West African singer Aroch was born Dao Soumana, on January 10, 1987 in Padema, Burkina Faso, west Africa. He went to a Law school before moving to the United States in 2014 to pursue his music career.
At his early age, Aroch began singing and performing in his small native village of Padema at music festivals. Growing up, he was exposed to reggae music especially the music of Bob Marley who is one of his idols alongside African-American singer Akon. After graduating from high school, he moved to the capital of his country Ouagadougou to study law. His interests in Pop music, R&B and hip hop started to grow and he began taking some voice classes until he moved to Pittsburgh, PA in 2014.
Aroch describes himself as a pop singer even though he admits that his music style is a mixture of pop music, reggae, hip hop and RnB and Afrobeat. He is currently working hard on his EP which will feature new songs such as I Saw the Devil, Shame on you, I see U Coming, Happy Man…..
Aroch is well known in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (which he describes as his second home) for his performances at Open Mics. Beyond his work in music, Aroch is studying Political science.
Check out the lyric video for his latest release “Shame on You”.
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