Omar Offendum
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Omar Offendum is a Syrian-American MC/Producer - born in Saudi Arabia,
raised in Washington DC, and currently living in Los Angeles. He
started his musical career as half of The N.O.M.A.D.S. duo, one of the
first pairings of Arab- and African-American MCs. Later, Omar
co-produced the critically-acclaimed "FREE-THE-P" mix-tape, a
fund-raising effort in support of Palestine, and participated in "The
Arab Summit" project, with Iraqi-Canadian MC The Narcicyst and others.
As an educator and speaker, Omar co-authored the "Brooklyn Beats 2
Beirut Streets" performance-lecture, and has been featured on several
major news outlets, including BBC, ABC News, and Aljazeera). As an
artist-activist, Omar has helped raise thousands of dollars for
humanitarian relief organizations and toured the world to promote his
music. Offendum recently released his solo album, "Syriana-americanA".