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Vaï

{{short description|Canadian Moroccan singer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Vaï

| background = solo_singer

| image =

| image_size =

| caption =

| birth_name = Adil Takhssait

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1979|4|24}}

| birth_place = France

| origin = Montreal, Quebec

| genre = Rap, hip hop

| occupation = Singer, rapper

| instrument = vocals

| years_active = 1994–present

| label = K.Pone Inc Music Group

}}

Adil Takhssait, better known by his stage names Vaï,{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pNQsAQAAIAAJ&q=Adil+Takhssait|title=Le Bizz et le Buzz|work=Afrique magazine|year=2007|access-date=11 June 2011}} also Mélo or Mélopsy, is a Canadian rap and hip hop musician of Moroccan origin. Adil Takhssait was born 24 April 1979 in Paris, France, in a Moroccan family and immigrated to Canada in 1993, and established himself in Montreal.{{cite web|url=http://www.musiqueplus.com/vai|title=Biographie de Vaï|work=musiqueplus.com|year=2011|access-date=11 June 2011}} He is an author, composer and performer. He is signed to K.Pone.Inc record label.

In LMDS

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Adil Takhssait formed in 1994 his first band LMDS abbreviation of Les Messagers Du Son with his classmate and friend Cyril Kamar (later on K'Maro). Adil took the name "Mélo" (Mélopsy) whereas Cyril Kamar took the name Lyrik.

LMDS, Les Messagers du Son, has had two successful albums, Les Messagers du Son in 1997 and Il Faudrait Leur Dire in 1999. The self-titled debut album of LMDS Les Messagers du Son issued in 1997 achieved top positions in the Quebec charts and the duo appeared at Les FrancoFolies de Montréal music festival in 1999. They followed that by "Il faudrait leur dire"{{YouTube|ZqPbu-KoGqE|K-maro Vai(Lmds) rare Interview}} and a compilation released in France, where both had resided for some time.

After the break-up of the group in 2001, both Adil Takhssait and Cyril Kamar have continued with solo careers

Vaï, as a solo act

Soon after the break-up, Adil issued his solo breakthrough album Street Life through THC Musique with the title track single coming from the album. The song "Street Life" featured Zaho and sampled on "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" from Eurythmics.

The single "Tous Héros" about violence and boxing gained cult status amongst fans. The song sampled on James Brown hit "It's a Man's Man's Man's World".

His follow-up album Ma raison in 2008 included the single "Sur ma vie" and the music video featured in the daily Top 5 chart in Canadian French language cable television specialty channel MusiMax

He was also featured in Zoxea's song "Reste calme" and in DJ Blast's "Un homme à part".

His "Visages tristes" is about the Arab-Israeli conflict using samplings from the soundtrack of Schindler's List.

Personal life

Vaï is married to a professional photographer and has a son with her. During his hiatus from rapping, he opened a burger business under the name Vaï Burger in Laval and in Ville Saint-Laurent, Quebec.

Albums & EPs

=With LMDS=

  • 1997: Les Messagers du Son
  • 1999: Il Faudrait Leur Dire

=As solo act=

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scope="row"| Street Life

  • Type: Album
  • Date released: 2007

|{{collapsible list

| title = Track listing

| 1 = Street Life

  1. "Intro gloire à l'album"
  2. "Pour Ceux"
  3. "Zahri" feat. Freeman (Krhyme Le Roi)
  4. "J moins trois"
  5. "Klebs"
  6. "Street Life"
  7. "Vecu"
  8. "Comme un fanfare"
  9. "On fait le tour" feat. DJ Horg
  10. "Jrap avec mes trippes" feat. Sully Sefil
  11. "Revolta"
  12. 'Esperance"
  13. "Rap tous les jours" featuring Osfa
  14. "J moins deux"
  15. "V. A. I. L. L. A. N. T." feat. Roots Foundation
  16. "Plus"
  17. "Verbal Fight" featuring Zaho
  18. "Original moi"
  19. "Street Life (remix)" featuring Roots Foundation
  20. "J moins un"
  21. "Mtl Connection" feat. Va

}}

scope="row"|Ma Raison

  • Date released: 2008

|{{collapsible list

| title = Track listing

| 1= Ma Raison

  1. "L'odeur du dancefloor"
  2. "Sur ma vie"
  3. "Infidèle"
  4. "Faux mc"
  5. "Je retiens mon souffle"
  6. "Ma raison"
  7. "Tour du mic"
  8. "Made in" feat. Minea
  9. "Donne-moi le temps"
  10. "Love & happiness"
  11. "Djamer" feat. Minea
  12. "Solide comme un rocher" feat. Mickey Dangerous
  13. "Si seulement"
  14. "Superstar"
  15. "Y'a pas moyen" feat. Minea
  16. "Bienvenue" feat. Bad News Brown

}}

scope="row"| Couleurs

  • Type: EP
  • Date released: 2019

|{{collapsible list

| title = Track listing

| 1= Couleurs

  1. "À zéro"
  2. "Couleurs"
  3. "Sous la pluie"
  4. "Leila"
  5. "Revolver"
  6. "Corrida"
  7. "Diablo"

}}

Singles

=With LMDS=

  • "Cette une belle histoire" (with Jodie Resther)
  • "Joins toi à la dance"
  • "Tu me dirais"
  • "Le bien de demain"
  • "La Squadra"

=As solo act=

  • "Street Life" featuring Zaho (2004)
  • "Sur ma vie" (2008)
  • "Infidèle" (2009)
  • "À zéro" (2019)
  • "Corrida" (2019)
  • "Sous la pluie" (2019)
  • "Revolver" (2019)
  • "Suffoque" (2020)
  • "Namek" (2020)
  • "HEAVEN" (2020)

References

{{Reflist}}

  • {{cite web|url=http://www.waxx-music.com/artistes/interview/Vai_208.html|title=Interview de Vaï|author=Lajoinie Adeline|work=waxx-music.com|date=23 June 2008|access-date=11 June 2011}}
  • {{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWOPPl4lWBU |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/RWOPPl4lWBU |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=Interview de Vaï|author=Cyrano & Keke|work=Rapolitik|date=10 June 2020|access-date=27 December 2020}}{{cbignore}}

External links

  • [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt_R5M1cdkeC8ascrhgTCRA/ Vaï YouTube]
  • [http://www.myspace.com/vaimedia MySpace site]

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Category:1979 births

Category:Canadian male rappers

Category:Canadian male singers

Category:French emigrants to Canada

Category:French emigrants to Quebec

Category:French-language singers of Canada

Category:Living people

Category:Moroccan emigrants to Canada

Category:Singers from Montreal

Category:20th-century Canadian rappers

Category:21st-century Canadian rappers

Category:20th-century Canadian male musicians

Category:21st-century Canadian male musicians