Sami Hamed (

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1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

), also known as Skinny (stylized as $kinny) is a Saudi American

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, born in

Riyadh Riyadh is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of the Riyadh Province and the centre of the Riyadh Governorate. Located on the eastern bank of Wadi Hanifa, the current form of the metropolis largely emerged in th ...

, Saudi Arabia.

Early life

Hamed was born in

, Saudi Arabia. Born to an American mother and Saudi Arabian father, 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

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, he discovered rap in

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inadvertently buying a CD that featured music from

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, who became one of his biggest influences.

Career

He released his debut

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''Ghetto Disneyland'' on April 7, 2014. The mixtape received positive reviews, praising his lyrics and the mixtape being mostly self-produced. On May 13, 2015, he released a music video for his self-produced first single "Ride" off his upcoming EP ''1999 Parachutes''.Golden, Zara.
$kinny Premieres Self-Directed "Makaveli" Video
, "Fader Magazine", May 13, 2015. On July 19, 2019, Skinny released the single and music video for "Never Snitch (Alhumdulilah)". The song charted on

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Middle East, and is on

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. On September 13, 2019, Skinny released his album, ''Thank You For Nothing''. The album reached a peak of number one on

Middle East.

Discography

;Studio albums * ''Ghetto Disneyland'' (2014) * ''1999 Parachutes'' (2016) * ''Thank You For Nothing'' (2019) * ''Have A Nice Trip'' (2022) ;Singles * ''Ride'' (2015) * ''Spaceships In the Sky'' (2015) * ''Living Like (feat.

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)'' (2015) * ''Cookies & Swisher Sweets'' (2016) * ''Best Friends'' (2016) * ''Wonderful'' (2016) * ''Drugs'' (2017) * ''Night Shift'' (2017) * ''Gra$$'' (2017) * ''No Problems'' (2018) * ''Enemies'' (2018) * ''Blessings (feat. Liife)'' (2018) * ''Pass Out'' (2018) * ''Never Snitch'' (2019) * ''My Blocka'' (2020) * ''Saudi Most Wanted'' (2022) * ''Tamam'' ''(feat. Fat Money)'' (2022) * ''Salam (with

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)'' (2022) Extended plays * ''Late Night Blvd - EP'' (2017)

References

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