who is M. PoKoRa?

Matt Pokora (real name Matthieu Tota) was born on September 26, 1985 in Strasbourg, France. At 12, his parents divorced and he started writing songs instead of going to school. In 2003, he participated to the TV show "Popstars". Matthieu, Otis & Lionel were the members of Linkup. After the end of the band, Matthieu started his solo career. He wanted his name to be "Matt" but a French R&B singer, Matt Houston, already had this name : Matthieu chose the name Pokora which means "humility" in Polish. He released his first album in late 2004 and the singles "Elle Me Contrôle" & "Pas Sans Toi" were successful. In January 2006, he released his second album Player.

M. Pokora will release his new album MP3 in the States next autumn. For the moment, he continues the promotion of his album in France with "They Talk Sh*t About Me". Let's talk about his international career. MP3, M. Pokora's third album, already sold 100,000 copies & went gold disc even if it's going down in French album charts... N°74 this week. After "Dangerous", N°1 in French single charts, N°5 in TV airplay & N°15 in radio airplay, the new single will be "They Talk Sh*t About Me", already aired on NRJ, Skyrock, Champagne FM, Radio 6, Star Méditerranée, Scoop, Vitamine... released on June 9.

After "Dangerous", "They Talk Sh*t About Me" will be the second single from Matt Pokora's good album MP3, produced by Timbaland. The Strasbourg-born singer will tour this autumn & will perform at Paris' Bercy on November 18. Whereas the first single produced by Timbaland, "Dangerous" featuring Sebastian, former N°1 in France, is released in every country, the follow-up has been chosen : "They Talk Sh*t About Me". M. Pokora's new album includes guests : Ryan Leslie on "Don't Give My Love Away", Kore on "Quitte À Me Jouer" & of course Timbaland & his brother Sebastian on "Dangerous".

The singer is currently shooting his new video with the English girl Verbz who sings with him on this single. For the international market, the album will be released in May & June in Europe (it has already been released in Sweden, where "Dangerous" is successful & in Germany where it's not the same), Russia, Mexico, Brazil, Argentine, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, South East Asia, India, South Africa, Israel... & in autumn for the States. Also, "Dangerous" is aired on European radios & just like Alizée, is a hit in Mexico ! M. Pokora will be in Mexico this month for a promotional planning.

Erika M.P