Salif (rapper)

Salif
Birth name Salif Wonka
Also known as Black Skin, Cash, Baracash, Fon
Born 1982
Origin Boulogne-Billancourt, France
Genres Rap music
Hip hop
Years active 1995–present
Labels Universal (France)
Associated acts Nysay
IV My People

Salif Fofana better known by the mononym Salif (born Salif Wonka 1982), is a French rapper based in Boulogne-Billancourt of Malian and Guadeloupean origin. His musical career began at the age of thirteen when he and EXS formed the rap duo Nysay in 1995.[1] Salif released his first solo album, Tous Ensemble – Chacun Pour Soi, in 2001. To date he has released four studio albums, all of which have entered the Top 75 of the French albums chart.[2] His most commercially successful album so far was Curriculum Vital, which reached a peak position of #9 in the French chart in October 2009.[3]

Discography

Albums

Year Album Peak positions
FR
[4]
2001 Tous ensemble - Chacun pour soi 23
2007 Boulogne Boy 55
2008 Prolongations 73
2009 Curriculum vital 9
2009 Qui m'aime me suive 9

Singles

References

  1. "Tout sur Salif" (in French). spectacles.fr. Retrieved 2009-10-13.
  2. "Discographie Salif" (in French). lescharts.com. Retrieved 2009-10-13.
  3. "Salif – Curriculum Vital" (in French). lescharts.com. Retrieved 2009-10-13.
  4. "Salif discography". lescharts.com. Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 February 2014.