Stromae

Birth Name: Paul Van Haver

Place of Birth: Etterbeek, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium

Date of Birth: 12 March, 1985

Ethnicity:
*father – Tutsi Rwandan, distant Somali
*mother – Belgian Flemish

Stromae is a Belgian singer, rapper, songwriter, and producer.

His father, Pierre Rutare, was Rwandan, with Tutsi ancestry. His mother, Miranda Marie Van Haver, is Belgian Flemish. His father was mostly absent during his childhood, and was killed during the 1994 Tutsi Genocide. His mother raised him in a French community in the suburbs of Brussels.

Stromae is married to Coralie Barbier, with whom he has a son.

Stromae’s paternal grandfather was named Gabriel Gasamagera.

Sources: http://www.nytimes.com
https://www.lexpress.fr

6 Responses

  1. suburbanwinemom2020 says:

    Put Tutsi in the ethnicity, since it’s in the tags!

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