DEBORDO LEEKUNFA

Mixing components of hip-hop, Afro-pop, dance music, and more into his kinetic dance-pop songs, the Ivory Coast's Debordo Leekunfa started his musical career as a DJ in the mid-2000s. With knack for free-flowing anthems and raps, he emerged as a pop artist with eclectic tracks ranging from 2005's "Kpangor" (with DJ Arafat) to 2009's "American Soldier." His many subsequent hits included the party anthem "Shake Your Body," originally released in 2015, and Leekunfa continued to attract millions of clicks into the next decade with songs like 2020's "QDS (Que du Saal)." Born ...