Biography
Blending hip-hop rhythms, Afro-pop grooves, and dance elements into high-energy dance-pop, Ivory Coast artist Debordo Leekunfa launched his path in music by spinning records in nightclubs during the mid-2000s. His talent for crafting loose, anthemic tracks and raps quickly led to a string of varied singles that stretched from the 2005 collaboration “Kpangor” with DJ Arafat through the 2009 release “American Soldier.” Further successes followed, among them the 2015 party track “Shake Your Body,” while later efforts such as 2020’s “QDS (Que du Saal)” kept drawing millions of streams well into the following decade.
Patrick Tanguy Séry Digbeu, born in Abidjan in 1984, began his club work as a DJ in the mid-2000s and soon ignited a regional dance phenomenon with the 2005 single “Kpangor,” again alongside DJ Arafat. A rapid succession of additional releases broadened his reach throughout West Africa, including the 2008 cut “Suis Moi,” which appeared under the name DJ Debordeau. Recording as Debordeaux Leekunfa, he delivered buoyant numbers such as 2009’s “American Soldier” and 2011’s “Rien Que la Nation,” later gathering these and other songs onto the mid-2013 album Opah à la Nation.
That same year also saw him credited simply as Debordo on Will Deekoine’s “On S’en Fou,” while he issued “Shake Your Body” and “Apéritif Yamoukidi” in 2015 under the Debordo Leekunfa moniker. Maintaining a focus on standalone singles and joint projects, he scored additional celebratory dance-pop successes with 2017’s “Pikimin,” 2018’s “Agaza Gaza,” and the already noted 2020 track “QDS (Que du Saal).”
Patrick Tanguy Séry Digbeu, born in Abidjan in 1984, began his club work as a DJ in the mid-2000s and soon ignited a regional dance phenomenon with the 2005 single “Kpangor,” again alongside DJ Arafat. A rapid succession of additional releases broadened his reach throughout West Africa, including the 2008 cut “Suis Moi,” which appeared under the name DJ Debordeau. Recording as Debordeaux Leekunfa, he delivered buoyant numbers such as 2009’s “American Soldier” and 2011’s “Rien Que la Nation,” later gathering these and other songs onto the mid-2013 album Opah à la Nation.
That same year also saw him credited simply as Debordo on Will Deekoine’s “On S’en Fou,” while he issued “Shake Your Body” and “Apéritif Yamoukidi” in 2015 under the Debordo Leekunfa moniker. Maintaining a focus on standalone singles and joint projects, he scored additional celebratory dance-pop successes with 2017’s “Pikimin,” 2018’s “Agaza Gaza,” and the already noted 2020 track “QDS (Que du Saal).”
Singles
