Ismaël Isaac is a reggae

Reggae

Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...

 singer from Côte d'Ivoire

Côte d'Ivoire

The Republic of Côte d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast is a country in West Africa. It has an area of , and borders the countries Liberia, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso and Ghana; its southern boundary is along the Gulf of Guinea. The country's population was 15,366,672 in 1998 and was estimated to be...

. Born in Abidjan

Abidjan

Abidjan is the economic and former official capital of Côte d'Ivoire, while the current capital is Yamoussoukro. it was the largest city in the nation and the third-largest French-speaking city in the world, after Paris, and Kinshasa but before Montreal...

, his parents are from Ponondougou

Ponondougou

Ponondougou is a town and commune in Côte d'Ivoire. It is located east of Boundiali in the Savanes Region, between Boundiali and Korhogo. The population is mainly Senufos.-References:*This article was initially created from the French Wikipedia....

 in the north of the country. He is strongly influenced by Bob Marley

Bob Marley

Robert Nesta "Bob" Marley, OM was a Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician. He was the rhythm guitarist and lead singer for the ska, rocksteady and reggae band Bob Marley & The Wailers...

 and Alpha Blondy

Alpha Blondy

Alpha Blondy is a reggae singer and international recording artist. Alpha Blondy was born Seydou Koné in Dimbokro, Côte d'Ivoire. He sings mainly in his native language of Dioula, in French and English, and sometimes in Arabic or Hebrew...

.

He was discovered on the Ivorian television show "First Chance" broadcast on Radio Television Ivoirienne and was found by the keyboardist Georges Kouakou. In the 1980s he worked with the singing twins Keita and Hassan Ousseini twins neighborhood, and found a producer, Kone Dodo, with whom he recorded two cassettes, "Freedom" and "Tchilaba" in 1986, "Yatiman" in1989) with Titi Doumbia. Shortly afterward, Keita Ousseini died of tuberculosis

Tuberculosis

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 and Isaac almost gave up on his musical career. He then recorded "Rahman" in 1990, his first CD, produced by Ibrahima Sylla with Moctar Wurie and Boncana Maiga. Its success led him to have a record contract with Island Records

Island Records

Island Records is a record label that was founded by Chris Blackwell in Jamaica. It was based in the United Kingdom for many years and is now owned by Universal Music Group...

, and "Taxi Jump" was released in 1993.

Then in 2000, Ismael, Isaac released "Black System" produced by Ibrahima Sylla in collaboration with the Society Showbiz.

Discography

• 1986 – Tchilaba
• 1989 – Yatiman
• 1990 – Rahman
• 1993 – Taxi Jump
• 1997 – Treich Feeling (Back in Stock)
• 2000 – Black System

External links

• Reggae 2007