Philippe Katerine won the title of male artist of the year at the 35th Victoires de la Musique against Lomepal and Alain Souchon. "Wow, thank you wow wow wow wow," he wrote . “Well, I who said to myself a month ago“ you suck as a singer ”. It happens after thirty concerts, there is a phenomenon of weariness and disgust, always the same voice that comes out of this same body, " quips Katerine. "With this object, it will restore my confidence. So thank you for that. I am thinking of the artists who are named in this category “artist with phallus, with quéquette”. Hopefully one day we will be able to play the same games in the same courtyard with the “uterus” category ” , he says, ovationed by the public.
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The interpreter of Stone with you especially wanted to pay tribute to his competitors one evening: "I think a lot about Lomepal which I adore, and which on the last disc offered us a superb verse, honest and generous, everything exactly as it is. And I think a lot about Alain Souchon too, who passed from time to time as a neighbor when we recorded the disc. He sat on the sofa, we talked about the French countryside, writing and recording songs. A delicious presence which is also on the album ” .
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The unclassifiable troublemaker of yesterday has become popular: evidenced by the success of his tour and his roles in cinema. About Confessions , his album released last November, he grabs sensitive subjects, such as homophobia, racism, or "beauferie" . For example, he succeeds in making the popular rapper Lomepal chant the words of 88%, a song in which the latter puts himself in the place of a repressed homosexual. Philippe Katerine forced the doors of political correctness and was joined by an armada of artists. Old or new generation, hip-hop or French song, everyone follows him. Maybe because Katerine is a bit like Philippe. This Vendee beauf, idol despite himself of trendy sores.
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