Taoufik Yatabaslam, Naoual Alaoui, Rachid Berriah | en

There are at least two artists named Rachid. The second one is a one-time fun single done in the Netherlands for Christmas. "Ik ben Rachid", a fun play on christmas and all shoarma/kebab restaurants in the Netherlands. Rachid, with this single on the label 21st Century Music presents himself to the large Dutch public R. Rachid was born in Morocco and came on his 7th year to the village of Oudenbosch with his family. Soon hit R interested in the Dutch-language songs by, among others, André Hazes, Frans Bauer, Koos Alberts, Frank Baker, Marco Borsato, etc. Rachid was discovered on...

Rachid Taha (Arabic: رشيد طه) (born 1958) is a French-Algerian musician. His music is influenced by many different styles such as rock, techno, and raï. Taha was born in Oran, Algeria. His father was a factory worker. Taha's family immigrated to France in 1968. While working in a heating appliance factory in the late 1970s, Taha founded Les Refoulés ("The Rejects"), a nightclub where he would spin mashups of Arabic pop classics over Led Zeppelin, Bo Diddley, and Kraftwerk backbeats. Based in Paris where he began his solo career after his beginnings as the leader of the French rock band...