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Smarty

Born in Dimbokro, Côte d'Ivoire, in 1978, Salif Louis Kiekieta grew up with a father from Burkina Faso and a mother from Côte d'Ivoire. He returned to Burkina-Faso in 1993, where he gradually joined the hip-hop scene, influenced by French-language rap and MC Solaar in particular. After trying his hand at a few freestyles, he met Mawndoé Célestin, with whom he founded the group Yeleen in 2000. Renamed Smarty, he and his duo released their first album in 2001, Juste un peu de lumière, and began to make a name for themselves nationally. After ten years, which saw the duo become an e...