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She is a Haitian artist. Jessie Al Khal is the mother to the founding members of T-Vice band group; that is Roberto Martino and Reynaldo Martino. She is the wife of Martino, a Haitian guitarist. She was a not only their mother by virtue of birth but also in music; she encouraged them all through the music. T-vice was a band group that had four members: Reynaldo, Robert, James Cardozo and Gerald Kebreau. James and Gerald were close friends to the two brothers. The two brothers were challenged by the Top Vice band group where their father was the main guitarist. They decided to face the challenge by starting they own band group T-Vice in 1991.

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Jessie Al Khal is believed to be the only mother to talented musicians, a wife to a great and popular guitarist and a musician herself. She was born and raised in Haiti where she started her career and where she was able to easily make it out of being a great and loved artist. She then got married to her husband Robert Martino and they had two sons Roberto and Reynaldo Martino.

It was a great achievement in which they all got to be very famous and known all throughout the country and as such they got it a great. It was the great achievement of the brother in establishing one of the most famous bands in the country that the family got noticed and that it got the kind of reception it needed.

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The music genre of hip-hop has evolved from a music genre to a subculture which originated from the African-American communities in New York in the 1970s. It has since spread to every continent in the world.

In hip-hop and reggae, rapping is its key element, but it's not easy. It takes years of experience and skill to master the art of rapping, which makes Haiti's Top Adlerman one of the best hip-hop artists and rappers in the Caribbean.

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Born to German parents, Ti Corn hails from Caribbean island of Haiti. She loved playing gutter and singing Creole songs while still at a tender age. Ti Corn, has captivated this love for Creole songs and often could sing in any event or country in which she is called upon to perform. This is motivated by the fact that in her home area of Haiti, almost everyone was either a singer of loved singing. Ti Corn is just the product of the surrounding during her time when he was growing.

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Tabou Combo's music expresses itself with a driving, pulsating, and danceable beat. Transcending cultural barriers, they sing in Spanish, English, French, or Créole, their music a heady blend of meringue, rara, and voodoo percussion influences. The band's sound is a joyous mix of polyrhythmic instruments, piano, guitars, and a small horn section.

Tabou Combo does not restrict itself to only producing dance music. Many of the band's songs deal with current issues that concern Haiti citizens, such as corruption, prejudice, poverty, and violence. To bring attention to these issues and the consequent negative effect it produces for Haiti's reputation, the band has formed a foundation, Eat, Read and Hope. Its goal is to raise funds to provide solutions for Haiti's two most pressing social issues, education and food insufficiency.

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Tabou Combo has been the leading Konpa band in Haiti for over three decades. They began as Los Incognitos of Pétionville in 1968, rapidly achieving their first taste of success, Haiti Radio's "Best Musical Group of the Year" award. At the end of 1970, they relocated to New York, as Tabou Combo, and with a new band head, Jean-Claude Jean. It was there their career took off, resulting in fans on all major continents of the globe.
The band's mega-hit, "New York City" sold a million copies in 1974, and their 1989 album, The Antilles, charted at number one in Europe and the Caribbean, winning them "Best Album for Haitian Dance Music" in 1991.

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A well known member of the group is called Fritz Bernard Frederic also known by the name Ti Mitou. Fritz Bernard Frederic was born in the year 1957 and a key member of the System Band. While in the band, he was a better known by the name of Ti Mitou. He has been epitomized and is considered a legendary figure in the Haitian music industry. For the very may fans of the band, there was a collection of tunes that Ti Mitou was famous and good at singing.

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Ralph Condé, a Haitian-American musician, was born in New York in 1969. He is a self-taught guitarist, who began playing at seven years of age. He broke into the music scene at age 16, and soon became a success playing and singing in the group Papash, who topped the charts with several smash albums.

As a singer-songwriter- arranger and head of his own record company, Condé has played with many Haitian and Caribbean musicians, with his gypsy lifestyle sending him to perform for audiences, in concert venues, over all Latin America, Africa, and Europe.

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Having rebranded from Shleu- shleu in 1970, the outlook of the band, Skah shah has really changed. So is their music. It was founded in Haiti before its name was changed. As is well known, the Haitian music is Konpa. It carries the cultural origins of the area. It actually represents the culture the Haitian people as well as audience's love for the traditional Konpa music.

After moving to New York City in the mid 1970, the well respect vocalist of the band, Joe Ely, decided to reorganize the group to address the new changes in the band. This also affected their approach to the Konpa music and the Haitian culture. In fact, some reviewers have described their music as having easy rhythms that easily attract the attention and interest of the dancers to dance. This is contributed highly with the seductive playing of the saxophone.

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Ralph Conde is a well known musician, composer and guitar player. His passion for music especially playing guitar was appreciated at the very young age of 7. With persistence and continuing efforts, he expertise his guitar talent and has been working on it from the age of 16. His talent has been world renowned and has participated in many shows across Europe, Africa and South America. His dedication towards music and hard work has gained him a reputation of a vocalist, a composer and a writer. Ralph Conde has been helping youth all across the globe to learn guitar through his own recording studio in Miami, Florida.

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