Mazen El Sayed

{{Short description|Lebanese hip-hop artist}}

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Mazen El Sayed, also known as El Rass, is a Lebanese hip-hop artist{{Cite web |last=Marrouch |first=Rima |date=2013-03-30 |title=Arab hip-hop's El Rass takes on rap and revolution |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-xpm-2013-mar-30-la-et-cm-hip-hop-lebanon-el-rass-20130331-story.html |access-date=2024-08-29 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}} with over 200 singles and 9 albums to date. El Rass' incorporation of both Classical Arabic and modern street slang in his lyrics has resulted in scholarly attention regarding his music as works of poetry.{{Cite journal |last=Blasio |first=Emanuela De |date=2021-05-25 |title=Language and style of the contemporary poet El Rass: a peculiar artist in the Lebanese musical scenario |url=https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/ANQE/article/view/73651 |journal=Anaquel de Estudios Árabes |language=en |volume=32 |pages=117–140 |doi=10.5209/anqe.73651 |issn=1988-2645|doi-access=free }}

Arab News listed his album Ard El Khof in their list of best Arab alternative albums of 2022,{{Cite web |date=2022-12-30 |title=The best Arab alternative albums of 2022 |url=https://www.arabnews.com/node/2224226/lifestyle |access-date=2024-11-01 |website=Arab News |language=en}} and his subsequent 2023 concert and talk in Toronto received international coverage.{{Cite web | url = https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/lebanese-rapper-el-rass-gives-artist-talk-in-toronto/ | date=2023-08-08 |title = Lebanese rapper El-Rass gives artist talk in Toronto |website=The Times of Israel |language=en |access-date=2024-11-02}}