Born in Le Blanc-Mesnil (Seine-Saint-Denis) on July 31, 1977, Fabien Marsaud’s
life took an unexpected turn during his teenage years following an accident at a
swimming pool. Despite a year of rehabilitation, he was left with lasting
effects that forced him to walk with a crutch. The young man who had hoped to
make his passion for sports his livelihood turned instead to poetry and rap
under the name Grand Corps Malade. Discovered and acclaimed by the general
public in 2006, he was the first artist to bring slam poetry out of the niche
scene and into the mainstream. This poet of e...