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Matthieu Tota (born 26 September 1985 in Strasbourg, France) commonly known as M Pokora or Matt Pokora, is a French singer and songwriterMatthieu Tota, is the son of professional footballer André Tota and his mother is Brigitte Tota His parents divorced in 1998 when he was just 13 As a child, he studied at an elementary school in Hohberg, and later at Collège Paul-Émile Victor in Mundolsheim, and Lycée Aristide Briand in Schiltigheim near Strasbourg As a young man, football (soccer) became his first ambition and he wanted to be a professional player But he opted for musicMatthieu Tota explained about the origin of his name Pokora in an interview during the documentary Mis à jour broadcast on 26 August 2010 about him on NRJ 12 television station He said he was searching for an artistic name and happened to be talking to his grand mother of Polish origin and the importance of humility came up So he asked her how do we say humility in Polish language and she said "pokora"


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1985-09-26 (38 years ago)

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Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, Grand Est, France


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