Rabah Driassa (19 August 1934 – 8 October 2021Décès de l'artiste algérien Rabeh Deriassa
) was an Algerian painter and singer interpreting folk music. He was mostly active between the 1950s through 1980s where a number of his songs ("Hizia", "Nejma Qotbia", "El Goumri") became national hits in Algeria.

Biography

Drissa was born in 1934 in

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. He lost his mother at the age of 12, and his father at 15. Being an orphan with five brothers to help, he started his career by sculpting on glass and working on miniatures. His introduction to the music world happened in 1953, when the radio broadcasting at Khaldoun in

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proposed him to sing his own musical composition.

Discography

Rabah Driassa has a rich discography compiled over the years through his career. Among his most famous hits: * "Ya Lhouta" * "Ya Tayr Lwarchane" * "Ya Tafaha" * "Al Momarida£" * "Ya Zayr Lemqam" * "Hizia" * "Nejma Qotbia" * "El Goumri"

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Driassa, Rabah 1934 births 2021 deaths 20th-century Algerian painters People from Blida Male painters 20th-century male artists 20th-century Algerian male singers 21st-century Algerian people