Rapper Roméo Elvis was born in the Belgian town of Uccle in 1992 and was raised
in a family who were well versed in the performing arts - his mother was the
comedian Laurence Bibot and his father was pop singer Serge van Laeken, better
known as Marka.
The rapper's birth name is Roméo Johnny Elvis Kiki van Laeken and after
initially studying to be a photo journalist he decided to abbreviate his name
and concentrate on building a career in music. During the early stages of his
career van Laeken supported himself by working as a cashier in the supermarket
chain Carrefour and it...