I roto i te 1999, i karangatia Massi ki te mahi i runga i te Femmes d'Algerie ("Women o Algeria") hakari i Paris, i arahina ki te kirimana tuhi ki Island Records. I roto i te Pipiri 2001, tukua e ia tona album tuatahi takitahi, Raoui ("Storyteller"), i whakaritea e Allmusic ki 1960s American waiata iwi. Waiata te nuinga i roto i te reo Ingarihi, me te Arabic, ka riro te album he angitu nui, me te arumoni i roto i France. I te tau e whai ake nei, i tohua ia mo "Best Newcomer" i te Radio 3 World Music Awards. I roto i te 2003, tukua e ia tona tuarua album, Deb ("Heartbroken"). lyrics o te album i atu whaiaro, kaua e tōrangapū, a ka riro te reira tetahi o nga albums takitahi tino angitu o te raki o Awherika. E toru nga tau i muri mai, tukua Massi tona toru album, Mesk Eli ("Honeysuckle"). whakawhānui te album i runga i te kaupapa o te aroha me te ngaronga i kua tūtakina i runga i Deb
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