French-Malian rapper, born August 3, 1974 in Ségou, Mali.
He came to Paris one year later, and lived in the 19th arrondissement of Paris from the age of 5. He is the brother of basketball player Mamoutou Diarra. At age 21 Oxmo began his collaboration with the rap collective Time Bomb, honing his work alongside artists like Booba and Diam’s.