DJ Arafat

DJ Arafat
Arafat in 2016
Background information
Birth nameAnge Didier Houon
Also known as
  • Arafat Muana
  • Arafat DJ 3500 voltes
  • Yorobo 5500 voltes
  • Apache 8500 voltes
  • Sao Tao le Dictateur
  • Commandant Zabra
  • Zeus d'Afrique
  • Termistocle
  • Influenmento
  • Ave César
  • Beerus Sama
  • Daishikan
Born(1986-01-26)26 January 1986
Yopougon, Ivory Coast
Died12 August 2019(2019-08-12) (aged 33)
Abidjan, Ivory Coast
GenresCoupé-Décalé
Websitewww.djarafat.net

Ange Didier Houon (26 January 1986 – 12 August 2019), known professionally as DJ Arafat and various other stage names, was an Ivorian disc jockey and singer who made music in the Coupé-Décalé genre.[1] The word "coupé-décalé came from a traditional dance in the Ivory Coast.[2] "Jonathan", "202", "Dosabado", "Kpangor", "Zoropoto" and "Enfant Beni" were some of his major hits. He was popular in French-speaking countries in Africa, and won Best Artist of the Year at both the 2016 and 2017 Coupé-Decalé Awards. He died in a motorcycle accident on 12 August 2019.[3]

  1. ^ "Nigerians top nominees for MTV Africa music awards with Zain 2010". WorldStage. MTV. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
  2. ^ Coupé Décalé. 2016-01-28. Retrieved 2024-11-12 – via www.numeridanse.tv.
  3. ^ Ivory Coast music star DJ Arafat dies in road crash Al Jazeera, 12 Aug 2019