Ks Bloom

KS Bloom is the stage name of Souleymane Kader Junior Kévin Koné, a singer and gospel rapper from Ivory Coast. Born in Youpougon, a suburb of Abidjan, on October 8, 1996, he was raised by a Muslim father and a Christian mother. Even though began performing back in 2012, it wasn't after he converted to Christianism in 2017 that he finally found his feet in the music industry. Well-versed in a wide array of genres such as zouglou, coupé-décalé, or R&B, the Ivorian artist rose to fame in 2020 through singles like "Paix en Afrique" and "Comment," and issued his studio debut Allumez la Lumière in 2021. Driven by the singles "Enfant de Dieu" and "C'est Jesus," the album established him as one of the most promising artists in the local scene and was followed by other successful singles such as "Petit Enfant" (2021), "Tou Connais Pas Encore" (2021), and "C'est DIEU" (2022), whose accompanying video accumulated 4 million views on his personal video-streaming channel.