Stéphane Legar

Stéphane Gagba (Hebrew: סטפן גאגבה; born May 13, 1998), better known professionally as Stéphane Legar (סטפן לגר), is a Togolese-Israeli[1][2][3][4] singer, dancer, and model. His stage name is either Legar or Le Gar – short for Le Garçon, "the boy" in French. He is often simply referred to by his mononym Stéphane.

Stéphane Legar
Background information
Birth nameStéphane Gagba
Born (1998-05-13) May 13, 1998
Bat Yam, Israel
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
  • dancer
  • model
Years active2016–present
Labels

Early life

Stéphane Gagba was born in Bat Yam, Israel, to Christian parents from Togo. His parents were foreign diplomats working in the Nigerian embassy in Israel at the time. He has an older sister. As a child, he spent most of his holidays visiting his relatives in Togo.[5]

As a child, he was nominated for deportation from Israel – due to lacking citizenship – as he only had a resident status. Although, he was a citizen of Togo (Togolese passport). Until the age of 10, his parents protected him from this awareness. Eventually, he acquired an Israeli citizenship as well – but only after he finished his Israeli military service, on 3 May 2021.[1][2][3][4]

At the age of 12, Legar moved with his family to Holon, Israel. He attended the youth village school Mikveh Israel, in its French sector. He enlisted in August 2017 to the Israel Defense Forces and served in a unit responsible for explaining the recruitment process to high schoolers.[6]

Career

At 14, he started as a model for the Castro clothing chain. After that as an acclaimed dancer he won the Israeli hiphop dance championship twice, in 2016 he was cast to dance in a Static & Ben El Tavori clip.

In October 2016 he released his first hit song Step Fun which got millions of online views and trending dances from the song. In 2017 he made a song with Israeli singer Noa Kirel named "Tikitas"(טיקיטאס). Ever since then he has been one of the most successful hip-hop artists in Israel, and has fans from the whole world(France and Israel mainly).

Personal life

His native language is French, but he is also fluent in Hebrew, Ewe (Togolese), English, and Spanish.[7]

Discography
  • 2020: "Rak Banot" ll (ft. Itay Levi)
  • 2022: "SPEED LIFE"

Awards and nominations
Year Awards Category Nominated work Result
2017 MTV Europe Music Awards[8][9] Best Israeli Act Himself Nominated
2018 Nominated

References
  1. https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=4789333207761478&id=137106982984147
  2. "סטפ אפ". 31 May 2021.
  3. "סטפן לגר: "כשאני הולך ברחוב אני לא אומר 'אני שחור', אבל הסביבה מזכירה לי את זה"". 4 June 2021.
  4. https://www.israelhayom.co.il/article/757115
  5. "From Togo to Tel Aviv: Israel's Latest Christian Pop Sensation". 13 March 2018.
  6. 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.
  7. https://embassies.gov.il/eu/NewsAndEvents/Newsletter/Pages/The-new-Israeli-Mega-hit-%C2%AB-Comme-ci--Comme-%C3%A7a-%C2%BB.aspx
  8. "Nigeria: Wizkid, Davido, Others Nominated for 2017 MTV Europe Music Awards". AllAfrica.com. October 5, 2017. Retrieved February 26, 2019.
  9. "Stephane Legar". MTV. Retrieved February 26, 2019.
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