curprev14:3114:31, 14 April 2024 Icanttalkaboutittalkcontribs 117,157 bytes−92 Sting did not "introduce" raï to Western audiences. Not only is there not a citation for this claim, one can simply look up the genre or actual raï musicians who had hits in Europe and internationally before Sting had anything to do with the genre, such as: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khaled_(musician)undo