Soum Bill (born Soumahoro Ben Mamadou in Aboisso, Ivory Coast) is a popular Ivorian singer. His song "Gneze" is the official 2006 World Cup anthem for the national team of Ivory Coast. [1] He is of mixed ethnicity: his mother is Agni, from Aboisso, while his father is Dioula, from Seguela. [2]
He joined the group Mini Choc in 1989 and changed his name to Soum Bill. After leaving Mini Choc, he was in a band called Les Garagistes and in now in Les Salopards (English translation "The Bastards").
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