Fatou Samba

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Fatou Samba
File:BLACKSWAN Fatou Seoul Fashion Week September 2024.jpg
Fatou in September 2024
Born
Samba Fatou Diouf

(1995-03-23) March 23, 1995 (age 29)
Dakar, Senegal
Occupations
  • Singer
  • Rapper
Years active2020–present
Musical career
Genres
Instrument
  • Vocals
Years active2020–present
Labels
Member of

Fatou Samba is a Senegalese-Belgian rapper, singer-songwriter, and model based in South Korea. She is best known as a member and leader of the girl group Blackswan, being widely recognized as the first African-born idol in the South Korean music industry.[1][2][3][4] On August 19, 2022, Fatou made her solo debut with the mixtape PWAPF.[5]

Life and career

Fatou was born on March 23, 1995, in Senegal. She later moved to Belgium at the age of 12, where she pursued a career in modeling.[1][6] She became inspired to pursue a career in the K-pop industry after being shown Shinee's "Replay" by a friend, travelling to South Korea following her graduation from university, and joining a K-pop cover dance crew.[3][7] After two years of training, Fatou made her debut in the South Korean girl group Blackswan on October 16, 2020.[8][9][10] In August 2022, it was announced that Fatou would be making her solo debut with her first mixtape, PWAPF.[11][12][13] She later returned in December 2023 with her first EP, Letter 1 - Adeah.[14][15]

Discography

EPs and mixtapes

List of extended plays, with selected details, chart positions, and sales
Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales
KOR
 US Heat
 US World
PWAPF
  • Released: August 19, 2022
  • Label: DR Music, Danal Entertainment
  • Format: Digital download
Track listing
  1. Castle Key (Roll)
  2. Gucci (PWAPF)"
  3. Lingo (Stunna)
 — — — —
Letter 1 - Adaeh[16]
  • Released: December 8, 2023
  • Label: DR Music, Danal Entertainment
  • Formats: CD, digital download
Track listing
  1. The Other Side
  2. Devil Made the Deal for Me
  3. Adaeh
  4. Me Myself and I
  5. Alright
 — — —

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Yoonji Han (November 19, 2023). "Four years ago, I moved to Korea without speaking the language. Now, I'm K-pop's first African idol". Business Insider.
  2. ↑ "'I'm Just Living My Dream': Blackswan's Fatou on Becoming K-Pop's First African Idol". Rolling Stone. May 31, 2022.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Meet K-pop's first African idol: Fatou of Blackswan". Yahoo! News. June 2, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Video Everything about K-pop's first African star, Fatou Samba". The Korea Herald. April 28, 2023.
  5. ↑ Ashlee Mitchell (August 19, 2022). "K-Pop Idol Fatou on Her Solo Debut, Black Artists in K-pop, and Blackswan's Future".
  6. ↑ "다국적 걸그룹 블랙스완, '검은 진주' 파투(Fatou) 전격 신상 공개". Sports Donga. October 27, 2023.
  7. ↑ ""It's all worth it at the end of the day": BLACKSWAN's Fatou opens up about her journey of becoming a K-pop idol". Sportskeeda. June 7, 2022.
  8. ↑ "Blackswan's Fatou opens up about being Black in the K-pop industry". NME. June 1, 2022.
  9. ↑ "걸그룹 블랙스완의 파투, 한국 사랑하는 오리지널 아프로-유러피안". The Korea Herald. October 28, 2020.
  10. ↑ "이제 막 데뷔한 K-POP 최초 세네갈 출신 '흑인 래퍼'의 넘사벽 비주얼". Insight. October 16, 2020.
  11. ↑ "블랙스완 래퍼 파투, 19일 믹스테이프 발표…벨기에 출신 흑인래퍼의 K힙합 도전". Sports TV News. August 5, 2022.
  12. ↑ "블랙스완 래퍼 파투, 19일 첫 솔로 믹스테잎 앨범". Newsen. August 4, 2022.
  13. ↑ "벨기에 출신 블랙스완 파투, 19일 솔로 믹스테이프 발매". News1. August 4, 2022.
  14. ↑ "블랙스완 파투, 오늘(8일) 첫 믹스테잎 발매…걸그룹 초기 힘들었던 자아 표출". December 8, 2023. 8 December 2023.
  15. ↑ "'블랙스완' 래퍼 파투, 오늘 첫 솔로 믹스테이프 발매". Newsis. December 8, 2023.
  16. ↑ "Blackswan's Fatou Samba Unleashes Solo Mixtape EP 'Letter 1 - Adaeh'". Times of India. December 8, 2023.
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