Born Fale Djerianene Christian Marc-Alexandre in 1987 in Cocody, a suburb of
Abidjan, the capital of Côte d'Ivoire, Shado Chris grew up in Ferkessédougou.
Interested in music, he took up the piano at the age of 8, later discovering
African and American artists such as 2Pac, Stezo, Michael Jackson, Almighty and
Meiway. As a teenager, he joined a choir and then began producing music on his
computer. He continued his studies, however, graduating with a degree in
telecommunications engineering. But the call of music remained strongest, and in
2008 he released his first self-produced ...