Stromae Parents: Who Are Pierre Rutare and Miranda Marie Van Haver? Family and Net Worth
Sadly, the composer’s dad, an architect, passed away when he was 9 (in 1994) during the Rwandan Genocide. The incident happened between 7 April and 15 July 1994 during the Rwandan Civil War.
Armed Hutu Militias killed several members of the Tutsi minority ethnic group and some moderate Hutu and Twa within 100 days.
After the tragedy, Stromae’s mom raised him and his siblings.
According to his official website, in his early life, Stromae played football, took drumming classes, and studied music theory. He was already impacted by foreign music at this young age because of his mother.
After failing the public education system at 16, the Carmen hitmaker enrolled at the Collège Saint-Paul in Godinne and the Sacré-Coeur de Jette, a Jesuit school in Jette.
While still in school, he started a small rap group with his friends. His earliest influences included renowned musicians, Congolese rumba, son cubano, and Belgian singer-songwriter Jacques Brel.
