Mami, whose real name is Mohammed Khalifati, is to be heard during his trial on Thursday and risks 10 years in prison and a fine of 150,000 euros if found guilty. His former manager Maurice Levy, who ...

Algerian music star Cheb Mami was sentenced Friday to five years in jail for drugging and trying to make his ex-girlfriend undergo a forced abortion, despite pleading for forgiveness at his trial near ...

Cheb Mami’s name may not be on the tip of your tongue, but odds are his music is. Over the past decade, this Algerian native has skyrocketed to the top of the world’s Arabic rai (pronounced “rye”) ...

"New inscription on the #IntangibleHeritage List: Rai, popular folk song of #Algeria," UN cultural agency UNESCO announced in a tweet. Rai, whose biggest stars include Cheb Khaled and Cheb Mami, ...

Mohamed Khelifati (Arabic: محمد خليفاتي, Muḥammad Khalīfātī; born 11 July 1966), better known by his stage name Cheb Mami (Arabic: شاب مامي, shābb māmī), is an Algerian musician and singer-songwriter.

Algerian pop star Cheb Mami’s “Dellali” glows as a pastiche of hip-hop, flamenco, funk and Parisian bistro balladeering. Mami’s bazaar of things Islamic and Western — and downright decadent Western ...