Weld El 15

Weld El 15, real name Ala Edine Yacoubi, is a Tunisian rapper. Ala is born in 1988 in Tunis. At the age of 15, he started to write his first texts under the pseudonym "Weld El 15".

Weld El 15
Background information
Birth nameAla Yaacoubi
BornTunis
Origin Tunisia
GenresRap
Occupation(s)Rapper
InstrumentsVocals
LabelsEl Distro (Tunisia)

Controversies

In June 2013 he was given a two-year prison sentence[1] for insulting the police with his song 'Boulicia Kleb' (Cops are Dogs).[2] In September 2014 he was nominated by European United Left–Nordic Green Left for the Sakharov Prize, along with the Moroccan rapper L7a9d and the Egyptian blogger Alaa Abd El-Fattah. The following month, the nomination was withdrawn after controversy over some 2012 tweets by Abd El-Fattah at the time of Israel's bombing of Gaza.[3]

In May 2018, Weld was expelled from France for misbehaving and having drugs at home. He was kept on parole followed by expulsion on May 31.[4]


Discography
  • Boulicia Kleb (2012)
  • Khalli Elberah Wrak (2018)
  • Boy (2019)
  • Vampire (2019)
  • Snitch (2019)
  • G.G.5ra (2019)
  • Maria (2019)[5]
  • Very Nice (2020)
  • Fi Houmti 2020


Movies
  • Tunisia Clash (2015)[6]
  • Eclipses (2016)[7]

References
  1. "Tunisia rapper Weld El 15 acquitted on appeal". Al Arabiya English. 2013-12-19. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
  2. "Tunisian rapper sentenced to prison for insulting police". France24. 13 June 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  3. Beinin, Joel (10 October 2014). "Can Arabs Be Human Rights Defenders?". Jadaliyya. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  4. https://www.realites.com.tn/2018/05/le-rappeur-tunisien-weld-el-15-expulse-de-france/
  5. "WELD EL 15 : UN NOUVEAU TEASER POUR SON PROCHAIN MORCEAU – THE FURTHER" (in French). Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  6. Tunisia Clash, retrieved 2020-06-11
  7. Eclipses, retrieved 2020-06-11



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