Kamel Messaoudi

Kamel Messaoudi (Arabic: كمال مسعودي), born on January 30, 1961, in Bouzaréah, on the outskirts of Algiers, into a Kabyle family originally from the village of Aït Bouali, in the Freha commune of Kabylia, and died on December 10, 1998, in a car accident in Algiers, is an Algerian Chaâbi singer and musician and the nephew of the famous Mouloudia Club d'Alger player Saïd Haddad. Kamel Messaoudi spent his childhood in Gai Soleil, in the El Biar neighborhood of Algiers, where he developed an early interest in sports and entertainment. His father, concerned about his future, encouraged him to focus on his studies, in which he excelled, rather than music. It was the influence of his older brother, a musician, that pushed him to pursue an artistic career. In 1974, while still a teenager, he formed a chaabi music group, a traditional Algerian genre, and quickly attracted the attention of local residents thanks to his calm and expressive voice. In 1985, Kamel Messaoudi attempted his first rec...