Gilles Ateyaba Koffi Soler better known as Ateyaba, previously as Joke (born 1989) is a French rapper.
Early life He was born in Narbonne, France on 27 October 1989 and at age 10 moved to Montpellier.
As an adolescent, he released some materials on Myspace through which he was discovered by Teki Latex (of TTC) and was included in Stunts, the rap division of the label Institubes.
Career He recorded some materials in Paris that appeared in his mixtape Prêt pour l'argent in August 2009. He left Institubes after the release. He had independent releases, the EP Prêt pour l'argent 1.5 in with the guest appearance of the New York MC, Action Bronson. and EP Kyoto in 2012 and an appearance in Golden Eye Music 2012 compilation We Made It v.1 with the track "MTP Anthem", a tribute to his city Montpellier.
Joke released his third EP Tokyo on 27 May 2013. This project had a big success. The same year, he was signed to Def Jam France, part of Universal Music
His debut album Ateyaba was released on 2 June 2014Le Nouvel Obsérvateur: Vrairapfrancais - Chronique - Joke - Ateyaba with a number of tracks from the album charting on the SNEP Singles Chart. On this project, Joke worked with major artists like Jhené Aiko, Dosseh and Pusha T.
In 2015, Joke released his fourth EP, Delorean Music.
Discography
Albums YearAlbumCreditPeak positionsCertification FRA BEL (Wa) 2014AteyabaJoke5312023La vie en violetAteyaba—48
EPs YearAlbumCreditPeak positions FRA 2012KyotoJoke—2013Tokyo492015Delorean Music—2020Space Pack EPAteyaba1122024Ecstatic—Ecstatic 1.5Ateyaba Archive—2026 Roi ScorpionAteyaba—
Mixtapes YearAlbumCreditPeak positions FRA 2011Prêt pour l'argent 1.5Joke—2021InfiniggaAteyaba41
Singles YearTitleCreditPeak positionsAlbum FRA BEL (Wa)2014 "Majeur en l'air"Joke2246* (Ultratip)Ateyaba "Vénus"1944* (Ultratip) "Miley" (feat. Dosseh)23 "Sphinx" (feat. Rim'K & Seth Gueko)24 "On est sur les nerfs" 142 "Black Card" (feat. Pusha T)170 "Amistad" 192 "Le coup du patron"(with Dosseh & Gradur)1035* (Ultratip)Dosseh albumPerestroïka2017 "Vision"113 rowspan="4" "Playa Pt. II"124 "Caramelo"154 "Mendeleïev"1552018 "Rock with You"Ateyaba832020 "Moonwalk"982021 "Solitaires"(feat. SahBabii)145 *Did not appear in the official Belgian Ultratop 50 charts, but rather in the bubbling under Ultratip charts.
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