Weld El 15, real name Ala Edine Yacoubi, is a
Tunisia
Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered by Algeria to the west and southwest, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Tunisia also shares m ...
n rapper. Ala is born in 1988 in Tunis. At the age of 15, he started to write his first texts under the pseudonym "Weld El 15".
Controversies
In June 2013 he was given a two-year prison sentence for insulting the police with his song 'Boulicia Kleb' (Cops are Dogs).
In September 2014 he was nominated by
European United Left–Nordic Green Left
The Left in the European Parliament (The Left) is a left-wing political group of the European Parliament established in 1995. Prior to January 2021 it was named the European United Left/Nordic Green Left (, GUE/NGL).
The group is mainly compos ...
for the
Sakharov Prize
The Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, commonly known as the Sakharov Prize, is an honorary award for individuals or groups who have dedicated their lives to the defence of human rights and freedom of thought. Named after Russian scienti ...
, along with the Moroccan rapper
L7a9d and the Egyptian blogger
Alaa Abd El-Fattah
Alaa Ahmed Seif al Islam Abd El-Fattah (, ), known professionally as Alaa Abd El-Fattah (), is an Egyptian-British blogger, software developer, and political activist. He has been active in developing Arabic-language versions of software and pl ...
. The following month, the nomination was withdrawn after controversy over some 2012 tweets by Abd El-Fattah at the time of
Israel's bombing of Gaza.
In May 2018, Weld was expelled from France for misbehaving and having drugs at home. He was kept on parole followed by expulsion on May 31.
Discography
* Boulicia Kleb (2012)
* Khalli Elberah Wrak (2018)
* Boy (2019)
* Vampire (2019)
* Snitch (2019)
* G.G.5ra (2019)
* Maria (2019)
* Very Nice (2020)
* Fi Houmti 2020
* Salamet ft A.L.A (2020)
*Pyramide (2020)
*Balawi (2021)
*Beha N3ich – بيها نعيش .ft Si Lemhaf (2021)
*King West (2021)
Movies
* Tunisia Clash (2015)
* Eclipses (2016)
*Road to El Kef (2021)
*Cali Serie (2021)
References
External links
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Tunisian musicians
Tunisian rappers
Tunisian democracy activists
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people