Cheb Hasni (Arabic: الشاب حسني), born Hasni Chakroun (1 February 1968 – 29 September 1994), was an Algerian raï singer. He was popular across the Maghreb, having reached the height of his career in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He was the son of a welder and grew up in a working-class family where he was one of seven children. Hasni is most well known for his love songs, but also about divorce, society problems and even for the Palestinian cause . He was murdered in 1994. Hasni's controversial lyrical content (particularly those on the 1987 hit song "El Baraka", he was murdered by jealousy .
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1 February 1968 Oran, Algeria
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Died |
29 September 1994 (aged 26) Oran, Algeria
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Zodiac | Aquarius |
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