Salah Edin
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Abid Tounssi, also known as Salah Edin (born 23 June 1980, Alphen aan den Rijn), is a Dutch rapper. He was raised in Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands. He lived in Morocco for about 2 years. After a brief career in English, Salah began recording in Darija Arabic.
Salah Edin is named after Ṣalāḥ ad-Dīn the Muslim Kurdish warrior, Sultan of Egypt, who reconquered Jerusalem and forestalled attempts at its recovery by Philip Augustus and Richard the Lion Heart in the Third Crusade.
Salah Edin is determined to "bring back the essence of music to where it originally came from, Arabia".[citation needed]
Most of Salah Edin’s music since 1998 has been produced by Mohalim, who is responsible for the distinct Salah Edin sound, embedding the Arabic sound in hiphop. In 2003, Salah Edin met with Moroccan Wu-Tang Clan affiliate Cilvaringz and soon after Salah signed an exclusive management deal with the Ringz & Partners Entertainment Group. The deal included live performances in 28 countries as the opening act of a variety of prominent Hiphop artists including the second leg of the Cilvaringz & RZA World Tour which became the biggest international world tour in the history of Hiphop (37 countries).
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[edit] Discography
[edit] Demos
- 2003 - Hakma
[edit] Albums
- 2007 - Nederlands Grootste Nachtmerrie (Holland's Biggest Nightmare)
- 2009 - HORR (Pure)
- 2011 - WWII (World War 2)
[edit] Mixtapes
- 2006 - The Official Mixtape
[edit] Fitna controversy
In the first edition of the film Fitna, and subsequently removed from the second release, when referring to the murder of Theo van Gogh, instead of the murderer's face (Mohammed Bouyeri), a picture of Edin is displayed. The picture was shot for the rapper's album Nederlands Grootste Nachtmerrie (Netherlands' Worst Nightmare), which, according to the rapper's website, was shot to be "exactly like the mugshot of convicted killer Mohamed B". A 2007 article by Dutch newspaper De Dag had captioned an article about the killer with the shot. On that occasion, Salah Edin's received an out-of-court libel settlement for the publication.[1] The photo was said by the rapper to be intended to depict "the way the average white Dutch citizen sees me, as a young Moroccan Muslim radical. That's why I chose to do this picture and use it for the front cover of my album. It is in no way supporting the deeds of Mohamed B". Edin has accepted a settlement of 25,000 euros for the infringement.[2]
[edit] External links
- Salah Edin – official website.
