Mohamed Sylla, better known by his stage name MHD, is a French rapper based in Paris, known for blending trap music with African music; a genre he coined as “Afro Trap”. He was previously part of the rap collective 1.9 Réseaux. Born in Vendée to a family of West African extraction, MHD began his career as a rapper in Paris at the age of 18. He found success in the mid-2010s through material he published on social media, and in 2016, he released his debut album “MHD,” which sold more than 200,000 copies in 6 months.
