originally from Casablanca, Morocco, Cheba Maria , whose real name is maria zine, is interested from an early age to the Moroccan popular song, and will be much influenced by the reason of his idols, Cheb Hasni, Cheb Khaled Cheb Mami etc. . it has a real passion of the public, leading to a series of concerts in his country, France, Spain and Italy. in 1998, Cheba Maria moved to France and settled in Toulouse in search of new musical encounters and experiences, she was able to find a place in the arts thanks to his exceptional voice and her irresistible joie de vivre, it occurs to alongside several artists: her duet with Cheb Rachid "enta ould bladi" (Get out of my country) in 1998 went on to sell thousands of copies in Morocco and abroad, "a zine Amalek" (what you) in 1999, "Khater zinek" in 2000 (your beauty is irresistible), "mghamra rani" in 2001 (I part in the adventure), "jenetinie" (you have made me mad) in 2003, and participation in the album title rain'b fever bled my duet with Mohamed Lamine rohff and has sold over 200,000 copies. she was able to create a style from the style cheba maria rai influenced by, popular music Moroccan and Middle Eastern in general. his new album (in stores March 2005) combines intelligent and very talented traditional music and contemporary music.