#hip hop
Ahmed Ali, better known as Wegz, has quickly risen to become a defining voice in Egyptian hip-hop. Born on 11 September 1998, the 26-year-old rapper has pushed the boundaries of Egypt’s music scene and hip-hop by blending traditional shaabi music, a popular kind of folk music, with modern trap beats. Wegz, a nickname given to him by a friend, grew up in Al Wardiyan neighborhood in Alexandria where he studied at El-Agami Higher Institute of Management Sciences. His first released…