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BIC
Roosevelt Saillant (born April 23, 1975, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti), known as BIC Tizon Dife, is a Haitian rapper, singer-songwriter, and slam poet. He launched his career around 2000 (Flex; then the BIC collective: Brain-Intelligence-Creat…
Biography
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Roosevelt Saillant (born April 23, 1975, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti), known as BIC Tizon Dife, is a Haitian rapper, singer-songwriter, and slam poet. He launched his career around 2000 (Flex; then the BIC collective: Brain-Intelligence-Creativity) and has since released multiple studio albums that fuse hip-hop with konpa, jazz, and traditional rhythms. BIC is renowned for socially conscious, poetic lyrics. He served as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador (2021–2023), has worked with SPEDH and CERFAS, partnered on road-safety advocacy with Handicap International, and was Artist-in-Residence at MIT in 2019 (digital storytelling/music/poetry). In 2014 he received the Institut Français “Visas pour la création”.
Top releases: Wow (2005); Kreyòl chante, Kreyòl konprann Vol. 1 (2010); Vol. 2 (2012); Recto-Vèso (2014); Vokabi-Lari (2016); BICsyonè (2019); Été en Hiver (2023); Plus Loin (2008).
Popular songs: Respèkte Fanm (feat. Mikaben); Papa Prezidan; Poz Map Tounen; Banm Tèt Mwen; Nèg (feat. Fantom); Ma peye sa (feat. Phyllisia Ross & J. Perry); Mwen renmen sa (feat. Rutshelle Guillaume); Medam yo (feat. Princess Eud & Black Parents); La loi (feat. Kikan & Atis Konsyan).
Recurring themes: Civic education; justice and governance; culture and identity; love, family, and everyday life.
Recognized for: UNICEF ambassadorship (2021–2023); MIT residency (2019); Institut Français award (2014).
Alias & slogan: “BIC Tizon Dife” — “Boule men pa brile pawòl.”
Collaborations: Mikaben; Beethova Obas; Wangolo; F-Mack; Fantom; Atis Konsyan; Phyllisia Ross; J. Perry; Rutshelle Guillaume; Princess Eud; Black Parents; Kikan; Rémy Jean; Plezi Mizik; Kenny Haiti.
Discography
Albums & songs
BICsyonè
2019 · 0 songs
Recto-Vèso
2014 · 0 songs
Kreyol Chante, Kreyol Konprann - Vol. 2
2012 · 1 songs
- • Alèkile
Kreyol Chante Kreyol Konprann
2010 · 2 songs
- • Lè m wè w
- • 1+1=1
Plus loin
2008 · 0 songs
Wow
2005 · 0 songs
Brain Intelligence Creativity
— · 8 songs
- • Alelouya
- • Je lève mon verre
- • Haïbécoise
- +5 more…