Socrate Petnga (born April 23, 1979), better known as Mac Tyer (/ˈtaɪər/), is a French rapper of Cameroonian descent, from Aubervilliers, Île-de-France. He is also known as Monsieur Socrate or mononym Socrate.
He was also member of Perestroika, a hip hop trio made up of Mac Tyer, Mac Kregor (real name Makenzy Guerrier), also from Aubervilliers, France but of Haitian descent and Dontcha. The band was formed in 1999, and active initially for one year, with very rare appearances later on.
With Dontcha opting to continue on a solo career, Mac Tyer and Mac Kregor turned it into a rap duo renaming it Tandem in 2000. Tandem remained active until 2014, although its members also released solo albums of their own. Tandem was signed at various times to Because Music, Première Classe and Hostile Records.
Discography
Albums
- as part of duo Tandem
- 2005: C'est toujours pour ceux qui savent
- Solo
| Year | Album | Peak positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| FR [1] |
BEL (Wa) [2] | ||
| 2006 | Le général (credited to Socrate AKA Mac Tyer) |
28 | — |
| 2008 | D'où je viens | 28 | — |
| 2010 | Hat-Trick | 28 | — |
| 2012 | Untouchable | 66 | — |
| 2013 | Banger #1 | 66 | — |
| 2014 | Banger II | 54 | — |
| 2015 | Je suis une légende | 6 | 76 |
| 2017 | Banger 3 | 12 [3] |
— |
| 2018 | C'est la street mon pote | 55 | — |
| 2020 | Noir | 33 | — |
| 2021 | Noir. II | 133 | — |
| Noir. III | 57 | — | |
Mixtapes / EPs
- as part of duo Tandem
- 2001: Ceux qui savent m'ecoutent (EP)
- 2004: Tandematique Modéle Vol. 1 (Mixtape)
- 2005: La Trilogie (Maxi)
- Solo
- 2005: Patrimoine du ghetto (produced by Jo Le Balafré)
Singles
- Solo
| Year | Single | Peak positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| FR [1] | |||
| 2014 | "Laisse-moi te dire" (feat. Maître Gims) |
37 | |
| 2015 | "Un jour peut-être" | 92 | Je suis une légende |
| "Je suis une légende" | 190 | ||
| "Fantômes" (Mac Tyer / Blacko) |
153 | ||
| 2020 | "Moto" (feat. Ninho) |
7 | Noir |
- Featured in
| Year | Single | Peak positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| FR [1] | |||
| 2013 | "On s'en bat les couilles 2013" (La Fouine feat. Mac Tyer) |
183 | La Fouine album Drôle de parcours |
| 2017 | "Comme à l'ancienne" (Rémy feat. Mac Tyer) |
176 | Rémy album C'est Rémy |
| 2018 | "Woah" (Sofiane feat. Vald, Mac Tyer, Soolking, Kalash Criminel, Sadek & Heuss L'Enfoiré) |
5 | 93 Empire (by Various Artists) |
| 2019 | "Briganté" (Kaaris feat. Mac Tyer & Sofiane) |
33 | Kaaris album Or Noir Part 3 |
Other releases and charted songs
- Solo
| Year | Single | Peak positions | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| FR [1] | |||
| 2018 | "Il se passe quoi" (feat. Kaaris & Sofiane) |
107 | C'est la street mon pote |
| 2021 | "Grammy" (feat. Freeze Corleone) |
84 | Noir 3 |
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Mac Tyer discography". lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ↑ "Mac Tyer discography". ultratop.be/fr/. Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
- ↑ "Le Top de la semaine : Top Albums – SNEP (Week 17, 2017)" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 3 May 2017.