Deheb

Deheb (Prononced «Day-Heb», means gold in arabic), grew up in France. His love for music originated from his dad, who used to play Stevie Wonder or Michael Jackson's records every saturday. A few years later, he and his brother used to sneak out of their room to watch "Rapline", one of the first hip hop show on french TV. That's when he discovered some of the early rap videos, and he rapidly became a fan of Public Enemy and De La Soul. Deheb started deejaying in 1997. In 2001 he issued his first mixtape “La chronique” (the chronic), on which he remixed some of the year's biggest rap tunes on his own beats. 2004 was the year of “Back to the Break” (with b-boy Bonz), a mix cd for b-boys and dj’s, with a soul-funk/old school rap tracklisting. Then, in 2005, came the french critically acclaimed “Lexxfiles”, a mix album with rapper Lexxcoop. He really switched to beatmaking around 2004, producing hip hop beats with a huge funky influence. In 2006, he produced “Top of the block pt.2” for Apani ft. Big Noyd. He established himself working with mc’s like Apani, Shabaam Sahdeeq, Emilio Rojas or Dynas. Deheb also got recognized and encouraged by artists such as Pharoahe Monch or DJ Spinna. He still works as a dj, and he has opened for artist like Jazzy Jeff and DJ Premier just to name a few. In 2020 Deheb still works as a dj and beatmaker, as a part of the french duo "funky Bijou" the Neo soul band « ELEFANTAY » and working as a Dj and keyboardist in the afro band TIOBAFELO.