Age, Biography and Wiki
Wasis Diop was born on 1950 in Dakar, Senegal, is a Senegalese musician. Discover Wasis Diop's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 74 years old?
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Wasis Diop Height, Weight & Measurements
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Mati Diop |
Wasis Diop Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Wasis Diop worth at the age of 74 years old? Wasis Diop’s income source is mostly from being a successful musician. He is from Senegal. We have estimated Wasis Diop's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Wasis Diop (born 1950) is a Senegalese musician of international renown, known for blending traditional Senegalese folk music with modern pop and jazz.
Born in Dakar, Senegal, the son of a Senegalese high official and member of the Lebou ethnic group, Diop left Senegal in the 1970s to study engineering in Paris, but once there turned to music, joining a fellow Senegalese musician, Umbañ U Kset, in forming the band West African Cosmos.
Diop left the band in 1979 to start a solo career, and over the next decade achieved some small success, particularly in partnerships with singer Marie-France Anglade of Black heritage, and jazz saxophonist Yasuaki Shimizu.
It was not until the early 1990s that his career began to take off, with the success of his first album, the soundtrack to the film Hyenes (which had been directed by his brother, Djibril Diop Mambety).
More albums followed: No Sant in 1995, Toxu in 1998, and the compilation album, Everything Is Never Quite Enough in 2004.
Diop lives in Paris and writes much of his lyrics in French.
Among English speaking audiences, he is probably best known for "African Dream", a single from No Sant which narrowly missed the Top 40 in the UK Singles Chart, and "Everything is Never Quite Enough", which is featured on the soundtrack to the 1999 film, The Thomas Crown Affair.
"Defal Lu Wor," his Wolof language cover of the Talking Heads song "Once in a Lifetime", was included in a "special markets" CD, World is Africa, produced by Universal Music for Starbucks.
His brother was film director Djibril Diop Mambéty.
He is the father of French actress and filmmaker Mati Diop.
Variety described his soundtrack to 2006's Daratt from Chad as "outstanding".
The Wasis Diop official's channel in youtube includes some tracks of the album "Sequences" - 2014, and the newest album "De la glace dans la gazelle" - 2021.
