If you Google “Skinny Saudi rapper,” it will come up as “Skinny Saudi rapper real name.” There are people trying to find out my real name and who I am.

Other rap enthusiasts have faced similar pushback. Hassan Ahmed started one of Saudi Arabia’s first hip-hop radio shows in 2011. He tells CNN that within moments of his debut show hitting the ...

Rapper M.I.A. commented on the Saudi women’s defiant response to the ban with her “Bad Girls” video, although even that video was shot in Morocco as she feared arrest if it was actually ...

Saudi Arabia is easing its tight grip on popular culture as it tries to diversify the economy, and the kingdom is one of the biggest markets for rap music in the Arab world. Yet it is finding that ...

Saudi rapper Lil Eazy has quickly become one of the most streamed and recognisable talents of the Kingdom. From popular hits such as “Yemkn Kheera” and “Keef Ansa”, he plays with different ...

Boston Celtics All-NBA forward Jaylen Brown is in Saudi Arabia visiting rapper Napoleon’s BBQ restaurant Smokey Beards Q, according to an Instagram post by the former member of the group Outlawz.

Palestinian-Jordanian rapper The Synaptik, Saudi artist Asayel and Egyptian hip-hop star Karim Osama are set to perform at ...