What is Tiloun?
[[File:Tiloun.jpg|right|200px]] '''Tiloun''', stage name of '''Jean-Michel Ramoune''', (c. 1967 – 5 July 2020) was a Réunionese singer. He was born in [[Saint-Denis, Réunion|Saint-Denis]], [[Réunion]]. Alongside other Réunionese musicians, Tiloun dropped the album ''Kas in Poz'' in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lequotidien.re/actualites/culture/le-chanteur-de-maloya-tiloun-est-decede-2/|title=Deux veillées musicales en hommage à Tiloun|date=6 July 2020|work=Le Quotidien|language=French}}</ref> Tiloun was active in preservation efforts of the [[Réunion Creole]] language,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lesinrocks.com/musique/critique-album/tiloun-tresor-de-la-reunion/|title=Tiloun : trésor de la Réunion|date=6 July 2011|work=Les Inrockuptibles|language=French|access-date=11 July 2020|archive-date=8 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200708160259/https://www.lesinrocks.com/musique/critique-album/tiloun-tresor-de-la-reunion/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and also donated to agencies researching [[diabetes]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://la1ere.francetvinfo.fr/reunion/disparition-reunion-rend-hommage-tiloun-850566.html|title=Disparition : La Réunion rend hommage à Tiloun|date=5 July 2020|work=France 1 Réunion|language=French}}</ref> He was also active in efforts to create more humane ways of farming in [[Réunion]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.journal.re/consommation/tiloun-pousse-un-coup-de-gueule-contre-le-rougail-de-saucisse-en-boite.html|title=Tiloun pousse un coup de gueule contre le rougail saucisse en boîte|date=23 October 2015|work=Journal.re|language=French}}</ref> Tiloun died on 5 July 2020 in Saint-Denis, aged 53.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ipreunion.com/actualites-reunion/reportage/2020/07/05/musique-en-deuil-le-chanteur-tiloun-est-decede,121340.html|title=Maloya i plèr, Tiloun la désote la vi|date=5 July 2020|work=Imaz Press|language=French}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Tiloun}} [[Category:1967 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:French singers]] [[Cat