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Antoine VALENTINELLI (born on the 4th of December 1991 in Paris), also known as Lomepal, is a French rapper and singer from the 13th district of Paris. He is the author of five EPs and one solo album, named FLIP, released on June 2017 and certified Platinum disk.

His stage name comes from his friends who used to think that he was always sick because of his pale skin, hence Lomepal (literally for the “pale man” or in French “l’homme pâle”). His first stage name was Jo Pump.

He quickly got along with other rappers like the Belgium Caballeo and JeanJass but also with Roméo Elvis.

In 2017, he already accumulated more than a hundred concerts and 100 million of views on YouTube.

General Information:

	Nickname: Pal

	Birth name: Antoine VALENTINELLI

	Born: 4th of December 1991 (26 years old)

	Occupation(s): Rapper, Singer

	Genres: French Rap, alternative Hip-Hop

	Instruments: voice

	Years active: 2011-present

	Labels: PIAS, Pineale Prod, Grand Music Management

	Website: 	lomepal.com

Early life
Lomepal is the son of Dominique VALENTINELLI, reader and editor for Editions Gallimard, and his mother is a painter. He grew up in an environment as artistic as unstable. Indeed, his mother’s income, by whom he was raised, was very irregular: “middle class, a little bohemian. I lived in a huge workshop where there were big exhibitions. My mom used to sell well, but sometimes, it was much more difficult financially speaking”. His father left home when he was still young, Antoine would not grow up with him but he was surrounded by his two sisters and his mother. The high school period shows the situation well: the young Antoine got expelled from Rodin High School in the 13th district of Paris and was responsible for the principal’s departure. At this time, he declared “In my home, it was war: my dad packed his bags, my mom was in hospital, I wasn’t thinking about school”7. After that, he started cinema studies, but he stopped to focus on rap.

Beginning (2011-2016)
Close to the collective “L’Entourage”, he became a rapper through the skate boarding environment, which was his first passion, and which broke his bones five times he said. “It’s very simple, I don’t remember a day where I haven't skated over these past ten years”. In 2011, he released his first EP named 20 mesures. In 2013, he released a second one, Le singe fume sa cigarette, with the writer Hologram Lo and the Belgium rapper Caballero as well as another EP entitled Cette foutue perle. In 2014, he continued with the EP Seigneur. The following year, he released Majesté. In 2016, he published ODSL, the EP featuring with S-Two. Flip (since 2017)

On the 30th of June 2017, Lomepal published his first solo album, FLIP. The album cover shows the artist dressed as a woman with a pink background, which is really atypical in the Hip-Hop environment, with relatively masculine influences. The title of his solo album is a reference to a classic figure for skaters, the flip: “before, I didn’t necessarily want to talk about that in my music, because I wanted to do it the right way. I have waited for this moment and it’s here now”. Playing also on the multiples meanings that flip can have, he appears as a woman on the cover. The album is promoted thanks to the single Yeux disent that meets a quick success. Reception from critics is favorable. In February 2018 FLIP was certified Platinum disk.

STYLE AND INFLUENCES
Lomepal draws inspiration from the theme of loneliness in general of political rap. At the beginning, he rapped on the topic of trips, the sensation of wanting to leave everything, themes that are also linked to loneliness according to him.

He is used to composing with instruments in the background without the voice of the rapper so as not to be distracted. This gives him ideas on flows, manners of starting rhymes. He writes constantly on his cell-phone, as soon as he has an idea that goes through his mind, most often in public transports. This allows him to write a lot. Concerning this, he declares “most of my texts are pieces that I assemble here and there based on my random notes”.

EP
	2011: 20 mesures (EP 5 songs)

	2013: Cette foutue perle (EP 8 songs with the director Meyso)

	2014: Seigneur (EP 9 songs)

	2015: Majesté (EP 10 songs)

	2016: ODSL (EP 6 songs including 1 remix, 1 instrumental and 1 a cappella with the director Stwo)

Solo Album
	2017: FLIP

	2018: Jeannine

Others
	2012: 22h - 06h (collective album : Walter & Lomepal)

	2013: Le singe fume sa cigarette (collective album: Hologram Lo' & Caballero & Lomepal)

	2018: 1000° (single feat Roméo Elvis)

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