Jalloul "Chico" Bouchikhi (Arabic: جلول البوشيخي; born 13 October 1954[1]) is a French musician and a co-founder of the Gipsy Kings.

[4] In 1979, upon the death of their father, José, the five Reyes brothers from Arles (Nicolas, Canut, André, Patchaï, and Pablo), who had up to that point been performing as a family band named José et Los Reyes, were joined by their cousins Diego, Paco, and Tonino Baliardo (nephews of Manitas de Plata) from Montpellier, and together with Bouchikhi, who was then married to Marthe Reyes, José's daughter, formed the group Gipsy Kings.

[7] In 1991, Bouchikhi left Gipsy Kings due to financial disagreements with their then-manager, Claude Martinez,[8] and went on to start his own group, Chico & the Gypsies.

When asked in an interview with The Independent about his decision to refuse to participate in a boycott of the country, he insisted that reconciliation was more important than holding grudges.

[11] Bouchikhi lives in Arles, where he owns a restaurant and music venue called Patio de Camargue.