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Mohamed Khelifati (Arabic: محمد خليفاتي, romanized: Muḥammad Khalīfātī; born 11 July 1966), better known by his stage name Cheb Mami (شاب مامي, shābb māmī), is an Algerian musician and singer-songwriter. He sings and speaks in Algerian Arabic and sometimes in Eastern Arabic dialects or in French.
Cheb Mami, Algerian popular singer who was a major force in the introduction of rai music to Western audiences at the turn of the 21st century. His 1999 collaboration with Sting on the single ‘Desert Rose’ became a hit in the United States, extending his fan base from Europe and North Africa to North America.
Bio Cheb Mami, born Mohamed Khelifati, is an Algerian singer, songwriter, and one of the most important rai musicians, who took the genre international. Cheb Mami's career kicked off with him performing at local weddings. Coming second on a radio talent show in 1982, helped introduce him to producers and kickstart his career professionally.
Raï (/ r aɪ. i /, / r aɪ /; Arabic: راي, rāʾy, ), sometimes written rai, is a form of Algerian folk music that dates back to the 1920s. Singers of Raï are called cheb ( شاب ) or cheba (شابة), i.e. young, as opposed to sheikh ( شيخ , shaykh ), i.e. old, the name given to Chaabi singers.
Artist Name: Cheb Mami شاب مامي Genre: Raï Country: Algeria Artist Bio: Cheb Mami is probably the best known name in Algerian rai music these days, thanks to his collaboration with Sting on...
Mohamed Khelifati, dit Cheb Mami, est un chanteur de raï et acteur algérien, né le 11 juillet 1966 à Saïda en Algérie.
Cheb Mami is an iconic Algerian Rai singer and songwriter. He was born Ahmed Khelifati Mohamed in Saïda, Algeria, on July 11th, 1962. Through his career, he has mixed traditional Rai music with modern sounds from around the world.
