Ahmad Baba Rachid

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Ahmad Baba Rachid (also known as Rachid Baba Ahmed) was an Algerian musical performer involved in a regional genre called raï. He is credited with the international popularization of the genre in 1976 through the new pop raï. He is attributed with the development of pop raï during the 1970s and 1980s1 the performers of which are called cheb or chaba. He was murdered by Islamic fundamentalists on February 15, 1995.

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