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Bio
Papa Wemba, also crowned "King of Rumba Rock, was a Congolese artist and band leader whose music genres were Congolese rumba, ndombolo, and soukous. He was also the proponent of the fashion style and look, known as Société des Ambianceurs et des Personnes d‘Élégance (SAPE). On April 24, 2016 at the FEMUA urban music festival in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, Papa Wemba collapsed on stage and the medical team wasn't able to resuscitate him. He died at age 66.
Discography
![Forever de génération en génération](/_next/image?url=%2Fno-image.png&w=3840&q=75)
![Mayi Pembe (Liso Ya Mokonzi)](/_next/image?url=%2Fno-image.png&w=3840&q=75)
![Maître d'école](/_next/image?url=%2Fno-image.png&w=3840&q=75)
![Ya Biso Moko](/_next/image?url=%2Fno-image.png&w=3840&q=75)
![Mwana Matebu](/_next/image?url=%2Fno-image.png&w=3840&q=75)
![Notre Père Rumba](/_next/image?url=%2Fno-image.png&w=3840&q=75)
![Kaka Yo](/_next/image?url=%2Fno-image.png&w=3840&q=75)
![Bakala dia kuba](/_next/image?url=%2Fno-image.png&w=3840&q=75)
![Mokili Complique](/_next/image?url=%2Fno-image.png&w=3840&q=75)
![Hiroshima](/_next/image?url=%2Fno-image.png&w=3840&q=75)
![Merci Papa](/_next/image?url=%2Fno-image.png&w=3840&q=75)
![Wake Up](/_next/image?url=%2Fno-image.png&w=3840&q=75)
![Emotion](/_next/image?url=%2Fno-image.png&w=3840&q=75)
![Foridoles](/_next/image?url=%2Fno-image.png&w=3840&q=75)
![Le Voyageur](/_next/image?url=%2Fno-image.png&w=3840&q=75)
![Au Japon](/_next/image?url=%2Fno-image.png&w=3840&q=75)
![Papa Wemba](/_next/image?url=%2Fno-image.png&w=3840&q=75)
![Le Jour J (Nouvelle Generation A Paris)](/_next/image?url=%2Fno-image.png&w=3840&q=75)
![Love Kilawu "Amour Fou"](/_next/image?url=%2Fno-image.png&w=3840&q=75)
![L'Esclave](/_next/image?url=%2Fno-image.png&w=3840&q=75)
![Champs-Elysees - Firenze](/_next/image?url=%2Fno-image.png&w=3840&q=75)
![Mwana Molokaï](/_next/image?url=%2Fno-image.png&w=3840&q=75)
![Franco Présente Papa Wemba A Paris](/_next/image?url=%2Fno-image.png&w=3840&q=75)
![Beau Gosse Ya Paris](/_next/image?url=%2Fno-image.png&w=3840&q=75)
![Merveilles Du Passé (1977-1985)](/_next/image?url=%2Fno-image.png&w=3840&q=75)