Kobi Peretz

Kobi Peretz was born in 1975 in Tel Aviv

Kobi Peretz was born on 28 October 1975 in Tel Aviv and grew up in the Kfar Shalem neighborhood. He was the youngest of 10 children of parents from Morocco. His father was the singer Petty Armo Peretz.

He released his first album, Ta'ut Shel HaHaim, in 1992. His second album, At Kmo Esh, came out in 1995 after he finished his army service. In 2003 he released Balbeli Oto, whose title song made him widely known.

His albums Kol Ma SheYesh Bi from 2006 and Kama Ahava from 2008 reached platinum status. In 2010 he took part in the sixth season of Dancing with the Stars. His 2014 album C'est la vie reached double platinum.

In 2016 he was sentenced to 18 months in prison for tax evasion, and he began his term at Maasiyahu Prison in 2017. During the Gaza war, a video of him singing to soldiers was included in South Africa's case against Israel at the International Court of Justice. State attorney Amit Aisman considered opening a criminal investigation over the matter.