K.Maro

Cyril Kamar, (born January 31, 1980 in Beirut, Lebanon) better known by his stage name K.Maro, is a Canadian Pop singer-songwriter and producer of Lebanese origin. He sings in French and in English. He is also founder / owner and CEO of K.Pone.Inc Music Group, an entertainment company and K.Pone.Inc record label, with signing of a host of well-known artists.

K.Maro released his solo debut album La Good Life in the mid 2004, with 3 singles released from it. He also released his second studio album, Million Dollar Boy, in late 2005. In 2006 he released his first remix album - 10th Anniversary: Platinum Remixes. His third studio album - Perfect Stranger was released on October 24, 2008. A new album is due for release in early 2010.

Biography

K.Maro is a francophone and anglophone singer from Montreal, Canada. His real name is Cyril Kamar, and he was born in Beirut, Lebanon on January 31, 1980. After a short stay in Paris, France, his family moved to Canada in 1991.

In LMDS

K.Maro first broke through to the Quebec charts with his group LMDS, the name, an abbreviation for "Les Messagers du Son". It was actually a French language hip hop duo in Montreal, Quebec, Canada formed in 1993 made up of Cyril Kamar, called Lyrik in LMDS and Adil Takhssait called Mélo in the duo.

The band achieved great success in Quebec and launched two successful albums Les Messagers du Son in 1997 and Il Faudrait Leur Dire in 1999. LMDS broke up in 2001. Both artists continued their musical careers, Cyril Kamar (Lyrik) as K.Maro and Adil Takhssait (Mélo) as Vaï.

Solo career

After the breakup of LMDS, Cyril Kamar became successful as a solo artist, taking the name K.Maro (alternatives K'Maro and K-Maro). A hip hop and R&B singer-songwriter and producer, he became an instant international success particularly with his first major hit worldwide titled Femme Like U in 2004. His songs are frequently a mix of French and English lyrics, and sometimes Arabic. The album Perfect Stranger is his first all-English language album.

K.Maro also established and owns K.Pone Inc Music Group entertainment company and "K.Pone Inc" record label as well as "Balbec" line of clothing.

Collaborations with artists

In addition to solo career, K.Maro is known to have collaborated with a number of artists:

Examples of these include:

• Many collaborations with DJ Shortcut and notably in Fresh that also featured Moshine. Another collaboration with DJ Shortcut and Moshine was in On est là
• He was featured in Le clan chill of Corneille
• He was also featured in Nos couleurs of Cheb Mami
• He featured Shy'm in his own single Histoires de Luv
• Has written a lot of materials for Shy'm's debut album Mes Fantaisies and was featured in À l'abri in the second album of Shy'm entitled Reflets
• He collaborated with Belly and Rad in Change The Game
• His song Love It Or Leave It features Imposs
• His song Out in the Streets Remix features Jim Jones
• His song Never Walk Away features Odessa Thornhill
• His song Take You Away (Part 2) features Jonas

K.Pone.Inc

K.Maro also runs the K.Pone.Inc. Music Group^[1], an entertainment group that goes into music production, promotion and distribution. K-Pone Inc. has its own "K.Pone Inc" record label, that has signed many artists, including amongst others:

• Shy'm (real name Tamara Marthe)
• Imposs (real name S. Rimsky Salgado)
• Ale Dee (real name Alexandre Duhaime)
• Vaï (real name Adil Takhssait)
• Odessa Thornhill, Peya, Radical (Rad), Jay, Virginie Cummins.

Balbec

"Balbec" is K.Maro's own line of upmarket clothing line. "Balbec" ^[2][3] is named after his hometown Baalbek in Lebanon.

Discography

Albums

• 2002: I am à l'ancienne
• 2004: La Good Life (650,000 units sold in Europe without the UK)
• 2005: Million Dollar Boy (300,000 units sold in Europe without the UK)
• 2006: 10th Anniversary: Platinum Remixes (limited edition of 50 000 units)
• 2008: Perfect Stranger

Singles

• 2002: "Symphonie pour un dingue"
• 2004: "Femme Like U" (1,500,000 units sold in Europe without the UK)
• 2004: "Crazy" (300,000 units sold in Europe without the UK)
• 2005: "Sous l'oeil de l'ange / Qu'est ce que ça te fout" (100,000 units sold in Europe without the UK)
• 2005: "Histoires de Luv" (120 000 units sold in France)
• 2006: "Les frères existent encore"
• 2006: "Gangsta Party"
• 2006: "Let's go"
• 2008: "Out in the Streets"
• 2008: "Take You Away"
• 2009: "Out In The Streets (Remix) Feat.Jim Jones
• 2009: "Elektric"
• 2009: "Music"

See also

LMDS - Les Messagers du Son

References

External links

• K.Maro Official site
• K.Maro Official Myspace site
• K.Maro TV Official site
• Balbec K.Maro's fashion clothing line
• K.Pone Inc label site
• K.Pone Inc YouTube site
• Biography of K.Maro, from Radio France Internationale

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