Remy Munasifi
| Remy Munasifi | |
|---|---|
| Born | Remy Munasifi June 16, 1980 Washington, D.C., United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Years active | October 16, 2006 - present |
| Known for | Comedy, comedy music |
| Internet information | |
| Web alias(es) | GoRemy |
| Web hosting service(s) | YouTube |
| Website | |
| goremy.com | |
Remy Munasifi (born June 16, 1980) is an Arab American stand-up comedian,[1] parody musician and video artist who made it internet famous after his production of comedic sketches based on Arabs under the name "GoRemy" on YouTube and has gained over 70 million views.[1]
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[edit] Personal life
Munasifi was born in Washington, D.C. and later grew up in Virginia to an Iraqi father, a doctor and a Lebanese mother, a Pilates instructor.[1]
He has been to Lebanon numerous times where he now has a lot of family there from Iraq since the 2003 war.[1]
[edit] Career
Munasifi's comedic alter-ego "Habib Abdul Habib" received much popularity for joking about matters such as US security screening. While rapping most of his acts he first began with a video titled "Arlington: The Rap" which received 300,000 views in less than a day.[2]
In 2009 he signed with the Gersh Agency, and later landed a Comedy Central Records deal.[2] Munasifi has since been the opening act for rapper Wale and comedian Brian Posehn[2] and others.
Remy is also notable for a question concerning taxation that he set to music and posted on YouTube that was played during a televised 2008 United States Democratic Presidential Candidates debate.
He has performed several times in the New York Arab-American Comedy Festival.[3]
His debut production album entitled The Falafel Album is now available on iTunes,[1] which is highly influenced by his Iraqi and Lebanese heritage in regards to culture and food.[2]
Remy's 2011 political spoof video entitled "Raise the Debt Ceiling"[4] had over 195,000 hits on YouTube within four days of its release. He was interviewed on Fox News about the content of the song as well as his views about the debt ceiling. He also has a famous song "Saudis in Audis" which is a parody song about rich Saudi men in Audi A8s.
On October 8, the Youtube channel ReasonTV uploaded a music video, in which Remy pokes fun at the Occupy Wall Street protesters to the tune of The Times They Are a-Changin'.
[edit] Discography
- GoRemy - The Falafel Album (Digital EP) 2010
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e Sharmila Devi, Remy Munasifi's falafel songs dispel Arab stereotypes The National (October 30, 2010). Retrieved May 31, 2011
- ^ a b c d Kris Coronado, Whatever Happened To ... The comedic rapper who hit it big on YouTube The Washington Post (May 9, 2010). Retrieved May 31, 2011
- ^ Sarah El-Richani, Talking To: US-Lebanese Comedian Remy Munasifi Now! Lebananon (August 31, 2009). Retrieved May 31, 2011
- ^ http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/comedian-remy-munasifi-raise-debt-ceiling-14189941 - ABC News - Remy Munasifi "Raise The Debt Ceiling"
