Areski Belkacem

(23 January 1940 – 1 June 2026), also known simply as Areski, was a French singer, multi-instrumentalist, comedian, and composer. He grew up in Versailles, a city near Paris, where his parents (of Kabyle Algerian origins) used to own a restaurant and welcome Algerian musicians in it. Areski was Brigitte Fontaine's husband.