Sarahmée Ouellet (born 1988 in

Dakar Dakar ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Senegal, largest city of Senegal. The Departments of Senegal, department of Dakar has a population of 1,278,469, and the population of the Dakar metropolitan area was at 4.0 mill ...

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), mononymously known as Sarahmée, is a

ese-

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rapper from

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. She is most noted for her single "T'as pas cru", which was shortlisted for the 2019

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. The sister of singer-songwriter

Karim Ouellet Karim Ouellet (December 8, 1984 – November 15, 2021) was a Senegalese-born Canadian pop singer-songwriter. He released three albums between 2011 and 2016; his second album ''Fox'' won a Juno Award in Juno Awards of 2014, 2014. Early life Ouel ...

, she released the EPs ''Retox'' in 2011 and ''Sans détour'' in 2013 before releasing her full-length debut album ''Légitime'' in 2015. She followed up with ''Irréversible'' in 2019, and received a

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nomination for Revelation of the Year at the Gala de l'ADISQ in 2019. The video for her single "Bun Dem", directed by

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, was also a

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nominee for Video of the Year at the

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. In 2024 she released ''Pleure pas ma fille, sinon Maman va pleurer'', an album about her grieving her brother's death in 2021.Marissa Groguhé
"Sarahmée retrouve l’envie de créer"
''

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'', October 29, 2024.

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* 21st-century Canadian rappers Canadian women rappers 21st-century Black Canadian musicians Musicians from Dakar Senegalese emigrants to Canada Musicians from Quebec Living people 1988 births 21st-century women rappers {{Canada-musician-stub