Frederic Desire Ehui was born on March 17th, 1962 in Grand-Bassam, a coastal town west of Abidjan, in the Ivory Coast.

His father, a sales representative in a local business, was an amateur accordionist and his mother often sang in the choir of her local Catholic Church. Both of his parents were also members of several local groups. It was therefore quite natural that Frederic started singing in church around the age of nine and continued to do so until he was sixteen. In junior high, Frederic became friend with a member of Pace, the school band.

Magic System is a pop band from Yamoussoukro formed in 1996 who have helped the genre, Zouglou become popular. They are famous for their hit, Premier Gaou which has become a continental anthem.
They have also used their fame to advocate for peace and tolerance for refugees in Ivory Coast. Other hits include Amoulanga, Poisson d'avril, C'est chaud, ca brule, Secret d'Africain, Mi wan go, Popo dipo (kidjo kidjo tire), Yako mere d'Afrique, T'endors pas, and Un gaou a Paris.

Teeyah is a zouk artiste from Ivory Coast. She came into the limelight after featuring on Kaysha's hit 'On qit quoi'. On the success of her debut album, Metisse, she won a Kora award nomination in 2005 for Most promising artiste.
Her couper decaler song has helped launch coupe decale as a very popular musical genre and given Ivory Coast music another boost.
Other hits include Je t'aime, Trop de suffrance, Je veux vivre, Cette historie d'amour, On va gagner

Leslie's from France but she made this song with the popular Ivorien group, Magic System.

Alpha Blondy was born Seydou Koné in Dimbokoro, Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa. He is an Ivorian reggae singer and a major international recording artist. Alpha Blondy sings mainly in his native language of Dioula, in French and English, and also sometimes in Arabic or Hebrew. His lyrics convey strong political attitudes and a fine sense of humor. In particular, he coined the French term democrature (an English equivalent might be "democratatorship") to identify some African governments.

First son of a family of nine children, Seydou Kone was born in Dimbokro in 1953.

TIKEN JAH FAKOLY, was born in Odienne, a village in the north-west of Ivory Coast on 23 June 1968. The Fakoly family, members of the Malinke tribe, are descended from the legendary warrior chief Fakoly Koumba Fakoly Daaba and belong to the griot caste. The African griots are storytellers/musicians who guard the oral tradition of their people, their region and the most important families living there, recounting stories and legends through their music.