Iraqi / Canadian MC, actor and producer The Narcicyst a.k.a. Yassin Alsalman, was born and raised in Basra, Dubai but also reps Montreal, Canada where he is currently based. He is featured in a short film as he shares his experiences of studying at Concordia University and proclaims himself to be a "Hiphoptician, a pop culture enthusiast and Arab culture humorist", who values the importance of the hip-hop movement and the social existence of hip-hop.
"I think the goal behind my music is to just open up a platform for Arabs or people of immigrant status or of the Diaspora around the world, people who are in that new generation of homelessness, if you will..." - Narcy

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Next is a short clip of him spittin' on the streets of NY, reppin' Basra, Iraq and Montreal.

And his most recent music video for his track entitled "Hamdulillah" ft. Shadia Mansour off The Narcicyst LP which can be bought HERE.
"To say 'Hamdulillah' is to be grateful for what one has.
The images of the past decades have cast a veil on our identity as a people. We, as international brothers and sisters, are now witness to injustice in real time. Our Wars are watched in HD. Bigotry has made us numb. Imagery has made us dumb. As we turn our backs on '10 and enter the next cycle, we have to ask ourselves, do we have anymore time to waste?
This video is a global collaborative effort by 10 photographers- from London to Lebanon, Cairo To Canada, Abu Dhabi to America- to create a portrait of the New Global Citizens. They are DJs, MCs, poets, architects, teachers, doctors, parents and children. Most of all they are people."