Ismaël Isaac (born Kaba Diakité Issiaka in 1966) is an Ivorian

reggae Reggae () is a music genre that originated in Jamaica during the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its Jamaican diaspora, diaspora. A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals, "Do the Reggay", was the first ...

singer. Born in

Abidjan Abidjan ( , ; N'Ko script, N'ko: ߊߓߌߖߊ߲߬) is the largest city and the former capital of Ivory Coast. As of the Demographics of Ivory Coast, 2021 census, Abidjan's population was 6.3 million, which is 21.5 percent of the overall population ...

, his parents are from Ponondougou in the north of the country. He is strongly influenced by

Bob Marley Robert Nesta Marley (6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981) was a Jamaican singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Considered one of the pioneers of reggae, he fused elements of reggae, ska and rocksteady and was renowned for his distinctive voca ...

and

Alpha Blondy Seydou Koné (; born January 1, 1953, in Dimbokro), better known by his stage name Alpha Blondy, is an Ivorian reggae singer and international recording artist. Many of his songs are politically and socially motivated, and are mainly sung i ...

.The Leopard Man's African Music Guide
/ref> He was discovered on the Ivorian television show ''First Chance'' broadcast on Radio Television Ivoirienne and was found by the keyboardist Georges Kouakou. Its success led him to have a record contract with

Island Records Island Records is a multinational record label owned by Universal Music Group. It was founded in Jamaica by Chris Blackwell, Graeme Goodall, and Leslie Kong in 1959, and was eventually sold to PolyGram in 1989. Island and A&M Records, another ...

, and "Taxi Jump" was released in 1993. In August 2014, Ismael came back after 14 years with his new album called "Je reste" produced by Canta Productions with some featuring from Mokobe and Bony RAS.

Discography

* 1986 – ''Tchilaba'' * 1989 – ''Yatiman'' * 1990 – ''Rahman'' * 1993 – ''Taxi Jump'' * 1997 – ''Treich Feeling (Back in Stock)'' * 2000 – ''Black System'' * 2014 – ''Je reste''

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Reggae 2007
20th-century Ivorian male singers 1966 births Living people Ivorian reggae musicians People from Abidjan {{Africa-musician-stub