Youssoupha

Known for

Acting

Born

August 29, 1979 (age 47)

Birthplace

Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Biography

Youssoupha Mabiki (born August 29, 1979), better known by his nickname Youssoupha is a French rapper of Congolese descent.

He was born to a Congolese father, the musician and Congo-Kinshasa political figure Tabu Ley Rochereau and a Senegalese mother. After spending his childhood in Congo-Kinshasa, at the age of 10, he moved to France to live with relatives in Beziers, then Osny, Cergy and Sartrouville. He finished his French baccaleureat at Académie de Versailles with high grades and continued with Cultural Mediation, Communication at Roanne and La Guillotière. After obtaining his master's degree, he dedicated himself to music.

His first album Frères Lumières was a trio with two other frie...