RedOne isn't known by that moniker at home. Oh no, he's plain old Nadir Khayat there.
He left his native Morocco to go to Sweden because that's where all the best pop music is from.
Incredible.
In 2006, he produced a 'mash-up' of Shakira's 'Hips Don't Lie' and his own song, 'Bamboo', which was performed by Shakira at the World Cup.
This is all very well, but the first time most people heard of him was when he co-produced a cavalcade of amazingness with a certain Lady Gaga. You might have heard of her.
If you helped produce this you'd be quite happy wouldn't you?
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