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==EmpresS *1 a.k.a. Princess Emmanuelle==

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"Egypt's Sole Female Rapper" (Egypt Today, Feb 2010) 

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Princess Emmanuelle a.k.a. EmpresS *1 is a British female artist of Afrikan and Arabian heritage, connecting mainly to her Sa'eiyda' Upper Egyptian roots, yet is half Lebanese too. ~*~

She has been brought up in West London all her life, however has stepped out of the area to train, perform and widen her horizons. ~*~

Dancer, Performance Poet (Rap-Poetess), Choreographer, Actress, Lyricist, tutor and an emerging Filmmaker with a strong background in Drama and the Performing Arts as well as being a freelance Youth Worker, she has successfully worked and gained recognition in those fields mainly in the UK and abroad. ~*~

 ~*~ THE FIRST EGYPTIAN FEMALE RAPPER ~*~ 

and

WORD SOUND POWER ARTIST

to BLESS the STAGES the TV and the RADIO

~*~ 'fi Misr' in EGYPT ~*~

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"Beautiful London poet Emmanuelle, of African and Arabian heritage, talented, prolific and passionate about her art, she has chosen to express herself through metaphor, meter and rhyme. (The Voice, Feb 23, 2003)

You may have seen her on BBC, BEN TV, ITV, Nile TV, OTV, the Cinema or Independent film Festival. Maybe you have read about her in “The Voice”, “New Nation”, “Kensington and Chelsea Times”, “On Route”, ”Spirit”, “Community Times”, seen her pages on the net, maybe heard her on ‘So3t el Arab’, ‘Genesis FM’, ‘Life FM’, ‘Rhythm’, ‘Resonance’ etc. or someone told you of her; but one thing’s for sure, she is a talented, true and heart-felt artist that has constantly promoted herself Independently, and that is evident in the warm support of her fans across the Globe. ~*~

EmpresS*1 started realizing her Word Sound and Power at the age of 16, yet used to song-write in her diary from 7; she trained as an actress and dancer from the tender age of 9. As she grew more confident in her poetry readings at open-mics and slams across the UK, Kamit (Egypt), Lebanon, she decided to begin recording her first album. "Born Into a Drowning World" was the Independently released Debut Spoken Word album at the tender age of 18, which was the launch for the play/film script that she began writing. ~*~

The pre-release to the second album "Rise Above Da Waters" is being promoted and sold in many record stores (UK and Dubai), very few exclusive tracks are on this (i.e. a big 17 !!!); her tunes from this pre-release have also been played on underground radio-stations. ~*~

At present the Princess has left the UK to develop her acting and musical career in her home land ‘O3mena Misr’. ~*~

Recently Princess Emmanuelle featured as Actress/Dancer/Lyricist in Ustaz Samir El A3sfoori's Theatre T.V. Ramadaan programme 'Spotlight', playing the roles of Shahrazade, Laila (Modern Quaise we Laila) etc. She is soon lead acting in a Comedy sitcom ~*~

Also recently EmpresS *1 performed @ 'Bel A3rabi ben Rap' Vol.2, also alongside 'DAM' @ El Sawy Theatre, Cairo, The Grand Pyramiza Hotel, Cairo, and also with Rania Shalaan @ AUC, and many times with 'Al Wazza' Sudanese Reggae band, whom she's featured with plenty of times @The Sawy Centre and Azhar Park. When EmpresS *1 first began jamming and performing live in Kamit (Misr/Egypt) it was with the likes of Liquid/ 'West el Balad'/ Fathy Salama/'Al Wazza' @ places such as 'After Eight', WayOut / Marina / El Sawy Theatre.~*~

Finally in Sep 2005 EmpresS *1 produced her own One~Woman Theatrical Music show @ El Sawy Theatre (River Hall), "A Hip~Hop Poetry Story" with the great support of professional musician members of 'Al Wazza'.~*~

'''Two years a go EmpresS *1 was invited on stage at the London Forum by one of the BIGGEST HIP~HOP Revolutionary Legends::: The One and Only >>>

!!"Public Enemy"!!

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"I know that poetry is the way forward, she says with the conviction of a priestess and the twang of a West London teenager. '''(The Voice, Feb 23, 2003

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"A lot of thought-provoking, positive lyrics that touch on almost every aspect off human endeavours... At nineteen, age has imprinted her name boldly in the sand of history.  (The African Voice, Jan 2003)

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EmpresS *1 recently had the Launch of her "Rap Renaissance" Tour @ el Sawy, Jan 10th 2009; Also on the night were 'Special Suprise Guests' from Egypt and Dubai.

EmpresS *1 works with many featured artists and producers, *** RECENTLY*** She has collaborated with Dela the Flute Magician, Opoku and Aaron Bebe and the band from Ghana while they were touring Egypt.. it was a Great fusion!

EmpresS *1 has been blessed with the productions of (in biographical order):

Black Samurai Nutty P Hectic Productionz Ghost Town Records Bombshelter Productionz Cemtex Ansary Rock (Lionz of da Desert) Silent Sym '''

Discography (in biographical order):


 * Album One: "Born Into a Drowning World" (2001)
 * Album Two: "Rise Above da Waters"

*** EmpresS *1 is also featured on the following albums *** >>>

-Cauze 'n FX = 'The System' (2002) -Symbolic = 'The Living Room EP' (2004) -Black Samurai (4th album) = 'The Sun Still Shines' (2005) -INJUSTICE (compilation Tour album)(2006)

(Independantly released; UK)

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* “With a name like Princess Emmanuelle there comes a lot of questions and a lot of expectations..I only hoped that the Princess did not disappoint....and she did not.”  (Community Times, Feb 2008)

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“Emmanuelle is a vision in colour..Upon meeting her you can tell immediately that she is a force to be reckoned with.” (Community Times, Feb 2008)