Ibambi Okombi Rogatien was born on August 31, 1974 in Fort Rousset (now called
Owando), Congo. Introduced to music through a Catholic choir and then the Cogiex
Stars group, he decided in 1993 to form an orchestra: Extra-Musica. Made up of
Espé Bass, Kila Mbongo, Guy-Guy Fall, Durell Loemba, Quentin Moyasko,
Oxy-Oxygène, Ramatoulaye Ngolali, Régis Touba and Pinochet Thierry, this first
group gave the man who was to become known as Roga-Roga his first taste of
music, a blend of Congolese rumba and ndombolo. After performing nationwide,
including television appearances (on Variétés ...