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Eslam Jawaad

The Beat Butcher of Beirut

About Me


Eslam Jawaad is a house hold name in middle eastern hip hop. He is the first MC to write and record in the classical Fus-Ha Arabic tounge (The language of the noble Koran) sparking off the style know as foos-hop, now widely spread around the Arab world. He is a founding member of the Dezert Dragonz, A Lebanese hip hop collective credited with being one of the founding fathers of Middle Eastern hip hop and the most politicised Arab rap group of its day. After forming the first Arab super group (ARAP) with his brothers in faith, Salah Edin (No. 1 Arab hip hop artist in the world), Cilvaringz (the only Arab member of the Wu-Tang Clan), and Palestine, Eslam has gone on to become the top toured hip hop artist from the Middle East (64 cities in 27 countries). He currently resides in the United Kingdom, where he is working on recording his first English language debut album (Featuring production by the RZA(Wu-Tang Clan), Focus (of Aftermath Entertainment), Riga, Barraccuda, Moongod, and others as well as features by Damon Albarn (Blur/Gorrilaz/The Good, The Bad, And The Queen), Hip Hop Ledgends De La Soul, the RZA, the GZA, UK Apache and others) scheduled for release in early 2007 (along with the official mixtape). He is also currently recording the highly anticipated Arabic language ARAP album with his co-members as well as an Arabic solo scheduled to drop in 2007. TOURED CITIES: Damascus [Syria], Beirut [Lebanon], Byblos [Lebanon], Amman [Jordan], Istanbul [Turkey], London [U.K.], Birmingham [U.K.], Bristol [U.K.], Southsea [U.K.], Leeds [U.K.], Dudley [U.K.], Warrington [U.K.], Aylesbury [U.K.], Motherwell, Scotland [U.K.], Southwold [U.K.], New York, New York [U.S.A.], Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], Austin, Texas [U.S.A.], New Orleans, Louisiana [U.S.A.], Palm Springs, California [U.S.A.], San Franscisco, California [U.S.A.], Lorient [France], Le Mans [France], Paris [France], Bordeaux [France], Belfort [France], Marseille [France], Lyon [France], Scheebel [Germany], Berlin [Germany], Koln [Germany], Heidleburg [Germany], Rastatt [Germany], Hamburg [Germany], Stuttgart [Germany], The Hague [Holland], Amsterdam [Holland], Tilburg [Holland], Biddinghuizen [Holland], Barcelona [Spain], Montreux [Switzerland], Geneva [Switzerland], Lund [Sweden], Stockholm [Sweden], Oslo [Norway], Kristiansand [Norway], Jyvaskyla [Finland], Tampere [Finland], Kuopio [Finland], Talinn [Estonia], Riga [Latvia], Sopot [Poland], Poznan [Poland], Bratislava [Slovakia], Budapest [Hungary], Sofia [Bulgaria], Bucharest [Romania], Moscow [Russia], Vienna [Austria], Salzburg [Austria], Werchter [Belgium], Florence [Italy], Stradbally [Ireland], Copenhagen [Denmark],
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Member Since: 12/15/2005
Band Website: rpeg-ltd.com, salahedin.com
Band Members: -ARAP is Salah Edin, Palestine, Cilvaringz, Eslam Jawaad, and Mohalim -Dezert Dragonz is Eslam Jawaad and O-Marz
Influences:Allah, The succession of Prophets since Adam, Life, My Wife and Child, Family and Freinds. Groups or artists that have had an impact on me include Grand Master Flash, Musical Youth, NWA, Public Enemy, Rage Against The Machine, The Doors, Nirvana, Bob Marley, Issac Hayes, Sade, Nina Simone, Wu Tang Clan, Salah Edin, and Cilvaringz.
Sounds Like: A BANGER!!!
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Mammoth MixTape

There are 3 new tracks from the Mammoth MixTape now posted on the site!!! Enjoy
Posted by Eslam Jawaad on Sun, 14 Oct 2007 08:26:00 PST

Eslam News

Latest Eslam News: While on tour with The Good, The Bad And The Queen, Eslam Jawaad was featured on Shade45 radio in New York.  Lord Sear and Rude Jude both showed mad love in the Studio. In subs...
Posted by Eslam Jawaad on Sat, 31 Mar 2007 03:30:00 PST

ESLAM ON TOUR AGAIN

Eslam is set to go on tour with The Good The Bad And The Queen again, as the track Mr. Whippy (Available at HMV as a B-Side to the Herculean single and for download on I-Tunes)has become a definate pa...
Posted by Eslam Jawaad on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 06:13:00 PST

Eslam on tour with The Good The Bad And The Queen

Eslam will be on tour with The Good The Bad And The Queen as a guest artist.  He will be playing 8 UK dates from the 27th of Jan. - 4th of Feb.  Peace!
Posted by Eslam Jawaad on Sun, 21 Jan 2007 02:46:00 PST

2 New Trax -EXCLUSIVE

2 New Tracks have been posted on to the site. You can now preview "JeruSalaam" and "Rock Chuckers- Featuring Shadia Mansour". These are exclusive tracks for Palestine: The Album which will be released...
Posted by Eslam Jawaad on Sun, 10 Dec 2006 05:43:00 PST