Ali Fitzgerald Moore (born February 25, 1978), better known by his stage name Big Ali and formerly Breakingz and Grimer, is an American singer, rapper, songwriter and DJ born in

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. He has been based in

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, since 2001. He is signed to Up Music, a

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label.

Career

Big Ali released his debut album ''Louder'' in May 2009 on the record label. The album featured a great number of French and international producers and artists. "Hit the Floor" taken from the album became his first big single in October 2008 followed by "Neon Music" released in March 2009. A third single "Universal Party" followed in November 2009. In collaborations, the joint 2006 single "

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" by

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and Cutee-B featuring Dollarman, Ali & Makedah stayed at #1 for four weeks on the

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Belgian charts. In 2007, it became a number one hit in ''

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''s

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. Big Ali wrote his first lyrics at the age of 8. He created a crew of DJs called "World Famous Vynil Squad". He also had radio and TV collaborations such radio show "Full Throttle" with national US emissions in led by his friend Fatman Scoop and is creator of the show ''Jumpoff'' hosted by Ed Lover and

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. He hosted his own show "The Magic Hour" at the

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in New York. Big Ali has also worked in club venues in the United States, Asia, Latin America and Europe and is very famous in France. He participated as an MC at the

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, and is at the Saint Tropez VIP Room every year. He has worked with many successful French artists such as

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, Amine,

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, Kore & Scalp, Leslie,

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with

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on the hit "Dirty Hous",

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and more recently

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on her smash hit "Donne-Moi Le La" and others. Big Ali hosts one Saturday per month the show "Show Time" on Radio NRJ.

Discography

Albums

Solo singles

Charting

Featuring

Charting

Others

* 2006: Midas Touch (with

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) on the album Phoenix 2006 * 2007: "Dirty House"

with Big Ali) in the album ''La Résurrection'' (Banlieue South remix) * 2008: "Stronger" / "Plus fort" (with

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) from her album ''

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'' * 2008: "Habibi" (with Leslie and

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) * 2008: "Bienvenue chez les Bylkas" (with

, Cheb Bilal) * 2009: "No Stress" (with Laurent Wolf et DJ Snake) * 2009: "New New New" (with Bob Sinclar) (Big Ali appears only in the music video for the song) * 2009: "Groove On" (remix) (with

Timati Timur Ildarovich Yunusov (born August 15, 1983), better known by his stage name Timati (russian: link=no, Ти́мати), is a Russian rapper, singer, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur. Biography Early life Timur Ildarovich Yunusov ( ...

and

Snoop Dogg Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. (born October 20, 1971), known professionally as Snoop Dogg (previously Snoop Doggy Dogg and briefly Snoop Lion), is an American rapper. His fame dates back to 1992 when he featured on Dr. Dre's debut solo single, " ...

) * 2010: "Des larmes de sang" (with

Florent Pagny Florent Pagny (born 6 November 1961) is a French singer-songwriter, musician and actor. He records his work in French, as well as in Italian, Spanish and English. His greatest hits include " N'importe quoi", " Savoir aimer" and " Ma Liberté de ...

) * 2010: "Calypso" (DJ Snake feat. Big Ali) * 2010: "Playground" (with

DJ Assad Adam Ashadally (born 14 December 1982), better known by his stage name DJ Assad, is a Mauritian-French DJ and record producer. He is best known for his ''Royal Mix'' radioshow on NRJ. The album ''Playground'' was released on June 7th 2010. Care ...

and

Willy William Willy Fauade William (born 14 April 1981) is a French DJ, record producer and singer, famous for his club remixes and vocal collaborations with a number of dance music artists. He is most famous for his French hit " Ego" and his Latin hit " Mi Gen ...

) * 2010: "Make Some Noise" (with Claude N'Joya and Richard Bahericz) * 2010: "Ciao Amore" (with

Dara Bubamara Radojka Adžić ( sr-cyr, Радојка Аџић; born 21 May 1976), better known as Dara Bubamara ( sr-Cyrl, Дара Бубамара, lit=Dara the Ladybug), is a Serbian singer from Novi Sad. Early life Radojka Adžić was born on 21 May 197 ...

) * 2012: "Le Dernier Jour" (the last day) (with PZK) * 2013: "Džoni Džoni" (with

) * 2017: "Segui Me" (with Master Sina and Cheb Khalass)

References

External links

Big Ali MyspaceBig Ali Twitter page
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