Youssoupha

Youssoupha Mabiki born August 29 1979 better known by his nickname Youssoupha is a French rapper of Congolese descent He was born to a Congolese father the musician and CongoKinshasa political figure Tabu Ley Rochereau and a Senegalese mother After spending his childhood in CongoKinshasa at the age of 10 he moved to France to live with relatives in Beziers then Osny Cergy and Sartrouville He finished his French baccaleureat at Académie de Versailles with high grades and continued with Cultural Mediation Communication at Roanne and La Guillotière After obtaining his masters degree he dedicated himself to music His first album Frères Lumières was a trio with two other friends They released a maxi single He was also involved in many musical projects including the album Tendance by the band Bana Kin with Sinistre Kozi Philo and Mic genie His own street DVD was released at end of 2005 as Eternel Recommencement followed in 2006 and was signed to Hostile record label After working with a number of renowned rappers he released his debut studio album in March 2007 titled À chaque frère To Every Brother containing collaborations from Diams Kool Shen SPi and Mike Génie His second album came out in October 2009 called Sur les chemins du retour On the Ways of Return alongside an international tour In preparation of his third album he also released a downloadable Digitape En noir et blanc En attendant Noir Désir Black White Waiting for Black Desire where he included some remixes of the album In January 2012 he released his third studio album Noir désir Black Desire featuring Taipan Corneille SPi Sams Indila LFDV and his own father Tabu Ley Rochereau Source Article Youssoupha from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30