Gilles Ateyaba Koffi Soler better known as Ateyaba, previously as Joke (born 1989) is a French rapper.

Early life

He was born in

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, France on 27 October 1989 and at age 10 moved to

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. As an adolescent, he released some materials on

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through which he was discovered by

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(of TTC) and was included in Stunts, the rap division of the label Institubes.

Career

He recorded some materials in

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that appeared in his

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''Prêt pour l'argent'' in August 2009. He left Institubes after the release. He had independent releases, the EP ''Prêt pour l'argent 1.5'' in with the guest appearance of the

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MC,

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. and EP ''Kyoto'' in 2012 and an appearance in Golden Eye Music 2012 compilation ''We Made It v.1'' with the track "MTP Anthem", a tribute to his city Montpellier. Joke released his third EP ''Tokyo'' on 27 May 2013. This project had a big success. The same year, he was signed to Def Jam France, part of

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His debut album '' Ateyaba'' was released on 2 June 2014''Le Nouvel Obsérvateur'': Vrairapfrancais - Chronique - Joke - ''Ateyaba''
with a number of tracks from the album charting on the SNEP Singles Chart. On this project, Joke worked with major artists like

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. In 2015, Joke released his fourth EP, ''Delorean Music''.

Discography

Albums

EPs

Mixtapes

Singles

*Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.

References

External links

Official website
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