Emigrating to Paris in the late-1980s, Diop shifted his focus from engineering studies at a university to touring and recording with a jazz band, West African Cosmos. Encouraged by the band's singer to visit Jamaica, Diop made the trip in 1989. While there he was befriended by influential record producer Lee "Scratch" Perry, and played guitar on several of Perry's dub singles.

Returning to Paris, in 1990, Diop began working with Moroccan-rooted vocalist Amina Annabi. The following year, a song he composed for her, "C'est Le Dernier Qui A Raison (It Is The Last One Who Speaks Who Is Right)", placed first in the Eurovision Song Contest.

Introduced to Japanese saxophonist Tasuaki Shimizu, shortly afterwards, Diop spent the next two years recording and touring in Japan as a member of Shimizu's band. Launching his solo career with the soundtrack of "Hyenes", Diop quickly achieved international acclaim. That success has continued with his eclectic solo albums, No Sant , released in 1995, and, Toxu, released in 1998.

Biography courtesy of Wrasse Records