Salif Fofana better known by the mononym Salif (born Salif Wonka in 1982), is a French rapper based in

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of Malian and

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an origin. His musical career began at the age of thirteen when he and EXS formed the rap duo Nysay in 1995. Salif released his first solo album, ''Tous Ensemble – Chacun Pour Soi'', in 2001. To date he has released four

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s, all of which have entered the Top 75 of the French albums chart. His most commercially successful album so far was ''Curriculum Vital'', which reached a peak position of #9 in the French chart in October 2009.

Discography

Albums

Singles

*2009: "Boomerang" *2010: "Jean Slim"

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Salif French rappers 1982 births Living people French people of Malian descent French people of Guadeloupean descent