Biography

Kamel Hamadi, real name Larbi Zeggane (in Arabic: كامل حمادي‎, in Amazigh: ⵍⵄⴻⵔⴱⵉ ⵥⴻⴳⴳⴰⵏ), born December 22, 1936 in Aït Daoud, Wilaya of Tizi Ouzou, in Algeria, is a singer-songwriter in Kabyle and Algerian Arabic. During his career, he signed a total of 2000 titles. He is the husband of the Algerian singer Noura. Kamel Hamadi attended school until he obtained his primary school certificate in 1950. He then became a tailor, like his father Saïd Zeggane, at the age of 14. In 1953, he moved to Algiers, with another uncle, and it was there that he showed his writing talents for the first time to the singer Arab Ouzellag. He encouraged him in t...Read More