Elie LaPointe was born on September 16, 1981, on the island of Haiti. His father was a guitarist, and his mother was a singer. LaPointe is the oldest of 3 brothers and 2 sisters. Born into a family of musicians, Lapointe started to play music at the age of 4 as a drummer and singer in his father’s gospel band, “Don Divine.” Despite being a talented singer and a drummer, Lapointe did not find his true passion until he picked up the guitar. He would later go on to combine his singing and guitar skills to form his first band, Steel, at the age of 16, with fellow schoolmates and musicians Steeve Valcourt and Evens Guerrier. Steel was a band that played konpa, heavily influenced by R&B and groups like Boys II Men and Shai. Although Steel was not a majorly successful band, it did provide Lapointe with some exposure following the release of their album, (name of album), and an appearance on the television show “Chante Noel” which aired on the national Haitian channel Telemax in 1998. There he would meet Michael Benjamin, singer and guitarist, and Fabrice Rouzier, keyboardist and producer of “Haiti
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Twoubadour.” Opportunity presented itself, and Lapointe would go on to participate in the 2nd edition of “Haiti Twoubadour” and sing a song titled, “Richesse,” in the 3rd edition. In 2002, Lapointe moved to the United States and landed in the city of the Big Apple. He joined the famous band, New York All Stars which included the prominent musicians Shedly Abraham, Armstrong Jeune, Makarios Cesaire and Kenny Desmangle. His stay in the group would not be too long. However, Lapointe would flourish as a guitarist and backup singer performing live with reknowned artists Tanya St Val, Dédé Saint Prix, Orlane, Eric Virgal who recruited Lapointe into their group for their international tours throughout countries like United States, Canada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Martin, French Guyana, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Bahamas, Turks & Caicos Islands, etc. In 2004, he revealed his genius as an author, composer and performer with his first solo album entitled “Talent” with the participations of many world-renowned artists such as Nickenson Prud’homme, Fabrice Rouzier, Michael Benjamin, Yves Abel, Klaudio Ramos and many others. “Bel Santiman” from the album “Talent” was elected hit single of the year in 2004 in North America.
In 2005, he moved to Miami where he joined the new generation group Fahrenheit. Lapointe was a singer, guitarist and leader of the group. He would be directly involved with the production of “Tout Se Pou Ou” and “Live 2005” which greatly inspired the production of the group’s third album “On Fire” featuring the likes of Elephant Man (P. Diddy’s “Bad Boy Records” artist) and Nickenson Prud’homme (former Zenglen keyboardist and singer).He will shortly after spend two years with the reknowned ” Djakout Mizik” from which he will learn what he calls ” La psychologie de foule”(Crowed’s Psychology )! In 2008, Elie Lapointe returns with a second solo project entitled “Tombe Damou.” In this album, Elie Lapointe provides a sentimental flavor with musical diversity in the choice of genres and artists who participate. With a cocktail of love from zouk konpa through kizomba, Elie Lapointe has been able to introduce a variety of artists such as Cape Verdian artist, Klaudio Ramos, Nickenson Prud’homme, Sanders Solon (Harmonik).
As a producer Elie Lapointe has a couple of artists that he’s now working with . Among those figures Alexandra Nicolas featured on Jean Herard Richard( Richie)’s song ” Mwen enmew”, Saida Prosper. As of today Elie Lapointe has participated in the composition of some twenty albums, such as Wyclef Jean, “The Carnival II: Memoirs Of An Immigrant,” Tabou Combo,”Taboulogie,” Priscillia, “Mwen Bezwin Lanmou” (Best Female Album 2007), Nichols’, “Seven”, Beethova Obas, “Kem Poze,” Carimi, “Are U ready,” Richie & Gracia Delva “Yo Remele” (Best Konpa Album 2007), “T-Vice “Kitem Viv” (Best selling album kompa 2007), Djakout Mizik “Jistis,” Jah Nesta “Soldah Jah” and many many more.
