Stéphane Legar

Stéphane Legar was born in 1998 in Bat Yam

Stéphane Gagba, known on stage as Stéphane Legar, was born on May 13, 1998, in Bat Yam. His Christian parents came from Togo and worked as diplomats at the Nigerian embassy in Israel. As a child he held only Togolese citizenship and faced possible deportation, and he later received Israeli citizenship.

At 12 he moved with his family to Holon. He studied in the French section of the Mikveh Israel youth village. His native language is French, and he also speaks Hebrew, Ewe, English and Spanish.

He began modeling for Castro at 14 and won the Israeli hip-hop dance championship twice. In 2016 he danced for Static & Ben El Tavori and released "Step Fun," which drew millions of views. He later worked with Noa Kirel on "Tikitas" and joined Static & Ben El Tavori and Eden Ben Zaken on "Yassu."

In 2018 he appeared as a guest on Big Brother and competed in Ninja Israel VIP, finishing fifth. In 2019 he voiced Ugly Dog in the Hebrew version of UglyDolls. His song "Comme ci, comme ça" won the Manie Musicale competition in 2020.