Santrinos Raphaël
The "Dadju Togolais": born in Lomé in 1996, Santrinos Raphaël sings love in Ewé and French — "Sickness of love" and "We're not going to divorce" made him the safe value of Togolese African R&B.
Atassé El Pidio Hounu, dit Santrinos Raphaël, was born on 4 March 1996 in Lomé, from a father of Beninese origin and a Togolese mother. He discovered music at the Collège Saint-Joseph de Lomé, published his first single "Ton nuit" in 2014, then "Tout la nuit" and "Fiançailles" (2017), the number one musical radio station in the country, while obtaining a licence and then a master's degree in marketing and communication at the ESGIS.
His first album, "Cruise en moi" (2018, 18 titles), the lead of the All Music Awards Togo; "Coup de coeur" (2021) confirms, with "Sickness of Love", number one of the charts for seven weeks on Trace. He collaborates with Stonebwoy on "Monica", Zeynab and Bebi Philippe, and fills the Palais des Congrès in Lomé.
FEMUA 15's guest of honour in Côte d'Ivoire (2023), he toured Europe — Paris in October 2023 — and filled the Omnisports stadium in Lomé on 25 December 2023. His third album, "Belle Vie" (2024), presented by RFI, kept him among the most listened Togolese artists.