# Malaa

Malaa is a French electronic dance music DJ and producer, who is signed to Tchami's label Confession. He broke onto the electronic music scene through his single "Notorious", which was the second release on Confession. His identity is unknown as he appears in public as a balaclava-wearing man. His participation in the Pardon My French collective suggests he is French, as all other members are.

## Identity

Malaa's identity is unknown. It is strongly suggested that Malaa consists of a duo with DJs DJ Snake and Tchami, as they are credited often on each other's track productions and are connected to the project via remixes. It is also speculated that French DJ Mercer is involved in Malaa, since the same management team is shared between the three artists. Through a Reddit post made on the topic, Redditors discovered a tweet on Twitter where a user wrote "cant believe im opening for dj snake + tchami's side project next thursday", while linking to a SoundCloud mix by Malaa. The tweet was then favourited by DJ Snake's Twitter account, which hints his participation on the topic. French DJ Sebastien Benett is also speculated to be Malaa, due to the quick removal of a Facebook comment from Mercer's profile which stated that Malaa was a nickname of Benett and that the last posts by Benett on SoundCloud coincide with the first appearances of Malaa. Both have also been seen individually smoking cigarettes frequently. Benett was also part of the group of 5 dj's called 'Reepublic' before joining the Malaa project.

## Career
### 2015–present

In September 2017, Malaa and French future house artist Tchami announced their "No Redemption" tour which was held in North America. To promote the tour event, they released a hip-hop influenced house track titled "Summer 99" on 29 September 2017.
Malaa is known for his "Who Is Malaa?" continuous mixes which he releases through SoundCloud, which feature ghetto house and future house tracks.
Malaa performed at the 22nd Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in April 2023.

### Pardon My French

Malaa is currently part of the Pardon My French team, a collective of four French DJs composed of DJ Snake, Mercer, Tchami and himself. Throughout the year 2016 and early 2017, the collective went on a Pardon My French Tour in North America.

## Discography
### Compilation albums

| Title | Details |
| Illegal Mixtape | Released: 17 April 2017 Label: Confession Formats: Digital download |
| Illegal Mixtape II | Released: 8 November 2018 Label: Confession Formats: Digital download |

### Extended plays

| Title | Details | Track Listing |
| Illicit | Released: 5 July 2016 Label: Confession Format: Digital download | List "Illicit Intro" "Diamonds" "Frequency 75" "Danger" |
| No Redemption (with Tchami) | Released: 4 April 2018 Label: Confession Format: Digital download | List "No Redemption Intro" "Summer '99" "Kurupt" "The Sermon" "Deus" |

### Singles

| Year | Title | Album | Label |
| 2015 | "H+M" | Non-album singles | Self-released |
| 2015 | "Pregnant" | Non-album singles | Fool's Gold Records |
| 2016 | "Fade" | Non-album singles | Confession |
| 2016 | "Arsenic" (with Maximono) | Non-album singles | Confession |
| 2016 | "Diamonds" | Ilicit EP | Confession |
| 2016 | "Notorious" | Non-album singles | Confession |
| 2016 | "Prophecy" (with Tchami) | Non-album singles | Confession |
| 2017 | "Bylina" | Illegal Mixtape | Confession |
| 2017 | "Contagious" | Illegal Mixtape | Confession |
| 2017 | "Belleville" | Non-album singles | Confession |
| 2017 | "Paris 96" | Non-album singles | Self-released |
| 2017 | "Hostyl" (with Dombresky) | Non-album singles | Confession |
| 2017 | "Summer 99" (with Tchami] | No Redemption EP | Confession |
| 2017 | "The Sermon" (with Tchami) | No Redemption EP | Confession |
| 2018 | "Kurupt" (with Tchami) | No Redemption EP | Confession |
| 2018 | "Music Sounds Better with You" (with Noizu) (by Stardust) | Non-album singles | Self-released |
| 2018 | "Bling Bling" | Illegal Mixtape II | Confession |
| 2018 | "Cash Money" | Illegal Mixtape II | Confession |
| 2018 | "We Get Crunk" | Illegal Mixtape II | Confession |
| 2019 | "Addiction" | Non-album singles | Confession |
| 2019 | "Revolt" (featuring Jacknife) | Non-album singles | Premiere Classe Records |
| 2019 | "Criminals" (with Rezz) | Non-album singles | Rezz Music / Confession |
| 2020 | "OCB" | Non-album singles | Confession |
| 2020 | "Don't Talk" | Non-album singles | Confession |
| 2020 | "Hell" (with Koos) | Non-album singles | Confession |
| 2020 | "Riot Gear" (with Habstrakt) | Non-album singles | Confession |
| 2021 | "Ring the Alarm" (with DJ Snake) | Non-album singles | Interscope |
| 2021 | "Soul Trippin'" | Non-album singles | Illegal Music |
| 2021 | "Pondicherry" (with DJ Snake) | Non-album singles | Interscope |
| 2021 | "Who I Am" | Non-album singles | Illegal Music |
| 2022 | "Wait" | Non-album singles | Illegal Music |
| 2022 | "Outcast" (with Fivio Foreign) | Don Malaa. | Illegal Music |

### Remixes

List of remixes, showing year released and original artists :
| Title | Year | Original artist |
| "Lean On" (Malaa Remix) | 2015 | Major Lazer and DJ Snake (featuring MØ) |
| "White Iverson" (Malaa Remix) | 2015 | Post Malone |
| "After Life" (Malaa Remix) | 2015 | Tchami |
| "Can't Feel My Face" (Malaa Remix) | 2015 | The Weeknd |
| "Mind" (Malaa Remix) | 2016 | Jack Ü (featuring Kai) |
| "Oh Me Oh My" (Malaa Remix) | 2017 | DJ Snake |
| "Satisfy" (Malaa Remix) | 2018 | Mercer (featuring Ron Carroll) |
| "Music Sounds Better With You" (Malaa and Noizu Remix) | 2018 | Stardust |
| "Enzo" (Malaa Remix) | 2019 | DJ Snake and Sheck Wes (featuring Offset, 21 Savage and Gucci Mane) |
| "Someone Else" (Malaa Remix) | 2020 | Rezz and Grabbitz |
| "Trust Nobody" (Malaa Remix) | 2020 | DJ Snake |
| "Anything" (Malaa Remix) | 2021 | Alison Wonderland and Valentino Khan |
| "Pick Your Battles" (Malaa Remix) | 2021 | Petit Biscuit and Diplo |
| "Praise" (Malaa Remix) | 2021 | Tchami (featuring Gunna) |