French Montana

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French Montana (born November 9, 1984) is an Moroccan-born American rapper.French Montana was born in Morocco North Africa. At the age of 13 he immigrated with his mother and his little brother to the Mott Haven section of the South Bronx, leaving the rest of his family behind.In 2002 French Montana created the “Cocaine City” DVD imprint as a means to showcase his talent as an underground artist and a new voice from the New York streets. To gain a broader fan base, French incorporated interviews with major artists, as well as some up and comers. What started out as simply a medium for developing an audience quickly grew into one of the top selling “street DVD’s”, having sold nearly a million copies to date with national and international distribution.The international success of the DVD series helped to launch French’s rap career to an entirely new level. By creating and producing “Cocaine City,” French Montana evolved from an aspiring rapper in the streets of the Bronx, to the newest signee on platinum selling recording artist Akon’s record label, Konvict Music. By early 2009, French had flooded the streets with various mixtapes, including “Live from Africa,” “In Demand” with DJ Lazy K and “Laundry Man” with Evil Empire. His frequent collaborations with Harlem-bred rapper Max B have also helped keep a steady buzz, and helped fuel the success of the duo’s latest project, the mixtape/DVD combo “Coke Wave.” All togeather there have been 13 Cocaine City. DVDs as of 2009.WIKIPEDIA

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Rah Zemos

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Born in Los Angeles, California and raised in Saudi Arabia, this full blood Lebanese soldier gives it to you RAH and uncut in every form. As an MC/Producer/Composer/Studio and Live sound engineer Rah leaves microphones dismantled and crowds on the hunt for a dictionary. With fierce rhymes engulfing various topics such as: global politics, poverty, sexism, racism, prejudice and oppression, this Arabian MC takes the meaning of conscience HIP HOP to another dimension. Rah has grabbed the attentions of several media sources such as CTV news, T.ONight news Wefunk radio, CJLO Radio, and has had his music featured on a Documentary that has screened all over America called The Aramco Brat Story. Be on the look out for his Solo album coming out in 2010 featuring big name heads like Rod Jackson from Slash and Young Noble of the Outlawz www.nocturnalight.com

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Aline Lahoud

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Aline Lahoud (Arabic: الين لحود‎) (born 2 March 1981) is a Lebanese singer, and the daughter of well-known singer Salwa Al Katrib. She was selected to sing for Lebanon at the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 in Kiev, where the nation had been due to make its debut appearance in the competition. However, she was miss out following Lebanon's abrupt decision to withdraw.

Aline honed her natural talent by studying singing and dramatic art between 1997 and 1999. By 2002, she had graduated from university with a BA in Communication Arts, majoring in Screenplay and Directing Studies. In recent years, she has supplemented her burgeoning singing career by acting in plays, directing short films, and in 2003 moved on to work as assistant director on a full length film, Mes Cousines et Moi.At a time when the idea of Lebanon finally taking up its right to enter the Eurovision Song Contest was being seriously floated, Aline left herself ideally placed to be one of the beneficiaries by winning the international prize at the Megahit festival in Turkey, in collaboration with prolific song-writer Jad Rahbani. The Lebanese selectors quickly looked to the same combination to conjure up some of the same magic on the Eurovision stage in Kiev.Reflecting Lebanon's long-standing place in the international francophone orbit, the lyrics of the country's proposed first Eurovision entry were in French, a language in which Aline is fluent. The song was entitled "Quand tout s'enfuit", and as a debut entry would have begun its quest for victory in the semi-final on 19 May, from which only ten entries will progress to join the pre-qualified countries in the grand final on 21 May. The late decision to withdraw was taken after the Lebanese broadcasters conceded to the European Broadcasting Union that they could not guarantee they would uphold the fairness of the event by transmitting it without selective interruption, an implicit reference to the requirement of screening the performance of Shiri Maymon, the representative of Israel.WIKIPEDIA

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El Funoun

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El-Funoun Palestinian Popular Dance Troupe was established in 1979 by a small number of enthusiastic, talented and committed artists. Since then, El-Funoun has been throned as the lead Palestinian dance company. In Palestine, as well as among Palestinians in exile, El-Funoun has achieved an unprecedented popular recognition; in fact, quite a few of the Troupe’s songs and dances have become household tunes.

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Amel Bent

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Amel Bent, from its true name Bentbachir, was born on June 21, 1985 with Play-The-Turns (France) from an Algerian father and a Moroccan mother. She is initiated with the music by her cousin and, even if she never has took course of songs or musical theory, Amel manages to compose some melodies. But its principal preocupation remains the studies, in final S, it fails the vat proof. It then decides to try its chance in the emission of New television "Star". Thanks to its voice and its charisma Amel Bent allures the public and arrives until in half finale of this contest of song. The producers decides to give him his chance and it records in 2005 its first album: "One Day Of Summer". Each title is a true happiness of soul and R' B, and first individual "My Philosophy" rises quickly at the head of the sales and obtains a Victoire of the Music. In 2007, Amel Bent leaves its second opus, "A 20 Ans" from which individual "Nouveaux Français is extracted" which makes a paperboard.http://www.stars-celebrites.net

