JoeyStarr found his little corner of paradise in the heart of Paris. During an interview with Konbini during the first confinement in 2020, he shared images of his house, a real palace on three floors. The 57-year-old rapper lives there in a shared apartment with his brother, an unlikely duo ten years apartbut it seems to work wonderfully. Far from the image of the rebellious artist, the artist admits to being happy in his home. “How nice I am at home. I live with my brother like a dry old woman. I'm upstairs and he's in the basement, we've been living together for over eight years so yeah it's going well yeah“, he confided, amused, in ELLE.
JoeyStarr, well-deserved opulence
In his video, JoeyStarr reveals the secrets of his home, including superb skylights that bathe his “cozy nest“of light.”I made my bed my office. What is very strange is that you have skylights, in my room I have a skylight and the only window there is a kind of wasteland with cacti“, he confided, amused. A singular setting to say the least for the artist, father of Matis and Khalil.
Confinement also allowed him to spend time with his two sons, while remaining well anchored in the capital. “We have space, we have nothing to complain about. But, if you're looking for me, there's a good chance you'll find me in front of the fridge. It's there, in the kitchen, that life is organized for me from now on. Morning, noon and evening, I mess around. With kids, it's every two hours“, he said with humor to JDD. A period that he also shared on his networks, between cooking and good family times.
JoeyStarr: “Before I was under a label”
JoeyStarr didn't have an easy start to life, marked by his father's violence and the absence of his mother. Fifty today, he still confides that he is “under construction on many things“, an inner work that does not date from yesterday. In his interview with Isabelle Ithurburu In “50 minutes inside», he even admits that he sometimes needs help with simple things. But the rapper sees life with a little more perspective: “There is a progression, age helping. We distance ourselves from things. I'm comfortable in my filth“, he explains.
Far from letting himself be confined by his past, the interpreter of “Benz today“feels more and more free today.”Before I was under a label“, he says, emphasizing how he freed himself from his chains over time. “I'm hyperactive, it goes in all directions“, he admits, laughing. He adds: “The more I advance, the more free I feel. Today, everything I do, I do it for me.“A man in search of freedom, even after all these years.
“I would like to be left alone”
JoeyStarr has no intention of hiding behind excuses when it comes to his past. When Isabelle Ithurburu approaches her convictions for domestic violencehe reacts bluntly: “ I let people tell and extrapolate what they want. I have no right to say that it weighs on me. Of course I would like to be left alone. I've done average or not good things, that's how you learn, it's part of the process. I'm behind in life. I'm not looking for an excuse “. A speech without filter, where he recognizes his errors while assuming his transformation.
Today, Karine Le Marchand's ex-companion has also evolved as a father. With three boys, Matisse, Khalil and Marcellohe sees himself as “ a tribal leader ».
« That too, I didn't have all the codes. I'm not with the moms anymore. I'm a dad from a distance but I think I'm there as much as possible. I try to convey to them that the contemporary is not gentle and that the era is grating », he concludes. A father who, despite his checkered past, strives to guide his children in this world which can be unforgiving.
