Good thing Claude visited Egypt

Oddly feeling parched after a dreary, rainy day, I am gulping ICE WATER while listening to the wonderful French hip-hop star MC SOLAAR.
Born Claude M'Barali in Dakar, Senegal, MC Solaar moved to France as an infant, the family settled in Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, a suburb of PARIS.
He visited Egypt for nine months when he was 12. He fell in love with rap on the trip, and by 1990 he was the best rapper in France.
I can't understand many of his rhymes, but they sound great. Especially when I am oddly parched after a dreary, rainy day.
Good thing Claude visited Egypt.