Safarel Obiang
Bastien Junior was born on June 10, 1990 in Côte d'Ivoire. With a passion for
music from an early age, he released his first track inspired by the
coupé-décalé style that exploded in Côte d'Ivoire in the early 2000s at the age
of 18, with "Kebaro" (2008), released under the pseudonym Safarel Obiang.
Quickly integrated into the coupé-décalé scene, he collaborated with a number of
Ivorian figures in the style, such as Bebi Philip and S-Kelly, and unveiled
singles that got the country dancing: Kuitata (2011), "Ploto nayo" (2016) and
"Graté graté grattanhou" (2018). Safarel Obiang's ...
