Qusai (musician)
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Qusai Kheder |
| Also known as | Don Legend, The Kamelion |
| Born |
May 21, 1978 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| Origin | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
| Genres | Hip hop |
| Occupation(s) | Rapper, singer/songwriter, record producer, television personality, DJ |
| Years active | 1993–present |
| Labels | Universal Legends Ent. MRG Recordings |
| Associated acts | Solillaquists of Sound, Fredwreck, D-Light, X:144, EirKkK, Run Junction, Abz, Outlaw, AbdulFattah Al-Graini, Bugsy The Puppeteer, AyZee Hawsawi. J-Fam |
Qusai Kheder (Arabic: قصي خضر, born 1978), known by the stage names Qusai and Qusai aka Don Legend the Kamelion, is a Saudi Arabian hip hop artist, singer/songwriter, record producer, rapper, television personality and DJ. He is the first professional Saudi hip hop artist.
In addition to his music career, Qusai has appeared on television as the co-host of Hip Hop Na on MTV Arabia with hip-hop producer Fredwreck, and as a co-host, with Raya Abirached, on MBC4's Arabs Got Talent.
Qusai Kheder was born in Riyadh and raised in Jeddah in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, A fan of hip-hop since childhood, Kheder began performing and DJing at the age of 15.
At age 17 in 1996, Kheder moved to the United States to attend college, first to Vermont, and later to the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida.
With the introduction of new partners, Eyesomnia Productions evolved into Eyesomnia Enterprises by 2004. Under the Eyesomnia label, Don Legend released two solo albums, and also recorded two EPs and a full album as part of the duo Urban Legacy with fellow MC D-Light. The track "Jeddah (My Hometown City)" from his first independent album, The Life of a Lost Soul, began a buzz for the artist in his hometown back in Saudi Arabia. Legend performed regularly at several performance venues and music events in the Orlando area during the early to mid-2000s. He also performed in shows in Chicago, Atlanta, New York, and other major US cities.
Don Legend returned to Saudi Arabia in 2005, changing his stage name to Qusai and signing with Platinum Records, based in. His first album for Platinum was 2008's Don Legend the Kamelion, which sold over 20,000 copies in the Middle East and remained the number one album on the KSA Music Master charts for three consecutive weeks. His second album, Experimental Edutainment (2010), sold 30,000 copies and was the number one album on the Virgin top albums chart in the Persian Gulf region for four consecutive weeks. These sales were achieved without international distribution or online sales.
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