Omar Offendum also known as Omar Chakaki is a
Syrian American hip hop artist, architect, educator and activist. He was born in Saudi Arabia and raised in
Washington, DC. Omar Offendum has had some hit songs that have gone viral. Omar Offendum’s song
#Jan25, inspired by the
Arab Spring uprisings in
Egypt, became popular in 2011. It went viral via the internet, which Offendum sees as a key factor in the spread of international hip-hop. It was released in February 2011, shortly before the resignation of Egyptian president
Hosni Mubarak. courtesy of Wikipedia