With his genre-fluid approach and instinctive melodic sensibility, Soulja momentarily steps away from the high-energy drill and Afro-trap that define tracks like ‘Charleston’ and ‘Jarra’ 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.
MDLBEAST’s party series, Balad Beast festival, has announced their fourth edition, which will take place in Jeddah on January 29th and 30th. Unveiling a star-studded lineup,…
Previously debuted at Brian Eno’s Together for Palestine (T4P) at London’s OVO Arena, raising over $2 million for organizations working in Palestine, the British collective Together…
Ahmed Bahaa, best known as the frontman of Egypt’s long-running band Sharmoofers, steps outside the group framework with the release of his hip-hop single ‘Sahran Bleil’,…
Montreal-based Lebanese experimental producer and DJ Liliane Chlela teams up with alt-pop artist LAÏ to launch an open-ended collaborative project titled SuperBored. SuperBored is an independent…
For a little under a decade now, Wegz has been one of Egypt’s most experimental rap stars in the MENA region. Undeniably, he’s been bringing Egyptian…
‘Damascus’ stands as the fourth track shared from the group’s ninth studio album, The Mountain, which is due on 27 February 2026 via the band’s own…
Syrian rapper and producer born Mounir Bu Kolthoum has found a niche in his rap and production style, with a wide musical range and social consciousness.…
Nearly a year after disappearing from her debut release, the anonymous Egyptian artist known as ZAD surfaces again with “Khesert Nafsy,” a track that extends the…
Inspired by the movie character Abbas El Gen from the film series Awlad Rizk, performed by Bassem Samra, who plays an antagonistic crime lord serving as…
