Imilo Lechanceux

Émile Ilboudo Born 20 September 1988 Better Known By His Stage Name Imilo Lechanceux Is An Ivorian-Burkinabé Singer Dancer And DJ. He Sings In French Mòoré And Dyula. Lechanceux's Music Generally Falls Under The Coupé-Décalé And Afrobeat Genres And He Also Occasionally Raps On His Songs. He Has Toured In West Africa Europe Canada And The United States. Lechanceux Is Sometimes Known By His Nickname On Songs Le Fils Du Pays "The Son Of The Country" . Émile Ilboudo Was Born In Tiassalé Ivory Coast The Seventh Of Eight Children Of Retired Driver Johany Ilboudo And Housewife Bernadette Zoungrana Both From Burkina Faso. During His Childhood He Did Dance And Theatre As A Hobby. In 2004 At Age 16 He Moved To Tanghin-Dassouri A Village Near Ouagadougou Burkina Faso Where He Continued His Dancing Alongside School. Ilboudo Started DJing In 2005 Under The Name DJ Imilo. His Parents Could No Longer Afford To Pay For His Education And He Eventually Started Performing For Small Maquis Bars And Later Performed Small Shows. Taking Part In Several DJing Competitions He Was Eventually Recruited Into The Group Les Villageois "The Villagers" With Three Other DJs Baby Tabaly And Zino Following A Competition In 2009. Ilboudo Saved Up Money To Rent A Recording Studio To Record His Own Single "Mot De Pass" "Password" Produced By Serge Beynaud. His Brother Loaned Him 250 000 CFA Francs To Record The Music Video. Lechanceux Sent Out His Single To Promoters And Managers But Initially None Took Interest. However The Song Gained Large Exposure Following Its Broadcast During The Half-Time Of A Quarter-Final Match At The 2010 Africa Cup Of Nations. Lechanceux Subsequently Received Many Calls From The Same Promoters And Managers Who'd Turned Him Away. His Solo Career Began In 2010–2011 Which Is When He Took The Name Imilo Lechanceux. Lechanceux Has Performed At Festivals Alongside Artists Including Floby Dez Altino And Hawa Boussim And Has Worked With Ivorian Producers Bebi Philip And Serge Beynaud. Lechanceux Won Awards At The Cool Oneline Awards 2015 And The 2015 Faso Musique Awards. He Won The Golden Kundé And Two Other Kundé Awards In 2017. read less