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MC Solaar (real name Claude M'barali) was born in Dakar in Senegal in 1969 and moved to France as a young child. When he arrived in Paris, he lived in the suburb called Villeneuve St Georges. In France, he was interested in literature, music and the TV, and at an early age, started rapping. He was a fan of Serge Gainsbourg. Proof of this is his 1994 hit Nouveau Western where he sampled a part of the song. His success came from his first single in 1991, a song called Caroline which reached number one. His debut album, Qui séme le vent recolte le tempo also released in 1991 was quite influential on French rap music, as rappers used his style as a basis for their music. Another big hit which made him famous was bouge de lá, with its comic rhymes. There was also a collaboration with Soon E MC on the song L'histoire de l'art, where he rapped about people stealing his style.His second album, Prose Combatwas also very big in France, and it got Solaar a golden disc. The album sold over one ...