MC Solaar

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Dakar, Sénégal

Claude M'Barali, professionally known as MC Solaar (born 5 March 1969), is a French rapper of Senegalese and Chadian origin. He is one of France's most famous and influential hip hop artists. Some consider him as the best French rapper of all time. MC Solaar is known for his complex lyrics and distinctive flows, which rely on word play, lyricism, and inquiry. In the English-speaking world,…

Known for

• Les Enfoirés 2026 - La Ballade des Enfoirés — Self2026
• Main Square Festival - Zaho — Self : Guest2026
• Les Enfoirés 2025 - Au pays des Enfoirés2025
• Quincy Jones, Music Man — Self - Narrator (voice)2025
• Waxx en concert aux Folies Bergère — Self2025
• Vos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés — Self (archive footage)2025
• Angélique Kidjo : 40 ans de carrière — Self : Guest2025
• MC Solaar - Basique, le concert — Self2024
• Taratata fête les 40 ans de Bercy — Self2024
• Concert hommage à DJ Mehdi à la Gaîté Lyrique — Self2024

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

France

Active from

1969-03-05

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

252,751

Total plays

5,104,431

MC Solaar is the stage name of francophone hip hop artist Claude M'Barali (born March 5, 1969). By far the most internationally popular French rapper, he was born in Dakar, Senegal to parents from Chad. The family moved to Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, just outside Paris, when Solaar was six months old. He also spent time at the École Française du Caire (French School of Cairo) later on in life. One of MC Solaar's first claims to fame was the rap he did on a level one French language education tape

via Last.fm · MC Solaar

Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Gender

male

Citizenship

Chad

Place of birth

Dakar

Occupation

singer

Educated at

Lycée Français du Caire

Languages spoken

French

Genre

political hip-hop

Instrument

voice

Image

MC Solaar Invité du RH Factor.jpg

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