Youssou N'Dour may have come attention to Europe and America when he contributed backing vocals to Peter Gabriel's "In Your Eyes", but he'd been performing and recording in his native Senegal for some time. Youssou was born in Medina in Dakar, Senegal, started his music career singing in small clubs in Dakar in his local dialect wollof language which is predominantly spoke in Senegal and Gambia. He's most popular for his mbalax beat which gave him the title "Roi de Mbalax" (King of Mbalax), and is a household name in Senegal...

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