrust her story to directors Houda Benyamina (Divine) and Anne Cissé, after refusing dozens of requests for years: "I had the feeling that I was being asked to give the keys to my life so that others could make a film of it.
In 2007, she suffered from depression due to personal problems, which she returned to in the song Si c'était le dernier.
[25] When she left the hospital, she decided to stop taking the medication, and she attempted suicide by swallowing sleeping pills.
[25] On 8 October 2009, Paris Match magazine published pictures of her leaving a mosque in Gennevilliers with her husband, wearing an Islamic veil.
[27] In the midst of a debate on the banning of the full veil in public places, these stolen[citation needed] photos caused a scandal.