Don Bigg

Taoufik Hazeb, better known by his stage name Don Bigg, was born in 1983 and raised in a middle-class family in Casablanca, Morocco. He is considered one of the moroccan rap pioneers, having a raw and outspoken style along with his songs themes, very close to the concerns of a wide fringe of the Moroccan urban youth. At 17 years old, Don Bigg obtained a scientific high school diploma then joins the Law Faculty. After 3 successful years on the benches of the faculty, he decides to put his lawyer’s career on stand-by and dedicates himself completely to his passion: Rapping. Don Bigg began his musical career at the age of 14. It is with the band Mafia-C that he concretizes his new vocation and that his career gets off the ground. Don Bigg goes solo and produces his debut album in 2006 : Mgharba ' tal Mout (Moroccans Til We Die). The album’s success is phenomenal as it was downloaded by hundreds of thousands on the internet and the audience knew by heart the lyrics at each of his performances. A star was born! In 2009, Don Bigg released his second album Byad ou K7al (Black & White) with international collaborations (Moroccan-french rapper La Fouine and palestinian-american producer Fredwreck) Don Bigg definitely knew how to export the moroccan rap, with tours in Great-Britain, Europe and in the middle-east. He is also the first arab rapper having been able to impose his art in TV programs produced by the biggest international channels.