El Waili - “TGLY” from the 2023 compilation album By the People, For the People on House of Afandi Records

Egyptian artist El Waili — a project of rapper/producer Kareem Gaber — takes his name from a neighborhood where he once lived in Cairo. 

"I started to produce music that translates my sonic experience while living in the El Waili neighbourhood," he told Egypt Today. "I wanted to deconstruct the urban noises and present a perspective and a feeling with a distinctive music style and drops."

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El Waili - “TGLY” from the 2023 compilation album By the People, For the People on House of Afandi Records
Egyptian artist El Waili — a project of rapper/producer Kareem Gaber — takes his name from a neighborhood where he once lived in Cairo. 
"I started to produce music that translates my sonic experience while living in the El Waili neighbourhood," he told <a href="https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/108176/Prolific-Egyptian-artist-El-Waili-releases-new-electro-single" data-cke-saved-href="https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/108176/Prolific-Egyptian-artist-El-Waili-releases-new-electro-single">Egypt Today</a>. "I wanted to deconstruct the urban noises and present a perspective and a feeling with a distinctive music style and drops."
<a href="https://www.kexp.org/podcasts/song-of-the-day/2024/1/8/el-waili-tgly/">Read the full story at KEXP.org</a>

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