however, unlike France, where the album became Khaled's biggest success. While well-received critically, it sold little in the U.S. There was even some reggae on "Mektoubi," which merged relatively seamlessly with the North African sound. A mix of producers gave varying sounds, with French hip-hoppers Akhenton & Imhotep proving the hardest on the track "Oran Marseille" with its rapid-fire rap. In 1996, he hit again with Sahra, whose first single, " Aïcha," written for his daughter, gave Khaled a French number one hit. That was firmly cemented the following year with the Was-produced N'ssi N'ssi, which mixed funk, rock, and an Egyptian orchestra behind Khaled's persuasive voice and winning smile for a major commercial breakthrough in France, winning a European, as well as North African, audience. It yielded his first big hit, " Didi" and helped consolidate his reputation as Raï's first superstar. He fared much better with 1992's Khaled, with some tracks produced by Michael Brook and others by Don Was. Arriving with a reputation, he attempted to take his music to a global level, although his real debut, Kutche, did him no favors with its jazz-rock arrangements. Guitarist Steve Hillage produced many of Khaled's career.īy 1986, Khaled (who'd now dropped the Cheb) had been forced to move to Paris, as violence in Algeria claimed lives and he'd been threatened several times (producer Ahmed would, in fact, be murdered, as would several Raï performers).
In the same year, he was crowned king of rai in the first official festival of rai which was staged in Oran. His rise to national fame was mainly due to the efforts of Lieutenant-Colonel Hosni Snoussi, director of the state-supported arts and culture Office Riadh el Feth, who took Khaled under his wing and invited him along with other rai stars to perform at the state-sponsored Festival de la Jeunesse pour la Fête Nationale in Algiers in July 1985. In the 1980s, Khaled started producing and singing songs in the Raï genre. Musical career Īt the age of 14, he founded the Cinq Étoiles (Five Stars) band and started performing in nightclubs and at weddings. When a traditional Oranese poet wants to describe love, Khaled says he prefers to take a different approach. Khaled was a playboy and a partier, rejecting the polite traditions of Algeria's poetry. Khaled Hadj Ibrahim was born in 1960 in Oran's Eckmühl neighborhood, Algeria.
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