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Faudel (–)
Dubbed "The Little Prince of Raï" (Le Petit Prince du Raï), Faudel—born Faudel Belloua—is one of the most widely recognized raï performers to have emerged in the s.
Modern raï, a fusion of European pop and traditional North African music, emerged out of Algeria in the s.
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In the s and s, most of its development has taken place within France where many Algerian-born raï artists established themselves. Faudel is credited with having kept the genre popular among a younger generation of French North Africans, and his linguistic and musical experimentation has given him a relatively distinctive identity within the world of raï.
PERSONAL HISTORY
One of eight children, Faudel was born 6 June to Algerian immigrant parents in the Val Fourré district of Mantes-la-Jolie, a suburb of Paris known for its large immigrant population.
He is part of a large French subpopulation of beurs (an accepted and widely used slang term for French North Africans and Arabs).
At age twelve, Faud