Fans of him widely refer to themselves as "Lacriminels" (masculine), "Lacriminelles" (feminine), or simply "Lacriminals" in English.
[2] Both of his parents are Kabyle, his father's family is from Sidi Daoud and his mother's from Béjaïa.
[2] He spent the first five years of his life in the 13th arrondissement, before his parents moved permanently to Chevilly-Larue, south of Paris.
[3] After collaborations with various rappers, he released his album Faites entrer Lacrim in May 2012 followed by a mixtape Toujours le même in December 2012.
After 8 months of hiding in Morocco,[4] he presented himself on 9 September 2015 to the French authorities who imprisoned him for a second time in three years.