Gilles Ateyaba Koffi Soler better known as Ateyaba, previously as Joke (born 27 October 1989) is a French rapper.

Early life

He was born in

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, France and at 10 moved to

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. As an adolescent, he released some materials on Myspace through which he was discovered by Teki Latex (of TTC) and was included in Stunts, the rap division of the label Institubes.

Career

He recorded some materials in

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that appeared in his

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''Prêt pour l'argent'' in August 2009. He left Institubes after the release. He had independent releases, the EP ''Prêt pour l'argent 1.5'' in with the guest appearance of the

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MC,

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. and EP ''Kyoto'' in 2012 and an appearance in Golden Eye Music 2012 compilation ''We Made It v.1'' with the track "MTP Anthem", a tribute to his city Montpellier. Joke released his third EP ''Tokyo'' on 27 May 2013. This project had a big success. The same year, he was signed to Def Jam France, part of

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His debut album '' Ateyaba'' was released on 2 June 2014''Le Nouvel Obsérvateur'': Vrairapfrancais - Chronique - Joke - ''Ateyaba''
with a number of tracks from the album charting on the SNEP Singles Chart. On this project, Joke worked with major artists like

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and

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. In 2015, Joke released his fourth EP, ''Delorean Music''.

Discography

Albums

EPs

Mixtapes

Singles

*Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ateyaba French rappers 1989 births Living people Musicians from Montpellier French people of Togolese descent French people of Spanish descent