The popular French singer Kendji Girac was seriously injured by a gunshot last night, apparently by a accidental shootingand is found hospitalized in Bordeaux, local media reported this Monday. Initially it was reported that the life of the 27-year-old singer, He was in danger after being admitted to the Bordeaux University Hospital (southwest) with a shot in the chest, although it was later specified that his condition is not so alarming. The interpreter declared from his hospital bed that he accidentally shot himself with a gun that he had bought on Sunday at a market and that he was trying to test.

Girac suffered the incident in a caravan in a reception area nomadic people in Biscarrosse, in the Landes, about 150 kilometers from the border with Spain. The singer, despite his success, He has not abandoned his family’s traditional way of life gypsy The Gendarmerie was called around 5:30 this morning (3:30 GMT) and organized the transfer of the injured man to the hospital while they began investigations, public radio reported.

Son of a gypsy family of Catalan originGirac (whose real name is Kendji Jason Maillé) became known for his performances on social networks before participating in the third season of the television contest ‘The Voice’, of which he won in 2014. There he began his recording career, with a first song in French and Spanish titled ‘Color Gitano’ (2014), which would later be part of his first album, ‘Kendji’.

The album, the second best-selling in France that year, received several awards and consolidated the performer in the French musical scene, with songs like ‘Andalouse’ and ‘Bella’. Girac’s career has already accumulated five full-length albums, the last of which was published in December 2022, and together they have accumulated sales of several million units.