Kamel Messaoudi ( ar, كمال مسعودي), (30 January 1961; Bouzaréah, Algeria – 10 December 1998;

Algiers Algiers ( ; ar, الجزائر, al-Jazāʾir; ber, Dzayer, script=Latn; french: Alger, ) is the capital and largest city of Algeria. The city's population at the 2008 Census was 2,988,145Census 14 April 2008: Office National des Statistiques ...

) was an Algerian Chaabi music performer, highly regarded as one of the greatest musicians in Algeria history.

Biography

He was born in a family of Kabyle origins on January, 30th, 1961, in Bouzaréah at the suburbs of

where he grew up. He started performing chaabi music in 1974 in a students group band.

Discography

*''Echamaâ'' *''Ya hassra âalik ya denya'' *''Ya dzair ra7 tab el qalb'' *''Njoum ellil'' *''Kalthoum'' *''Wahd El ghouziel'' *''Hanna'' *''Ech Tsaid'' *''Asm3i ya lbnia'' *''Kifech ana n'habek'' *''Moulat essalef etoui'' *''Mouhel ana n'nssek'' *''Win rayha'' *''Ma n'zid n'khemem'' *''Ouallah ma d'ritek'' *''Mchiti ma chfti wrak'' *''Ma Bqat roudjla'' *''Men houb hadi laghzala'' *''Ya lahbiba ma tabkich'' *''Ya 3rouss -3zziz A3liya- Enta l'habib'' *''Nuit Elyoum N'tfakrek'' *''Rahou Mqaderli'' *''Rouh ya zamen'' (Samhini) *''Ya Mahla ellil'' *''Khaliha ta3mel ma bghat'' *''Al ouadaâ'' *''Nbghi tkouni Mastoura'' *''Nahlem bik''

Death

He died in a car crash in December 1998, at the age of 37.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Messaoudi, Kamel 1961 births 1998 deaths Musicians from Algiers Road incident deaths in Algeria Algerian composers 20th-century Algerian male singers 20th-century composers Kabyle people