Moulay El Tayeb Dehbi was born in Marrakech in 1979. He was raised in a Gnaoua family, in which has initiated by his father, the maâlem Moulay Abdellatif, and several other Gnaoua masters, including Mohamed Kouyou and Abdelkabir Ben Salloum, Mahjoub Al-Khlamousi, Zoukari Hassan and Haj Boujamaa. Maâlem Moulay El Tayeb stands out with his perfect mastery of Gnaoua heritage rhythms. This has earned him a spot with many festivals and well-known artists. For the 2018 edition, he performed on the main stage at the Gnaoua and World Music Festival, on Moulay Hassan Square, alongside two other young maâlems from Marrakech.