Mazen El Sayed
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Mazen El Sayed, also known as El Rass, is a Lebanese hip-hop artist[1] with over 200 singles and 9 albums to date.[2] El Rass' incorporation of both Classical Arabic and modern street slang in his lyrics has resulted in scholarly attention regarding his music as works of poetry.[3]
Arab News listed his album Ard El Khof in their list of best Arab alternative albums of 2022.[4]
El Rass was born in 1984[3] in Tripoli, Lebanon[2] to a kindergarten teacher and a left-wing Arab nationalist engineer. According to El Rass, he attended one of the best high schools in Tripoli, a French lyceum. After 7 years in Paris where he studied and worked as a banker, he returned to Lebanon to dedicate himself to music and journalism.[1]
