Messaoud Bellemou^{[clarification needed (seetalk)]} (Arabic:مسعود بلمو) is an Algerian musician and one of the most influential performers of modernraï music. He is considered by some people to be one of the fathers of Modern Raï Music.^[1]

Messaoud began his career playing thetrumpet but soon became known for adding foreign instruments like thesaxophone,^[2]violin, andaccordion to the genre. He worked during the 1970s with different raï singers of his generation like Boutaïaba Sghir, Boussouar El Maghnaoui, Bouteldja Belkacem.

In 1980s the termpop-raï has been used to describe the new generation ofchebs andchebats (from theArabic for "young") introducing new instruments,^[3] and together withBelkacem Bouteldja released one of the first records of the new genre.^[2]

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