Soum Bill
Real name Soumahoro Mamadou, Ivorian zouglou and reggae singer Soum Bill was
born on November 2, 1972 in Aboisso, in the south-east of the country. He was
immersed in the world of music from an early age, adopting his stage name at the
age of 17, when he joined his first bands. With friends, he founded the group
Les Garagistes, whose first album, Enfant Chéri, produced by Soum Bill, was
released in relative anonymity in 1992. On the strength of this experience, he
launched a new group, Les Salopards, the following year, with the ambition of
revolutionizing the zouglou scene, whic...
