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Omar Offendum is a Syrian American hip hop artist that was born in Saudi Arabia and raised in Washington, DC.

Inspirations
Omar Offendum has had a diverse group of artists who have inspired his work which contributes to his diversity. Hip hop groups such as Public Enemyand even reggae artists like Bob Marley have inspired him in one way or another. American artists were not his only inspirations; he has several Arabic classical musicians such as Abdel Halim Ali Shabana, Oum Kalthoum and Fairouz. He is also inspired by poets such as Langston Hughes an American poet and a key individual that influenced some of his songs on the SyrianamericanA album was Nizar Qabbani, a Syrian poet.