Stephen Jolin, better known as Anodajay, is a
rapper
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from
Rouyn-Noranda
Rouyn-Noranda (; Canada 2021 Census, 2021 population 42,313) is a city on Osisko Lake in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec, Canada.
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,
Quebec
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in
Canada
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.
[Anodajay: "Jamais Su" retour dans les 80's avec Diane Tell]
, musiqueradio.com, 19 April 2011, retrieved 2011-06-04[Matte, Christian (2010) "", Canoe.ca, 04-09-2010, retrieved 2011-06-04] He is best known for his cover of the Quebec classic renamed ''Le beat à Ti-bi'' , in duet with
Raôul Duguay.
Biography
Anodajay first encountered
hip hop
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at the age of twelve, and from the age of sixteen became more involved in it, along with his other main interest
basketball
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.
[Boudreault, Pierre-Wilfrid et al (2004) ''L'imaginaire Urbain et les Jeunes : La ville comme espace d'expériences identitaires et créatrices'', Presses de l'Université du Québec, , p. 329 et seq] He worked as a
physical education
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teacher at D'Iberville school for several years before pursuing music as a full-time career.
[Rodrigue, Patrick (2011)]
Anodajay allume les jeunes pour les convaincre d’éteindre
, '' Abitibi Express'', February 4, 2011, retrieved 2011-06-04 He released his first album Premier VII in 2003, but success came in 2006 with his second album ''Septentrion, which contained a'' cover of the Quebec classic renamed ''Le beat à Ti-bi,'' in duet with
Raôul Dugua''y''''.
'' His third album ''ET7ERA'', was released in 2010.
Personal life
He resides in
Abitibi,
Quebec
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.
Discography
Albums
*2003: ''Premier VII''
*2006: ''
Septentrion''
*2010: ''ET7ERA''
EPs
*2005: ''Le 7 secondes...''
Singles
*2011: "Jamais su"
*2011: "Mon neighborwood"
As Executive Producer
References
External links
Official website
1977 births
Living people
People from Rouyn-Noranda
Canadian male rappers
21st-century Canadian rappers
Musicians from Quebec
21st-century Canadian male musicians
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