Messaoud Bellemou
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Messaoud began his career playing the trumpet but soon became known for adding foreign instruments like the saxophone,[2] violin, and accordion to the genre. He worked during the 1970s with different raï singers of his generation like Boutaïaba Sghir, Boussouar El Maghnaoui, Bouteldja Belkacem.
In 1980s the term pop-raï has been used to describe the new generation of Script error: No such module "lang". and Script error: No such module "lang". (from the Arabic for "young") introducing new instruments,[3] and together with Belkacem Bouteldja released one of the first records of the new genre.[2]
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