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Menelik
Ménélik is one of those associated with the early commercial success of rap in
France. A college friend of MC Solaar, Ménélik worked with Jimmy Jay and Posse
501, before being spotted by Gilles Peterson, who got him to sing on acid jazz
projects. His collaboration with Germany's No Sé brought Ménélik his first hit
in 1995 with "Quelle aventure! His second hit, "Tout baigne", did not, however,
enable the album Phénoménélik (1995) to break through. Ménélik opened for MC
Solaar and won a Victoire de la Musique award in 1996. Preceded by the hits "Je
me souviens" and above all "Bye-B...
