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musician of Moroccan origin. Adil Takhssait was born 24 April 1979 in Paris, France, in a Moroccan family and immigrated to Canada in 1993, and established himself in Montreal. He is an author, composer and performer. He is signed to K.Pone.Inc record label.

In LMDS

Adil Takhssait formed in 1994 his first band LMDS abbreviation of ''Les Messagers Du Son'' with his classmate and friend Cyril Kamar (later on K'Maro). Adil took the name "Mélo" (Mélopsy) whereas Cyril Kamar took the name Lyrik. LMDS, Les Messagers du Son, has had two successful albums, ''Les Messagers du Son'' in 1997 and ''Il Faudrait Leur Dire'' in 1999. The self-titled debut album of LMDS ''Les Messagers du Son'' issued in 1997 achieved top positions in the

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charts and the duo appeared at

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music festival in 1999. They followed that by ''"Il faudrait leur dire"'' and a compilation released in France, where both had resided for some time. After the break-up of the group in 2001, both Adil Takhssait and Cyril Kamar have continued with solo careers

Vaï, as a solo act

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". His follow-up album ''Ma raison'' in 2008 included the single "Sur ma vie" and the music video featured in the daily Top 5 chart in Canadian French language cable television

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Personal life

Vaï is married to a professional photographer and has a son with her. During his hiatus from rapping, he opened a burger business under the name Vaï Burger in Laval and in Ville Saint-Laurent, Quebec.

Albums & EPs

With LMDS

*1997: ''Les Messagers du Son'' *1999: ''Il Faudrait Leur Dire''

As solo act

Singles

With LMDS

*"Cette une belle histoire" (with Jodie Resther) *"Joins toi à la dance" *"Tu me dirais" *"Le bien de demain" *"La Squadra"

As solo act

*"Street Life" featuring

(2004) *"Sur ma vie" (2008) *"Infidèle" (2009) *"À zéro" (2019) *"Corrida" (2019) *"Sous la pluie" (2019) *"Revolver" (2019) *"Suffoque" (2020) *"Namek" (2020) *"HEAVEN" (2020)

References

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External links

Vaï YouTube

MySpace site
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