Stephane Legar

Stephane Gagba (born May 13, 1998), better known as Stephane Legar, is an Israeli singer, dancer, and model. His stage name is Legar or Le Gar – short for Le Garcon, "the Boy" in French. Many Israelis call him also by his mononym Stephane.

Stephane Legar
Legar in 2018
Background information
Birth nameStephane Gagba
Also known asStephane Le Gar
Born (1998-05-13) May 13, 1998
Bat Yam, Israel
GenresHip hop
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • dancer
  • model
Years active2016–present
Labels
  • Unicell
  • Warner Music France
Associated actsStatic & Ben El Tavori, Eden Ben Zaken

Early life

Stephane Gagba was born in Bat Yam, Israel, to Christian parents from Togo. His parents were foreign diplomats working in the Nigerian embassy in Israel. He has an older sister. As a child he spent most of his holidays visiting Togo.

At the age of 12, Legar moved with his family to Holon near Tel-Aviv. He studied in the youth village Mikveh Israel, in its French sector. He decided to remain in the country and learn Hebrew. After obtaining Israeli citizenship, he served in the Israeli Defense Forces in a unit responsible for explaining the recruitment process to high schoolers.[1]

Career

In 2016, a few days after he uploaded his first dance tutorial, it went viral. In almost every neighborhood in Israel you could see groups of children holding their phones while imitating Stephane’s moves. In 2019, he became one of the most popular artists in Israel.

Personal life

His mother language is French but he is fluent in English, Hebrew, Ewe and Spanish. Stephane celebrates the Jewish holidays with his friends, as well as Christmas. [2]

Discography

Singles
  • 2017: "Step Fun"
  • 2017: "DoubleDutch"
  • 2017: "They Know"
  • 2017: "Winner"
  • 2018: "Comme ci comme ça" (In Hebrew קומסי קומסה)
  • 2018: "Merci"
  • 2019: "2019"
  • 2019: "Kapara" (in Hebrew כפרה)
  • 2019: "Mapiot" (in Hebrew מפיות)
  • 2020: "Look What You Did" (in Hebrew תראי מה עשית)
  • 2020: "Vida Loca"

Collaborations

  • 2017: "Like That" (feat. Julieta)
  • 2017: "Arisa - Tikitas" (with Noa Kirel)
  • 2018: "Maman" (with Itay Levi)
  • 2018: "Tappez les mains" (Skazi x Stephane Legar)
  • 2018: "Birthday" (with Ofek Hamalach)
  • 2020: "Yala" (with Tamta)
  • 2020: "Rak Banot" (with Itay Levi)

Awards and nominations
Year Awards Category Nominated work Result
2017 MTV Europe Music Awards[3][4] Best Israeli Act Himself Nominated
2018 Nominated
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gollark: Clearly we should have used glorious functionally pure haskell for this.
gollark: Why?
gollark: With some combinator hax, sure.
gollark: > assuming we can't mind-control it

References
  1. Vigevani, Mara (2018-03-13). "From Togo To Tel Aviv: Israel's Latest Christian Pop Sensation". Breaking Israel News | Latest News. Biblical Perspective. Retrieved 2019-03-24.
  2. https://embassies.gov.il/eu/NewsAndEvents/Newsletter/Pages/The-new-Israeli-Mega-hit-%C2%AB-Comme-ci--Comme-%C3%A7a-%C2%BB.aspx
  3. "Nigeria: Wizkid, Davido, Others Nominated for 2017 MTV Europe Music Awards". AllAfrica.com. October 5, 2017. Retrieved February 26, 2019.
  4. "Stephane Legar". MTV. Retrieved February 26, 2019.
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