Brahim Mahrez known by his mononym Brahim is
French-
Algeria
)
, image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg
, map_caption =
, image_map2 =
, capital = Algiers
, coordinates =
, largest_city = capital
, religi ...
n
reggae
Reggae () is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its diaspora. A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals, "Do the Reggay" was the first popular song to use the ...
and
ragga
Raggamuffin music, usually abbreviated as ragga, is a subgenre of dancehall and reggae music. The instrumentals primarily consist of electronic music. Similar to hip hop, sampling often serves a prominent role in raggamuffin music.
Wayne Smi ...
singer. He has released three albums to date.
He spent his youth in
Tours
Tours ( , ) is one of the largest cities in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France. It is the prefecture of the department of Indre-et-Loire. The commune of Tours had 136,463 inhabitants as of 2018 while the population of the whole metr ...
, France. He was part of Wadada Sound System as their vocalist between 1989 and 1995, before leaving them for a solo career. He appeared on a mixtape released by Cutkiller. His first solo studio album ''Dans quel monde on vit'' was recorded in Jet Star studios in London and was produced by Yovo and Giovanny and sold more than 10,000 copies. He toured France in promotion of the album. He opened for Toots and the Maytals in their French tour. He also appeared in festivals. His second album was ''Toujours sur la route'' in 2009, with personal engaging lyrics about social issues, a theme he followed in his third album ''Sans haine'' in 2012 released on Baco Records.
ReggaeFrance: Brahim - biography
Discography
Albums
*2000: ''Dans quel monde on vit''
*2009: ''Toujours sur la route''
*2012: ''Sans haine''
*2014: ''Déconnecté''
References
External links
MySpace
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mahrez, Brahim
French reggae singers
Living people
French people of Algerian descent
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century Algerian male singers
21st-century French male singers