Raï d yiwen gar wanawen imeqqranen n uẓawan n Lezzayer. Yekka-d seg Wahran d umalu n Lezzayer, yerna yessufeɣ awal n yal ass, rray d tirmit ɣer tmurt merra d umaḍal.
ⵓⵥⴰⵡⴰⵏ Raï
Awal raï yezmer ad yili d rray, tameẓla, tirmit neɣ tamuɣli ɣef tudert. Seg tazwara, uẓawan-a yettak afus i usiwel ɣef tayri, tilisa n tmetti, tilelli, isental yettwakesmen d imeẓyanen.
Raï aqbur
Raï aqbur yeqqen ɣer gasba, derbouka, bendir d izlan n temnaḍt. Deg iseggasen 1930, icennayen n Wahran am Ben Yamina d Doubahi seqdacen-as i usiwel ɣef tmetti d tallit n takolonit.
Abeddel
Wahrani, tiɣriwin n tlawin am Cheikha Remitti d wallalen imaynuten beddlen ṣṣut. Violin, accordion, luth, guitare électrique, trompette d saxophone kecmen. Mohammed Zargui d Messaoud Bellemou ldin abrid i pop-raï.
Ljil cheb
Deg taggara n 1970 d tazwara n 1980, iban-d ljil cheb: Cheb Khaled, Cheb Sahraoui, Cheba Fadéla, Cheb Mami d Cheb Hasni. Takasit tessufeɣ uẓawan-a ɣer tuddar, taksiyat, tmeɣriwin d diaspora.
Asiweḍ ar umaḍal
Deg 1985, raï yettwassen s wudem unsib deg festival amezwaru n Wahran. S yin akkin, Paris, Los Angeles, Didi d Aïcha ssawḍen-t ɣer umaḍal. Ass-a, raï yettmeslay d pop, rap, hip-hop d uẓawan elektronik, maca yeqqim d awal n tmetti d tmeddint.