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RIM BANNA

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Rim Banna the Palestinian singer, lyricist and composer, born in Nazareth in The Galilee. She has loved music and singing since her childhood and was active in school activities. She has also participated in “The Land’s Day Festivals” and other National and political celebrations.She started her artistic life since she was ten years old.
Rim Banna studied music and singing in the High Institute for Music “GNESINS” in Moscow (USSR), and she specialized in modern singing and conducting singing ensembles, under the tutorship of the famous artist and composer Vladimer Karobka, where she graduated in 1991 with excellent mark, after six years of academic studies.
At that period she produced two albums of her live recorded concerts:
“Jafra” in 1985.
“Your Tears, Mother” in 1986.
In 1991, Rim Banna got married to Leonid Alexeienko from Ukraine who is an artist. He studied music with her in the same institute in Moscow.Both of them are working together in the music field and compose their own music.
Rim Banna and Leonid live in Nazareth, the Capital of The Galilee, and they have a daughter her name is Baylasan. Rim Banna and Leonid participated in different Palestinian, Arabic and International concerts and Festivals, where she presented the Palestinian Voice and the Palestinian song in all her participation which was received with popular success and admiration.http://www.rimbanna.com/biog_e.htm

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Assi Al-Hellani

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Assi was born in Baalbeck, Lebanon and was the third youngest among his 13 brothers and sisters. Assi's musical talent became evident very early, when as a child he was performing Lebanese songs in circle of his friends and family. Assi studied for approximately five years (1985-1990) at the Higher Institute of Music in Lebanon concentrating on the Oud performance and Arab vocal techniques.WIKIPEDIA

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Ehab Tawfik

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Ehab Tawfik is an outstanding Egyptian singer, who is endowed with a wonderful and unique voice, as well as refined artistic taste. Since the early beginnings of his career in 1990, he has captivated the different streams of Arab and international audiences with the remarkable beauty of his singing technique and picturesque songs, which portray the authentic Egyptian culture. Ehab Tawfik sings poems about love, personal relationships and human experiences in the Egyptian dialect, which is understood everywhere in the Middle-East. Those who watch the Arabic music scene do not only consider Ehab Tawfik to be an icon and exceptionally talented singer, but also an accomplished artist who has reconciled the Arab youth and the more composed audience to their heritage of songs – which had become mummified in rigid forms and burdened with badly integrated foreign elements. It is actually Ehab Tawfik´s choice of original themes of lyrics, as well as the introduction of exquisite additions to the arrangement of music compositions which has enriched the contemporary Arabic song. Furthermore, it is the merit of this outstanding artist, that the traditional classic music styles of Tarab – and even Egyptian folklore – have been enabled to break-out of the captivity of their regional boundaries and been made available to Non-Arabs, while preserving their cultural authenticity. Rest on http://www.ehab-tawfik.net/en/biography.htm

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Bad Brya

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Biography Bad Brya saw the light of life Aug. 31st 1982 in Amsterdam. Bad Brya began writing at the age of 14 after hearing all sorts of Hip hop which her older brother listened to. She got intrigued by the way rappers were putting their message out there in the world. Inspired by several artists such as Tupac Shakur, Bob Marley,BoneThugs ans Harmony. Besides Hip hop she also got influenced by other styles like Moroccan traditional music, Reggae, Arabic and loads more. You'll find Bad Brya scribbling at any giving time and place, inseparable from her pen and pad. Through the years she kept flowing and evolving into the Bad Brya we know today. She started her career appearing on the Most Wanted project and also performed many nights at the famous Winston's Kingdom in Amsterdam. Here she quickly got noticed and became known in the Dutch Hip Hop scene. This Moroccan female Mc Bad Brya left a great impression wherever she performed due to her unique style, sublime charisma and uplifting way of taking you over before you know it. She shares in her music her life story, her positive energy and her love for music. After a few years of intensive performing on Europe's bigger stages as Paradiso,Melkweg, Rich Mix and many more, the Dutch network NCRV made a special documentary about Bad Brya called: R-E-S-P-E-C-T. The documentary shows her musical accomplishments as well as her personal struggles which made her into the person she is today, always looking for ways to switch the negative things into something positive. Rest on http://www.myspace.com/badbrya

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Mohamed Bash

Mohammed Yousef Al-Bash was born on November 6th, 1982 in Syria, and he’s currently 26 years old. Since he was a young child, Moh’d’s love for music was obvious. His musical talent flourished by playing the guitar at an early age, which he instantly got attached to. Soon, Bash started composing his own songs, from melody as well as lyrics. Flamingo is the favorite genre of music for him, his father said in an interview that his son used to lock himself in his room practicing for countless hours almost every day. Mohamed Bash has a unique musical taste, his favorite singers are Marwan Khoury, Wael Kfoury, Ragheb Alama and Shereen Abdel Wahab.Bash is a family loving son, as described by his father. He is the kind of a person who could be described as a “Home Boy”. Mohamed’s favorite cuisine is the Italian; he is addicted to Pizza and Chicken pastas.

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