1. Ange Didier Houon, known professionally as DJ Arafat and various other stage names, was an Ivorian disc jockey and singer who made music in the Coupe-Decale genre.
15 Facts About DJ Arafat
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DJ Arafat was the son of Tina Glamour, a popular singer, and the deceased musician and sound engineer, Pierre Houon.
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DJ Arafat has an older brother who is well known as DJ TV3.
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DJ Arafat left for France to improve his career and even overstayed his visa.
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DJ Arafat was considered one of the most popular African artists in Francophone countries around the world.
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DJ Arafat released 11 music albums primarily in the popular "Coupe-Decale" dance music style, in his career that spanned fifteen years.
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DJ Arafat became the symbol of the flashy well-dressed lifestyle which is associated with the music.
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DJ Arafat liked motorcycles and featured them in his recent hit 'Moto Moto' released in May 2019.
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DJ Arafat had multiple motorcycle accidents, one of which in 2009, was serious.
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DJ Arafat later became popular in Europe and in the United States when some of the sports personalities popularized the dance steps of coupe-decale genre.
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On 12 August 2019, DJ Arafat died in Abidjan Hospital after a motorcycle accident in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
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DJ Arafat's motorcycle was said to have collided with a car in the Angre neighborhood on Sunday, 11 August 2019.
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DJ Arafat was admitted to a hospital in Abidjan for a skull fracture before eventually dying at around 8:00am UTC on 12 August 2019.
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Dj Arafat was widely celebrated in the coupe-decale music genre, earning multiple awards and recognitions.
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DJ Arafat won two WatsUp TV Africa Music Video Awards in 2016.