{"id":28935,"date":"2013-10-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/28935\/el-rass-the-head"},"modified":"2013-10-14T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-10-14T00:00:00","slug":"el-rass-the-head","status":"publish","type":"directory","link":"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/directory\/el-rass-the-head\/","title":{"rendered":"El Rass (The Head)"},"content":{"rendered":"Born in Tripoli, Lebanon, El Rass started writing poetry in Aarabic when he was 11, and started rhyming in the spoken Lebanese dialect in 1999, when he was 15. At that time he formed along with three MC&#8217;s a group called &#8220;Mlouk el Mic&#8221; (kings of the mic) and they recorded an album that was shared for free, and they also did some concerts in their  hometown.<br \/>  <br \/>  After finishing his studies and working for almost two years in France, El Rass returned to Lebanon and spent a year re-discovering Beirut and making\/learning music. After that year he got a job as a journalist at As-Safir newspaper where he still works.<br \/>  <br \/>  El-Rass is currently  working on his album with one of the best music producers and beatmakers in town, Jawad Nawfal, aka Munma, and with Dubsnckr from San Fransisco\/Syria on a compilation album with other Arab artists.    <figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"166\" data-id=\"216786\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/28935-3-250x166.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-216786\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/28935-3-250x166.png 250w, https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/28935-3-600x398.png 600w, https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/28935-3.png 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"188\" height=\"250\" data-id=\"216788\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/28935-4-188x250.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-216788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/28935-4-188x250.png 188w, https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/28935-4-450x600.png 450w, https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/28935-4.png 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/figure><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"166\" data-id=\"216790\" src=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/28935-5-250x166.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-216790\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/28935-5-250x166.png 250w, https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/28935-5-600x398.png 600w, https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/28935-5-768x510.png 768w, https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/28935-5.png 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/figure><\/figure>    ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Born in Tripoli, Lebanon, El Rass started writing poetry in Aarabic when he was 11, and started rhyming in the spoken Lebanese dialect in 1999, when he was 15.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":216792,"template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-28935","directory","type-directory","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-public-figures"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.5 (Yoast SEO v28.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>El Rass (The Head)<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Born in Tripoli, Lebanon, El Rass started writing poetry in Aarabic when he was 11, and started rhyming in the spoken Lebanese dialect in 1999, when he was 15.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/en\/directory\/el-rass-the-head\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"El Rass (The Head) &#187; 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