Shurik'n is a member of the superstar French rap group IAM who made his chart-topping solo album debut in 1998. Born Geoffroy Mussard on March 11, 1966, in Marseille, he co-founded IAM in the late '80s with fellow group members Akhenaton (born Philippe Fragione), Freeman (Malek Brahimi), Khéops (Eric Mazel), Imhotep (Pascal Perez), and Kephren (François Mendy). After releasing an underground mixtape, IAM Concept (1990), the group made its full-length album debut in 1991 with ...de la Planète Mars on Virgin Records. The second IAM album, Ombre Est Lumière (1993), spawned the gr...