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'''Bruno Beausir''' ({{IPA-|fr|bʁyno bosiʁ}}; born May 10, 1974), known by his stage name '''Doc Gynéco''' ({{IPA-|fr|dɔk ʒineko|pron}}), is a [[French hip hop]] musician. His music is typically characterized as a [[ragga]]/[[rap music|rap]] style, that has found its [[fan (aficionado)|fan]] base in France.

After the release of his first album, his sexual and provocative lyrics provoked discussion and criticism. However, the album sold 800,000 copies<ref name="sweeney"/> and Doc Gynéco became part of the popularising rap movement of the 1990s. His music, a mix of ragga and rap, addresses controversial subjects like drugs, sex, women, racism, and poverty. For example, one of his biggest hit at the time was “Nirvana,” a pessimistic song in which he promotes the use of drugs: “Je veux me droguer aux aspirines façon Marilyn” (‘I wanna pop pills like Marilyn’). In this song he explains how damaged life is in our society and how it pushes him to use drugs and, eventually to commit suicide: “Je veux atteindre le Nirvana” (‘I want to reach Nirvana”).<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6F0xxL_LhCM |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/6F0xxL_LhCM |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|via= YouTube |author= Doc Gyneco |title= Nirvana|date=15 May 2007 }}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Like "Nirvana", a lot of his songs are very nostalgic and refer to poverty and the poor living conditions in French social housing estates. The reason for this is that he had actually lived in the such estates since birth. His song "Né ici" ('Born here') expresses the perceived lack of social mobility among those living in the projects . He says: “Ma mère est née là-bas, mon père est né là-bas, moi je suis né ici dans la misère et les cris” ('My mom was born over there, my dad was born over there [in the Caribbean] but I was born here [in a Parisian housing estate] amidst all the poverty and pain').<ref>{{cite web| url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3cdhvU1B48 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/K3cdhvU1B48 |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|via= YouTube |author= Doc Gyneco ft Janik |title= Né ici|date=26 December 2006 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> Hence, one principal role for his work is to underline the issues of contemporary society.

Like many French rap artists, his works caused controversy; he was criticized for demeaning the status of women.<ref name="bremner">{{cite news |first=Charles |last=Bremner |title=Sarkozy rapped for hip-hop backer |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article630636.ece |work=The Times |location=London |date=2006-09-07 |accessdate=2008-06-21}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> Not all critics characterized him that way, though; one wrote, "Unjustly attacked for misogyny, he is in fact capable of encapsulating complex poetic emotion into the crude language of a ghetto love song such as 'Ma Salope a Moi' - 'My Slut'."<ref name="sweeney">{{cite news |first=Philip |last=Sweeney |title= Arts: The new Serge Gainsbourg |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19981209/ai_n14204651 |work=The Independent |location=London |date=1998-12-09 |accessdate=2008-06-21}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> He has also been criticized for promoting [[recreational drug use|drug]] use,<ref name="bremner"/> and dealing with other sensitive subjects (such as [[suicide]] in his song "Nirvana"). He stands apart, however, for rarely promoting violence in his works, something that had become a trademark for rap artists in [[France]].{{citation needed|date=June 2012}}

Unlike many French rappers, Beausir's politics are conservative, and he is close to politician [[Nicolas Sarkozy]], showing him his support during his presidential campaign.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xc080_doc-gyneco |title= Video doc gyneco - politique, rap, banlieue, 2007| website= DailyMotion.com| date= 27 August 2006| publisher= | access-date= }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal| last= Helenon| first= Veronique| title= Africa on Their Mind: Rap, Blackness, and Citizenship in France| workjournal= The Vinyl Ain’tAin't Final: Hip Hop and the Globalization of Black Popular Culture| date= 20 April 2006| editor-first1= Dipannita| editor-last1= Basu| editor-first2= Sidney J.| editor-last2= Lemelle| pages= 151–66| location= London; Ann Arbor, Michigan| publisher= Pluto Press| isbn= 9780745319414}}</ref> Despite claiming in 2001 to be close to the [[French Socialist Party|Socialist Party]], in 2006 he joined the [[Union for a Popular Movement]] and announced his support for Sarkozy in a party meeting in [[Marseille]].<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.salade-nicoise.net/spip.php?breve1094| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070930012119/http://www.salade-nicoise.net/spip.php?breve1094| archive-date= 2007-09-30| url-status= dead| title= Doc Gyneco a des ennuis fiscaux et chope la grosse dette| language= fr| trans-title= Doc Gyneco has tax trouble and grabs big debt| website= salade-nicoise.net}}</ref>

:Doc Gynéco & [[Assia (chanteusesinger)|Assia]] - ''Mauvais Garçon'' sur la compilation "Indigo - Version R&B"

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