Al Peco grew up in France until the age of nine, then moved to Bamako, Mali, where he spent most of his childhood and adolescence. Inspired by Born Yamadou Kanouté in 1980 in Grigny (Essonne) , Al Peco Kriss Kross at the age of twelve, he began rapping at fourteen or fifteen, and founded the group Rage (Koly, Fokko, and Justice) at sixteen. This group quickly became the leading rap group in Mali and even in neighboring countries thanks to their hit song " Votemania ." At 18, Al Peco moved to Toulouse (Haute-Garonne) to study economics. With his partner Koly, with whom he founded the Rokia Sound association, and supported by their new acquaintance in Toulouse, Kaff2kaff (the composer of the track " B.Boy "), they organized student parties, and in 2001, their first solo EP, PEC EXEL, was released. Everything happened quickly; after earning his master's degree in economics and business management, he returned to music and gained recognition in every project he participated in. Al Peco album Bled Hard Concept Album available for streaming (click on the cover) His first project, Bled Hard concept mix by DJ Pray One, was released in 2004. He released his first album, titled Coloniza. His album features contributions from Chamillionnaire, Blacko, and his group BCWN. June 18, 2008 He then returned with three volumes of the mixtape Clandestines connexions on which he remixed classics and current tracks. In 2008, Al Peco contributed to the French version of the soundtrack for the film End of the Night . In 2009, he released his album Clandestines Connexions Vol . 1. In 2011, he released the single " C'est gâté ". <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Al+Peco">Read more on Last.fm</a>. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.