Raina Rai is a group of Algerian rai music from Sidi-Bel-Abbes in Algeria. Raina Rai was born in 1981, when former singing group Les Aigles Noirs and les Basiles decided to regroup under the leadership of Tarik Chikhi, a musician of Sidi Bel-Abbes established in France. The name of the group is influenced by the Moroccan singer Jil Jilala. The musicians gathered under the name Raina Rai were originally Tarick Naimi, Chikki, Kaddour Bouchentouf, Lotfi Attour and Hashemi Djellouli.