Qusai Kheder

Qusai Kheder (Arabic: قصي خضر, born 1978) is a Saudi rapper, singer/songwriter, record producer, television personality, voice actor, and DJ. 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 MBC1'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, generated buzz for the artist in his hometown of 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 U.S. cities. Don Legend returned to Saudi Arabia in 2005, changing his stage name to Qusai and signing with Platinum Records. 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. Qusai records and performs in both Arabic and English. Two of his singles, "The Wedding" (2008) and "The Job" (2010), were number-one songs on Wanasah's Top 10 list and on 103 MBC FM. The video for Qusai's single "Mother" premiered on the MBC television network to coincide with Mother's Day (March 21) in 2009. Qusai continues to perform throughout the US, Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. He continued making music for almost two decades, and in 2017, he won the Esquire Man At His Best Award in the Hip Hop music category.