Born in Blanc-Mesnil (Seine-Saint-Denis) on July 31, 1977, Fabien Marsaud's
destiny was thwarted in his teens by a swimming pool accident. Despite a year of
rehabilitation, the after-effects forced him to walk with a crutch. The man who
wanted to turn his passion for sport into his daily life turned 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 closet
and into the mainstream. This poet of everyday life, who transcends his physical
handicap through his writing, ac...