It does not matter if you are in your bedroom, squeezed on a crowded bus, walking through the streets, or sitting on a tiny balcony, because once Raï’s melodies begin to pour into your ea ...

Cheb Mami’s name may not be on the tip of your tongue, but odds are his music is. Over the past decade, this Algerian native has skyrocketed to the top of the world’s Arabic rai (pronounced ...

Rai, whose biggest stars include Cheb Khaled and Cheb Mami, emerged in the closing decades of French colonial rule in Algeria, confronting social taboos and dealing with themes such as love ...

A French court has sentenced Algerian-born rai singer Cheb Mami, also known as the "Prince of Rai", to five years in jail for attempting to force his ex-girlfriend to have an abortion in Algeria ...

PARIS - When Cheb Mami started singing as a boy in Algeria, rai music was banned from the radio because of its irreverent lyrics about desire, politics and the problems of everyday life. So Mami ...

As the violence faded in the early 2000s, Rai began to struggle for its place amid other genres including hip hop and R&B, as well as being hit by scandal with Cheb Mami's conviction for violence ...

Mohamed Khelifati (Arabic: محمد خليفاتي, Muḥammad Khalīfātī; born 11 July 1966), better known by his stage name Cheb Mami (Arabic: شاب ...

Algerian vocalist Cheb Mami will kick off a rare, and brief, U.S. tour July 11 in Washington, D.C. The <I>Rai</I>artist, who gained substantial international recognition for his hit duet with ...

Algerian music star Cheb Mami was sentenced Friday to five years in jail for drugging and trying to make his ex-girlfriend undergo a forced abortion, despite pleading for forgiveness at his trial ...

Music star Cheb Mami, ... Known as the "Prince of Rai", Mami, whose real name is Mohamed Khelifati, faces 10 years in jail and a 150,000-euro (210,000-dollar) fine if found guilty of the assault on ...

Rai (pronounced "rye") is the name given to the popular music that dominates Algeria's streets and nightclubs and that is present among immigrant communities throughout America. In its original ...

"New inscription on the #IntangibleHeritage List: Rai, popular folk song of #Algeria," UN cultural agency UNESCO announced in a tweet. Rai, whose biggest stars include Cheb Khaled and Cheb Mami ...