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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Adil Omar |
| Also known as | A.O. Adilla the Hun The Reptilian Tongue Abominable Sandman The Southeast Savage |
| Born | May 17, 1991 |
| Origin | Islamabad, Pakistan |
| Genres | Hip-Hop Rock Hardcore Rap |
| Occupations | Rapper Producer Actor |
| Instruments | Vocals Lyrics Rapping |
| Years active | 2004–Present |
| Associated acts | Greydon Square Penn Jillette B-Real DJ Solo Cypress Hill Soul Assassins |
| Website | Official Myspace Official Facebook |
Adil Omar (born May 17, 1991) is a rapper and singer-songwriter from Islamabad, Pakistan. He is one of the few hardcore rap artists from Pakistan and musicians from the region to write and perform in English. He is currently an unsigned artist and has also collaborated with Cypress Hill front man B-Real and magician, comedian, actor Penn Jillette of Penn & Teller among others.
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Omar was born on May 17, 1991 to Zainab and Salim Omar in London, England but spent his entire childhood growing up in Islamabad. His mother, Zainab, is a writer and part time television host, and his father, Salim, was a business man. His great-grandfather, Zafar Omar is credited to be the first Urdu detective novelist for writing the book "Neeli Chathri". He experienced the loss of his father to alcoholism at 10 and his mother had a fatal near-death experience with encephalitis the same year, suffering from amnesia in the early part of her recovery. This was around the time he got more involved with writing lyrics as a creative outlet. Omar is also a sound-color synesthete and the grandnephew of contract bridge champion Zia Mahmood.[1][2]
Omar had started writing lyrics at the age of 9 but recorded his first song at 14. Heavily relying on websites such as Soundclick, Myspace, Facebook, YouTube and iLike to promote his music, he eventually found himself gaining a fan-base by releasing songs as free mp3 downloads. Apart from gaining recognition on the internet, he had also been getting national news coverage, local live performances and plays on the radio.
In 2008, Omar was invited by B-Real of Cypress Hill to record a song in Los Angeles for an album titled The Harvest which B-Real had been working on. They recorded a song called "Takeover" which featured Omar and B-Real on the verses, and B-Real's protege Young De on the chorus. Fredwreck was also present during the recording session but was not a part of the song. Omar and Fredwreck continue to stay in touch as friends. Omar has also publicly expressed his desire to work with Fredwreck, among others, for his debut album. [3]
In mid 2009, Omar collaborated with magician, comedian and actor Penn Jillette of the duo Penn & Teller and Soul Assassins producer DJ Solo on a song called called "Spookshow". The song is set to be featured on a compilation album by Thick Syrup Records alongside music by Matt Cameron, members of Pearl Jam, Half Japanese, Teenage Fanclub and Soundgarden. It was also a part of Solo's compilation alongside Everlast, Snoop Dogg, La Coka Nostra, B-Real, GZA, Planet Asia and others.[4][5][6]
He has since collaborated with nerdcore rapper MC Lars and done album appearances alongside Canibus and Chino XL.
Omar has provided a cameo role, playing himself, for the upcoming film Slackistan, written and directed by BAFTA nominated filmmaker and screenwriter Hammad Khan. The film's original soundtrack will feature Omar as well as bands like The Kominas and Zerobridge.[7]
In early 2010, Omar announced that he will be working on two separate album projects. One being his solo debut album and Serpents of Eden, a collaboration album with Greydon Square.[8]
Omar classifies himself as a hardcore hip-hop artist with concept driven subject matter. He often uses metaphors, multisyllabic rhymes and has a rugged voice. Most of his live performances differ from his recorded music as he tends to use a backing band to accompany him as he performs both his own work and, on occasion, famous covers. Two covers he tends to do frequently are "Jump Around" by House of Pain and "99 Problems" by Jay Z. Unlike his recorded work, his live performances tend to have more of a rap rock sound as opposed to only hip-hop.
He considers his main influences to be Johnny Cash, House of Pain, Neil Young, Motörhead, Everlast, Cypress Hill, Kool G Rap, N.W.A., Onyx, Run DMC, John Lennon, Big Pun, early Eminem, Gang Starr, Scarface, Tupac, Snoop Dogg, The Rolling Stones, Dr. Dre, Trent Reznor, Wu-Tang Clan, DJ Muggs, Rick Rubin, Rage Against the Machine and stand up comedians such as Bill Hicks and George Carlin.[9]
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