Rickwel (born in

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, France) is a French R&B singer of

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descent. Born in a southeastern suburb of

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, he spent his childhood in the Martinique where he keenly followed music from his early years and was a vocalist with the group One Day, a trio made up of Rickwel, his brother and a childhood friend.Skyrock website: Rickwel page
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, R&B and hip hop.Skyrock Rickw3ll page
/ref> Returning to France, he resided in

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to continue his studies in musicology. His meeting with French songwriter Tommy Djibz and French

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and DJ

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in 2006 was decisive in opening up opportunities. He was featured in French

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player

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's album in a track titled "

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" that Skalp was producing for Parker. The single, the second from Parker's album '' TP'' reached number 11 in SNEP, the official French Singles Chart. Rickwel released his own singles like "Pardonne moi" and "Danse pour moi" in addition to collaborating with a number of artists as vocalist, including

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in "YouPorn" and K-Reen in "T'aimer encore".

Discography

EPs

*''Tout ce qu'il me faut'' E

(2016)

Singles

*"Pardonne-moi" (2009) *"Danse pour moi" (2009) *"Tout ce qu'il me faut" (2015) *"Comment lui dire" (2016) ;Featured in ;Appearances *"YouPorn" (with

) (2010) *"Au bout de mes idées" (Rickwel, Gue-D'1, Green, Neskro & Teuch Ross) (2010) *"Demain j't'appelle" (Don Choa feat. Rickwel)

References

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