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born 1966 Algeria
Mohamed Khelifati (Arabic: محمد خليفاتي, romanized: Muḥammad Khalīfātī; born 11 July 1966), better known by his stage name Cheb Mami (شاب مامي, Shābb Māmī), is an Algerian raï musician and singer-songwriter. He sings and speaks in Algerian Arabic and sometimes in Eastern Arabic dialects or in French.
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And I believe that if you love your fellow man you should be prepared to share what you have with him.
It's my dream to make it so rai music becomes a style of music like jazz, like rock.
For me, that means sharing my life and my love as well as my money.
We've given them a dream to work towards now.
Honestly, the fact I've got where I am today is the result of a lot of hard graft.
It's like a dream come true, a little Algerian singer coming to the United States.
Ever since I arrived in France there hasn't been a minute when I haven't been working, rehearsing or learning something.
And somewhere down the line I think that's been a very positive thing for the new generation – because there's a new generation out there, believe me!
We're sort of role models for them in a way, we showed them it was possible!
I'd say, without a doubt, that it's down to the latter. OK, so I've had a bit of luck along the way, I can't deny that! But I've put in a lot of hard work over the years as well.
There's only one way to maintain a successful international career and that's by plugging away and digging your furrow every day!
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