Dizzy DROS

Dizzy DROS

Artist

Omar Souhaili (born in Casablanca, Morocco), known by his stage name Dizzy DROS, is a Moroccan rapper, songwriter and producer.

Dizzy started rapping in open mics and was performing freestyles with his hip-hop affiliated friends in 2007. For over four years the rapper worked on different demo tapes before deciding to release his music to the public. It was at the beginning of his career that DROS met Khalid Douache (DJ Key), a leading figure in member of the Moroccan hip hop scene who ends up directing his first music video “Cazafonia” in 2011.

Dizzy’s career took off to stardom in 2011 upon the release of his first single, Cazafonia. The latter met an unprecedented ovation from Moroccan fans of hip-hop in general and was praised for its authenticity, uniqueness and was accordingly considered a novelty in the Rap game owing to the one-of-a-kind style, cadence, and tone that he brought to the scenes.

His first album 3azzy 3ando Stylo (33S) was independently released November 22nd, 2013. The album contains 21 tracks including an intro, an outro, and two skits, as well as collaborations with Moroccan rappers such as Muslim, Shayfeen, M-Doc and Would Chaab. The songs of the album dwell on the life of Moroccan urban youth.

3azzy 3ando Stylo has arguably become one of the most influential albums in the Moroccan Rap arena. It is considered by many as a referential project that inspired new generation of Rap artists in Morocco. The magazine “TelQuel” has stated that ‘33S’ is “one of the best hip hop albums of this ten last years” in Morocco. The magazine “Aujourd'hui Le Maroc” described Dizzy DROS style as an impressive flow, an improvisation that flirts with the mastery of words.

Dizzy gained an even bigger fanbase upon the release of Chouwaya (2016) featured with Komy. The song is a remix of the renowned song of Fat Joe, Remy Ma, and French Montana “All The Way Up”. The song broke massive records, whereby it became the first Moroccan Rap song to push over 10 million views on Youtube (Over 40 Million views up to date). The term “Chouwaya” was interpolated in the Moroccan vernacular, which means ”The Grill“ or better known for its contextual use of ”putting someone up on a grill“ meaning that they’ll get grilled and beat up for doing something opposed to the conventions.