Zaki Youssef is half Egyptian, half Danish rapper/beatboxer/producer and multi artist, 29 years old. Zaki has an extensive musical background. Playing music since a very young age. Developing his skills performing and composing with everything from Reggae, Hip Hop, Electro, Dancehall, Experimental and Soul musicians to Classic and Modern Arab and Egyptian Music.
Between 1998 and present days, he toured 3 times in Europe, toured more than 35 different states in the U.S., featured on more than 10 albums, composed music for several theater performances and films, he was co-founder of the well known Universal Soundsystem, some of the first to put Dancehall on the map in Denmark.
In 2001 he put out his solo debut album, with the help of some good friends and a very small budget. The album entitled “MusikMozaik” was very well received by the Danish Press, and got him nominated for Copenhagen Awards and Danish Hip Hop Awards, Best New Artist.
In 2004 he toured the Middle East with the group Oriental Mood. He also performed at the Egyptian State Opera with the Egyptian composer, Fathy Salama.
These events led The Danish National TV to produce and air a documentary about him going to Egypt doing music.
2005 he was busy performing, offering workshops, and actively participating in all sorts of cultural and political projects. One out of many was the sold out success “Etnisk Uheld” at Betty Nansen Theater in Copenhagen.
2006 he continued performing all over Denmark at the biggest venues; from Roskilde Festival to Store Vega. Also Middle East Peace Orchestra featured him in their concerts at the Royal Theater of Copenhagen.
Zaki was elected artist of the season at the Royal Theater of Copenhagen and as a result of that had two sold out concerts at the newly build Royal Opera.
He is currently working to finish his second album in addition to writing songs and acting in a play being set up at Betty Nansen. He is also writing bi-weekly columns for Metroxpress, writing for Nationalmuseet 200 year anniversary, and doing workshops for the Royal Theater.
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