Cyril Kamar, (in Arabic سيريل قمر) (born January 31, 1980 in Beirut, Lebanon) better known by his stage name K.Maro, sometimes also K'Maro is a Canadian Pop singer-songwriter and producer of Lebanese origin. He sings in French and in English. He is also founder / owner and CEO of K.Pone.Inc Music Group, an entertainment company and K.Pone.Inc record label, with signing of a host of well-known artists.
In 2002, K.Maro released an album entitled "I am à l'ancienne" only in Canada. K.Maro released his official solo debut album La Good Life in the mid 2004, with 3 singles released from it. He also released his second studio album, Million Dollar Boy, in late 2005. In 2006 he released his first remix album - 10th Anniversary: Platinum Remixes. His third studio album entitled Perfect Stranger was released on October 24, 2008. A new album was released on the 27th of April 2010 entitled
K.Maro is a francophone and anglophone singer from Montreal, Canada. His real name is Cyril Kamar, and he was born in Beirut, Lebanon on January 31, 1980. After a short stay in Paris, France, his family moved to Canada in 1991.
In LMDS
K.Maro first broke through to the Quebec charts with his group LMDS, the name, an abbreviation for "Les Messagers du Son". It was actually a French language hip hop duo in Montreal, Quebec, Canada formed in 1993 made up of Cyril Kamar, called Lyrik in LMDS and Adil Takhssait called Mélo in the duo.
The band achieved great success in Quebec and launched two successful albums Les Messagers du Son in 1997 and Il Faudrait Leur Dire in 1999. LMDS broke up in 2001. Both artists continued their musical careers, Cyril Kamar (Lyrik) as K.Maro and Adil Takhssait (Mélo) as Vaï.
Solo career
After the breakup of LMDS, Cyril Kamar became successful as a solo artist, taking the name K.Maro (alternatives K'Maro and K-Maro). A hip hop and R&B singer-songwriter and producer, he became an instant international success particularly with his first major hit worldwide titled Femme Like U in 2004. His songs are frequently a mix of French and English lyrics, and sometimes Arabic. The album Perfect Stranger is his first all-English language album.
K.Maro also established and owns K.Pone Inc Music Group entertainment company and "K.Pone Inc" record label as well as "Balbec" line of clothing.
Collaborations with artists
In addition to solo career, K.Maro is known to have collaborated with a number of artists:
Examples of these include: Many collaborations with DJ Shortcut and notably in Fresh that also featured Moshine. Another collaboration with DJ Shortcut and Moshine was in On est là He was featured in Le clan chill of Corneille He was also featured in Nos couleurs of Cheb Mami He featured Shy'm in his own single Histoires de Luv Has written a lot of materials for Shy'm's debut album Mes Fantaisies and was featured in À l'abri in the second album of Shy'm entitled Reflets He collaborated with Belly and Rad in Change The Game His song Love It or Leave It features Imposs His song Out in the Streets Remix features Jim Jones His song Never Walk Away features Odessa Thornhill His song Take You Away (Part 2) features the Canadian rock singer Jonas Tomalty
K.Maro also runs the K.Pone.Inc. Music Group[1], an entertainment group that goes into music production, promotion and distribution. K-Pone Inc. has its own "K.Pone Inc" record label, that has signed many artists, including amongst others: Shy'm (real name Tamara Marthe) Imposs (real name S. Rimsky Salgado) Ale Dee (real name Alexandre Duhaime) Vaï (real name Adil Takhssait) Odessa Thornhill, Peya, Radical (Rad), Jay, Virginie Cummins.
AlbumsYear Album Austria CAN FIN FRA GER SWI 2002 I am à l'ancienne 2004 La Good Life 30 7 7 12 26 2005 Million Dollar Boy 5 20 2006 10th Anniversary: Platinum Remixes 76 2008 Perfect Stranger 79
Singles / VideosYear Single Austria BEL CAN DEN FIN FRA GER NED SWI Album 2002 "Symphonie pour un dingue" I am à l'ancienne 2004 "Femme Like U" 4 1 17 6 1 3 22 1 La Good Life 2004 "Crazy" 32 14 9 2 19 8 La Good Life 2005 "Sous l'oeil de l'ange" / "Qu'est ce que ça te fout" 10 29 La Good Life 2005 "Histoires de Luv" 5 6 21 Million Dollar Boy 2005 "Les frères existent encore" 8 31 Million Dollar Bo
Non-charting singles / videos 2006: "Gangsta Party" 2006: "Let's go" 2008: "Out in the Streets" 2008: "Take You Away" 2009: "Out In The Streets (Remix) feat.Jim Jones 2009: "Elektric" 2009: "Music"
In November 2006, K-Maro won "The International Achievement Award" at the 17th Gala of the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada
