Mélange Travel & Lifestyle Magazine APRIL 2019 | Page 316

Stephan Phobere
“T-Stone”
Stephan Phobere also known by his singing
name, T-Stone is a French singer from
Guadeloupe. He started in the underground
world and made his debut on YouTube in
2013 with the song “We Got it”
He grew up in Gosier and was infl uenced by
American artistes Michael Jackson and Chris
Brown among others plus, Guadeloupean
artists like Patrick St. Eloi, Gilles Floro and
rapper Martiniquian Kalash.
His YouTube debut in 2013 received over
50,000 views and he was immensely
pleased and somewhat surprised by that
result. This gave him the impetus to pursue
his passion.
In 2016, he released “Don’t Stop” featuring
Naïky. This clip was directed by Krys Bazir
and it attracted over 180,000 views on
YouTube.
Under the Play Studio Group headed by
the brothers Sébastien and Meddy Anzala,
T-Stone released “Tonight” in 2017, totalling
147,000 views on YouTube. That year, he was
also nominated at Hit Lokal Awards in Paris
for his collaboration with Naiky, on the title
"Do not Stop".
On November 7, 2018, T-Stone unveiled his
new single "OLaLa", a title which allowed
us to re-discover the artiste from another
angle.
Stay tuned. T-Stone is constantly evolving.
He is currently preparing his new single/
clip, under the music label CHABINE PROD,
former producer of Kalash.