Pap G

(Diallo Mamadou Dian)
  • country
  • Guinea
  • disciplines
  • afro folk, music, poetry, singing, afro-folk
  • languages
  • French, Peul
  • born on 02.08.1997
  • in Labe, Guinea Conakry
  • lives in Paris, France

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biography

Born in 1997 in Labe, Guinea Conakry, Diallo Mamadou Dian, alias Pap G, started learning music via rap music lessons at school. He experimented with reggae in Mali, afrobeat in Gambia and performed with Guinean comedian Koto Diawo in Guinea, Gambia, Senegal and Ivory Coast. In 2015, he met musician Thierno Mamdou Bah, with whom he learned how to play piano. He released ten singles; one was Bhe Sikkouno a foolata featuring Koto Diawo; for which the music video made a million views on Youtube. He arrived in France in 2018 and became a member of the agency of artists in exile. In 2019, he released his single Leppi Fouta Jallon (by the name of his village), then Djoumboudhé in 2020 and Foulamouso kesoun in 2021.

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