Balti (singer)

Balti
بلطي
Balti in the uniform of the Anti-Terrorism Brigade
Born
Mohamed Salah Balti
محمد صالح بلطي

(1980-04-10) April 10, 1980 (age 46)
Tunis, Tunisia
Other nameDragon Balti
Occupations
  • Singer-songwriter
  • rapper
  • producer
Years active2002–present
Musical career
OriginTunis, Tunisia
Genres
InstrumentVocals

Mohamed Salah Balti (Tunisian Arabic: محمد صالح بلطي; born April 10, 1980) is a Tunisian singer, rapper, composer, and music producer.

Biography

Mohamed Salah Balti began his musical career with the group Wled Bled. In 2002 he started to become known on the Tunisian scene through an unofficial album with DJ Danjer.

In 2003, he wrote, composed and performed three pieces for the soundtrack of Tunisian director Mohamed Zranes film "The Prince" a fourth song was featured in the end credits of the film.

From 2004 through 2009, he gave concerts throughout Tunisia as well as in Europe. On these tours he performed with names such as Rohff, Tandem, FactorX, Sinik, Cheb Slim and Diam's. In Germany he performed with names like Methodman and Redman.

In 2008, he formed the group X tension. With this group he also released his first official album "Our World in Real". These two concerts are organized by Radio Libre de Tunisie.

In 2017, he released a single called "Ya Lili'". The song is a duet with the young Tunisian talented boy Hammouda. The clip posted on YouTube has a record number of views ever recorded in Tunisia and the Arab world, and made Balti more well-known in the region. It was also a breakthrough for Hammouda for the Tunisian audience.

Discography

Songs

References

  1. ↑ Guediche, Syrine (2012-05-22). "Tunisie: Balti en concert les 25 et 26 mai à la salle le Colisée – Part 125732". Tunisie Numerique (in French). Retrieved 2020-04-17.
  2. ↑ "La chanson Ya Lili Ya Lila de BALTI et HAMOUDA dépasse les 115 millions de vues sur YouTube, battant tous les records dans le monde arabe". Tunivisions (in French). 2018-01-07. Archived from the original on 2019-01-13. Retrieved 2020-04-18.
  3. ↑ "Balti enregistre un illustre record avec Hamouda et le duo "Ya Lili"". Arabic Mood (in French). 2017-11-18. Retrieved 2020-04-18.