Background
He was born in Narbonne, France and at 10 moved to Montpellier.
He was born in Narbonne, France and at 10 moved to Montpellier.
As an adolescent, he released some materials on Myspace through which he was discovered by Teki Latex (of TTC) and was included in Stunts, the rap division of the label Institubes and recorded some materials in Paris that appeared in his mixtape Prêt pour l"argent in August 2009. He left Institubes after the release. He had independent releases, the European Parliament Prêt pour l"argent 1.5 in 2011 and European Parliament Kyoto in 2012 and an appearance in Golden Eye Music 2012 compilation We Made Information Technology V.1 with the track "Mtp Anthem", a tribute to his city Montpellier that he was signed to Def Jam France, part of Universal Music.
His debut album Ateyaba was released on 2 June 2014 with a number of popular tracks taken from the album charting in SNEP Chart.
Joke is also a member of the music collective "Les Monsieur" that also included Bip"s, Titan, Leknifrug, Charlie Benzo, Tomystery, Asura, KidiBen.