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Hasni's first significant performance as a singer occurred when he attended a local wedding party, where the group led by the famous Naoui brothers was playing. Impressed by his voice, they invited him to perform on stage at a well-known [[cabaret]], La Guinguette.<ref name=":0" />The second major launching point in Hasni's career came shortly afterwards when a producer asked him to record with Raï performer [[Chaba Zahouania]].<ref name=":0" />
In 1987, the pair released a provocative song by Algerian standards, "Beraka" ("The Shack"), gaining them much attention.<ref name=":0" /> The success of "Beraka" made Hasni famous, and a controversial subject with both critics and fanatic [[Fundamentalism|fundamentalists]] already concerned over the popularity of the Raï genre.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Langlois |first=Tony |date=1996-10 |title=The local and global in North African popular music |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/popular-music/article/abs/local-and-global-in-north-african-popular-music/20F5E0863DF4926442055687EF0BA856 |journal=[[Popular Music]] |language=en |volume=15 |issue=3 |pages=259–273 |doi=10.1017/S0261143000008266 |issn=1474-0095 |via=JSTOR}}</ref>
He got married in 1987 at the age of 19 and had only one child named Abdellah, born in 1989. His wife, whose real name is Zahzouh Malika but known as "Melouka," was the main inspiration for his greatest hits over the years, such as "Tal Ghyabek ya ghzali" and "El Bayda mon amour."
Like many other Raï artists based in Algeria, Cheb Hasni was also performing abroad (giving concerts everywhere from Paris, [[Marseilles]], and [[Boston]] to Washington DC, [[Tunis]], [[Casablanca]], and Tokyo, to name a few cities) than at home, due to [[curfews]] and musical restrictions in Algeria at the time<ref name=":1" />. Hasni's last concert in his native country was on 5 July 1993, when he performed to an audience of over 150,000 fans in Algiers at an event organised to celebrate the 35th anniversary of Algeria's independence.<ref name=":0" />
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