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Recording artist, record producer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sami Hamed (March 16, 1990), also known as Skinny (stylized as $kinny) is a Saudi American rapper, born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Hamed was born in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Born to an American mother and Saudi Arabian father,[1] his parents met in California. After they separated, Skinny spent summers with his mother in Los Angeles. While his family exposed him to different types of music like Nirvana, he discovered rap in Los Angeles inadvertently buying a CD that featured music from 50 Cent, who became one of his biggest influences.[2][3]
He released his debut mixtape Ghetto Disneyland on April 7, 2014.[4] The mixtape received positive reviews, praising his lyrics and the mixtape being mostly self-produced.[5] On May 13, 2015, he released a music video for his self-produced first single "Ride" off his upcoming EP 1999 Parachutes.[6]
On July 19, 2019, Skinny released the single and music video for "Never Snitch (Alhumdulilah)". The song charted on Apple Music Middle East, and is on YouTube. On September 13, 2019, Skinny released his album, Thank You For Nothing. The album reached a peak of number one on Apple Music Middle East.[citation needed]
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