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Imilo Lechanceux
12+ albums
ivorianburkina faso
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Émile Ilboudo (born 20 September 1988), better known by his stage name Imilo Lechanceux, is an Ivorian-Burkinabé singer, dancer and DJ. He sings in French, Mòoré and Dyula. Lechanceux's music generally falls under the coupé-décalé and afrobeat genres, and he also occasionally raps on his songs. He has toured in West Africa, Europe, Canada and the United States. Lechanceux is sometimes known by his nickname on songs, Le Fils du Pays ("The Son of the Country"). Émile Ilboudo was born in Tiassalé, Ivory Coast, the seventh of eight children of retired driver Johany Ilboudo and housewife Bernadette Zoungrana, both from Burkina Faso. During his childhood, he did dance and theatre as a hobby. In 2004, at age 16, he moved to Tanghin-Dassouri, a village near Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, where he continued his dancing alongside school. Ilboudo started DJing in 2005 under the name DJ Imilo. His parents could no longer afford to pay for his education, and he eventually started performing for small maquis (bars) and later performed small shows. Taking part in several DJing competitions, he was eventually recruited into the group Les Villageois ("The Villagers") with three other DJs, Baby, Tabaly and Zino, following a competition in 2009. Ilboudo saved up money to rent a recording studio to record his own single, "Mot de Pass" ("Password"), produced by Serge Beynaud. His brother loaned him 250,000 CFA francs to record the music video. Lechanceux sent out his single to promoters and manager
