He has released seven studio albums so far, all of them reaching top-five status on the French SNEP chart. GCM started writing and performing a capella at slam events in Three years later, he signed with Universal 's AZ affiliate and released his debut album Midi 20 , which became a top-ten selling record of the year in France.
In , he released Mesdames Ladies , featuring ten duets with women, which topped the French charts. Its lead single, "Mais je t'aime" But I love you , a duet with Camille Lellouche , became his highest-ranking song on the French singles chart.
His stage name means "tall, sick body" in French , a reference to his height nearly 6'4" or 1. His father, Jacques Marsaud, was a regional civil servant , a general commune secretary in Noisy-le-Sec and Saint-Denis , later on a director general of services at Val-de-Marne 's departmental council and then at the Plaine Commune agglomeration community fr : EPT. Marsaud excelled in his classes, particularly in literary courses; he wrote his first works aged 14β But sports won out, and at one point he was simultaneously part of tennis, athletics and basketball clubs; the latter would become his greatest passion.
In July , during a sports camp where Marsaud was a supervisor, a diving accident in a swimming pool caused him to displace his spine; he was later told he would never walk again. He worked in marketing for the Stade de France between and , but became disillusioned with the job. Marsaud discovered slam poetry in and started writing poems. He then took part in numerous poetry slam events with Collectif H and with his friend John Pucc'Chocolat. Grand Corps Malade gained increased fame in slam circles in through his appearances at Reservoir, a club that featured upcoming artists, including those of Jamel Comedy Club show, which filmed its episodes there.
That same year, his friend S Petit Nico offered to record a musical track to accompany his poetry. GCM signed with the AZ label, and on 26 March released his debut studio album , Midi 20 , which became one of the top ten selling albums of the year in France. To promote the record, he went on tour, doing shows, including two sold-out concerts at the La Cigale theater in Paris and a performance at the Les Francofolies de La Rochelle festival.
