Background and career
Gilles Duarte (French pronunciation: [ʒil dwaʁte]; born 21 May 1972), better known by his stage name Stomy Bugsy, is a French rapper and actor from Sarcelles, France.
Born in Paris on 21 May 1972 of Cap Verdian origins, Duarte co-founded hip hop band Ministère AMER in the early 90s. In 1996, he started a solo career with the album Le Calibre qu'il te faut (The calibre that you need) and found great success with the single "Mon papa à moi est un gangster". He went on and released 5 more full-length solo albums and 10 collaborative albums including one live record with hip-hop collective Secteur Ä. His latest solo release is Royalties in 2015, released online on 27 April 2015. Duarte has also had several acting roles including Ma 6-T va crack-er in 1997, 3 Zeros in 2001, Gomèz and Tavares in 2003, Nèg maron in 2005, Anna Meyer, assistante de choc in 2006, and Aliker in 2008 which he portrayed André Aliker, a Martinique Communism journalist in the 1930s. He later appeared in Bye Bye Blondie (2012), an adaptation of a book by author Virginie Despentes.
The origin of his stage name was known in the 1980s. The second part of the name, Bugsy, is derived after the mafia Bugsy Siegel.
He has two sons, Bilal, born in 1992, who started a rapping career in 2014 under the stage name Sonof, and Lat Dior born in 2013. Stomy Bugsy is the nephew of the former Thai boxing champion Aurelién Duarte.
Le prince des lascars (1996) (The prince of thugs) Le calibre qu'il te faut (1996) (The calibre that you need) Oh Lé Lé Lé (Cabo Verde) REMIX (1996) Trop jeune pour mourir (2000) (Too young to die) Black Pimp Fada (2000) 4ème Round (2003) (4th (French) Round (English)) Rimes Passionnelles (2007) (Rhymes of passion) Royalties (2015) With Ministère AMER:
Pourquoi Tant de Haine (1992) 95200 (1994) L'Intégrale (2 CD) - Compilation Les Meilleurs Dossiers (2004)
Sources
Net-worth figure: Celebrity Net Worth (October 2026), in USD. Biography and career facts: the person's Wikipedia article and linked reporting. Snapshot date for all StarWorth figures: 28 October 2026.
