Raïna Raï

Raïna Raï (Arabic: راينا راي‎) is an Algerian raï music group. Originally from Sidi Bel-Abbès, their style of music mixes raï, rock and diwane. It merges traditional rhythms and instruments with rock instruments. His most popular hits include: "Zina", "Hagda" and "Til Taila"...

The Raïna Raï group was created in December 1980 in Paris by four musicians from Sidi Bel Abbès in Algeria. This group was launched by former singers of the groups Les Aigles Noirs and Les Basiles under the leadership of Tarik Chikhi. He made his appearance during a support concert on Radio Soleil radio station. Its founding members are Tarik Naïmi Chikhi, Kaddour Bouchentouf, Lotfi Attar and Hachemi Djellouli. A few months later, Raïna Raï joined Djilali Rezkallah as a singer, replacing Kada.