What is "lascars"

n. (plural of lascar English)

Lascars (English: Homiez) is a French animated series created by Boris Dolivet, aka El Diablo, it was aired on the French channel Canal + for the first time in 1998. This series spawned two seasons, the first one in 1998 and the second in 2007, a pilot for a project of a 20-minute series, a comic and a movie. The episodes follow the mishaps of young men living in a district, the series is rife with hip-hop culture, most of the voice cast are French rappers.

Lascars shorts aired in Canada on Teletoon under the title Homiez in English.

Lascars is a 2009 French animated film with voice stars Vincent Cassel and Diane Kruger. The film is a feature film adaptation of the French TV series Les Lascars. The film, which had a budget of €10 million, was co-produced by Canal Plus and France 2 and distributed by Bac Films. Cassel plays Tony, a petty crook whose friend Jose falls for Clemence (Kruger), a rich woman, and wants to quit the life of crime. The film has the alternative English title Round Da Way.