Cheb Tarik
{{Short description|Algerian singer}}
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| birth_name = Tarik Belgot
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| origin = Algeria
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| genre = Raï{{cite news|url= http://www.liberation.fr/culture/1995/10/14/cheb-tarik-menace-d-expulsion_147061 |title= Cheb Tarik menacé d'expulsion |newspaper= Libération |language= fr |date= 14 October 1995 |accessdate= 17 October 2014}}
| occupation = Singer
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| label = lafami
| associated_acts = Khaled, Sugar Minott, Oliver Cheatham, Gipsy Kings, Lord Kossity, Edith Piaf, Serge Lama, Jacques Brel, Françoise Hardy, Jacques Dutronc, Charles Trenet, Charles Aznavour
| website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20110302095134/http://www.chebtarik.net/ chebtarik.net]
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Cheb Tarik (real name Tarik Belgot) is an Algerian musician, now based in Paris, France, and signed to Universal Music Group. His first hit, "Reggae Raï" was a cover, and a tribute to the song "Reggae Night" by Cheb Hasni, a musician assassinated in Oran, Algeria by Islamic fundamentalists.
"Reggae Raï" held a place in the charts for several weeks, exceeded 171,000 in sales and went on to appear in several compilations.
Life
In 2001, Tarik contributed to the compilation Big Men, a blend of raï and reggae. Known for featuring a diversity of musical genres, the album became a hit thanks to the single, "J'ai pas besoin."
Tarik's name was thrown into the limelight, with sales exceeding six million.
He has participated in the song "J'ai vu trop de frères partir" on Album "Du mal a s'confier" by Scred Connexion.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}
To date, Cheb Tarik has published three albums, and six singles. The albums include:
- Rai'tistick
- Metisstyle
- Option RAÏ
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[http://www.facebook.com/cheb.tarik?sk=info Cheb Tarik] (Retrieved 12 March 2011.)
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Category:Algerian expatriates in France
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)