Casablancan rap heavyweight ElGrandeToto returns with SALGOAT (Vol. 2), the second installment of a mixtape series that allows him to step outside the expectations attached to…
Author: Hesham Badr
Hesham Badr
Hesham would rather listen to music than to most people talk and he’s built a life around that truth. For the past three years, he’s been tuned into the MENA music scene, writing, reporting, and swapping stories with the artists behind the sound. When he’s not reading about music, he’s listening to it, and when he’s not listening to music, he's making his own.
Having previously crossed paths earlier this year, back in January 2026 during a Red Bull Mazzika Salonat recording session, Omar Keif and Mousv first locked in…
In a world where digital music feels increasingly overwhelming and shaped by algorithms, vinyl digging remains a slower, more intentional way of connecting with sound. That…
Unless you’ve been in a cave somewhere, you’d have noticed Sabrina Carpenter get weirded out by a zaghrouta. On April 11, the pop star made her…
An Internal Monologue Between Life and Death. Mahdy Madness has been playing the long game, moving in silence, stacking releases that kick the scene’s doors clean…
After teasing the tracklist in a surprise Instagram drop, Egyptian rap heavyweight Marwan Pablo has finally delivered his highly anticipated EP, ‘5 Nzam’. Rooted in the…
Lebanon is well known as the country of everlasting revolution, resisting oppression and overcoming national hurdles are part of who we are as a nation. Lebanese…
After the reschedule of Grammy-winning artist Burna Boy’s long-awaited Egypt debut, taking place in El Gouna, Red Sea, on April 11th, we can’t stop PLAYING WITH…
Egyptian alt-indie pop artist Nada Nader departs from her earlier sad-girl indie sound, tracing a loose emotional arc that moves from the curiosity of a rekindled…
A stacked lineup of Egypt’s hip-hop voices, featuring Abyusif, Mond, Hady Moamer, and Showkey, comes together on the EgyBest soundtrack, crafting an EP that feels just…
