Petite Noir

Petite Noir, There has been a lot of hype around Cape Town-based Petite Noir, a young man born in Belgium to Congolese and Angolan parents who relocated with his family to South Africa at an early age.

Petite Noir, is a Belgian born, Congolese singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer from Cape Town, Western Cape. Noir was one half of Popskarr with record producer and DJ Terrence Pearce, and a member of the creative collective Capital of Cool. He is currently signed to Double Six Records. His debut extended play The King of Anxiety was released in January 2015 and his debut studio album La vie est belle / Life Is Beautiful was released in September of the same year.

Petite Noir began his musical career in 2009 with record producer Terrence Pearce as the music duo Popskarr. They have released various singles from 2009 to 2012 and have not released any material together since. Noir’s debut solo single “Till We Ghosts” was released in 2012 and was later included on his 2015 debut extended play The King of Anxiety. Also in 2012, Noir released the non-album single “Disappear”.

In September 2016, Noir was featured on American hip hop recording artist Danny Brown’s fourth studio album Atrocity Exhibition on track “Rolling Stone”. It was officially released on September 27, but played on Zane Lowe’s Beats 1 radio show on September 15.