Biography
Ryan Belhsen (born Oussama Belhcen Cherradi on March 18, 1991 in the United States Naval Communications Station Sidi Yahya El Gharb, Morocco), is a Moroccan pop singer, songwriter and producer from Morocco, he started his career in 2006. One of his known songs is Rock Your Body from his third album Dayman.
As a kid growing up on an U.S. Naval Communications Station, Ryan Belhsen attracted to the American culture and he used to listen to the American music, and he had an addiction to sing songs and only melodies in front of his family.
When he completed 9 years old, and after his father finished his thirteen air military service with the Moroccan Air Force, the whole family moved from The United States Naval Communications Station of Sidi Yahya El Gharb to Larache the small city in the Atlantic Ocean, where he will be taking off his musical career.
In the age of 15, he had that chance to make his first song but it was a Rap song with a group called “MafiaFlow” contained him and four of his friends at the secondary school. They worked on one album, then they separated.
After one year of separation of the rap group "MafiaFlow", he made his first R&B song “Nhar Ela Nhar” (Day on Day), which it was the debut single of his debut solo Album “Ana Wnti” of 2008, with 6 other songs.
In October 10,2010, he released his self-titled album “Ryan Belhsen” with 14 songs.
Currently he’s working on his third album “Dayman”, that he cited it will be available in summer 2012, with Mehtaj Lik, Khallini Nebghik, Rock Your Body; Fjenbi and other 12 songs.
Ryan known as the first one sung R&B in his region, which the Moroccan people call it "Gharbi" (The Occidental Music). In addition, he is one of the few R&B & Pop singers in Morocco.
Belhsen is most known by his unique Moroccan pop style, he's adding on his own songs the occidental music style avoiding the oriental style like Sharki or Khaliji that the other Moroccan singer are heavy influenced by.
As he's written his own songs in Darija (the Moroccan accent) he's making his songs in the American English, some of his latest English songs are Whatcha Gonna Do, Never Stop This Love, Rock Your Body and Can't Let You Go.
On his personal twitter, Ryan twitted that he wants to make something new and unusual in Africa and in his native country Morocco, and that he wants to sing many genders of music, in different languages to show the world his talents, and he's dreaming to leave an impress in the whole world like what Usher, Ne-Yo, Chris Brown, Michael Jacksson, T-Pain, Akon and others did.
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