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French rapper for|the 1998 album|MC Solaar (album) Expand French|topic=bio|MC Solaar April 2023 Infobox musical artist | name = MC Solaar | image = MC Solaar Invité du RH Factor.jpg | caption = MC Solaar in 2009 | background = solo_singer | birth_name = Claude Honoré M'Barali | birth_date = birth date and age|1969/3/5| | birth_place = Dakar, Senegal | origin = Saint-Denis, Île-de-France|Saint-Denis, Île-de-France, France | genre = hlist|French hip hop| jazz-rap | years_active = 1988–present | label = hlist|Phonogram Records (France)|Phonogram| Elektra Records|Elektra ''Claude Honoré M'Barali'' (IPA|fr|klod ɔnɔʁe ɛmbaʁali; born 5 March 1969, professionally known as ''MC Solaar'' (IPA|fr|ɛm si sɔˈlaʁ|pron, is a French rapping|rapper of Senegalese people|Senegalese and Chadian people|Chadian origin. He is one of France's most famous and influential hip hop artists. Some consider him the best French rapper of all time.cite web Biography |work=Islandia http://www.islandia.is/helgakr/solaar/biography.htm 12 December 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20070504203124/http://www.islandia.is/helgakr/solaar/biography.htm 4 May 2007 cite web Margo Berdeshevsky The Age of MC Solaar |work=Rattapallax http://www.rattapallax.com/fusebox_03mcsolaar.htm 12 December 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20061026054039/http://www.rattapallax.com/fusebox_03mcsolaar.htm 26 October 2006 MC Solaar is known for his complex lyrics and distinctive flows, which rely on word play, lyricism, and inquiry. He is one of the best in France. In the English-speaking world, Solaar was signed by London-based acid jazz record label Talkin' Loud and recorded with British band Urban Species and rapper Guru (rapper)|Guru, who was a member of New York (state)|New York-based rap band Gang Starr. Solaar has released eight studio albums and one live album. His eighth studio album, ''Géopoétique'', produced by Alain Etchart and mixed by sound engineer David Gnozzi, won best album of the year at the Victoires de la Musique awards in 2018.