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Hip-hop and R&B sample so much Arabic music. Of course you hope that Middle Eastern artists actually get paid for being sampled and get their credit. Here's a thread of notable samples (interestingly, most hip-hop and R&B songs that sample Arabic music were produced by Timbaland)
The most famous example is Jay-Z's "Big Pimpin." That song sampled "Khosara" by Abdel Halim Hafez. It was produced by Timbaland and caused years of legal battles over copyright issues.
Khosara:
Big Pimpin:
Khosara:
Big Pimpin:
Aaliyah's "Don't Know What To Tell Ya" (produced by Timbaland) samples Lebanese-Algerian singer Warda's "Betwanes Beek" (Fun fact: Britney Spears also sampled this song during the bridge in "My Prerogative") https://www.whosampled.com/sample/1591/Aaliyah-Don%27t-Know-What-to-Tell-Ya-Warda-Batwanness-Beek/
Aaliyah also sampled Arabic music in her song "More Than a Woman" (also produced by Timbaland) which takes from Mayada El Hennaway's "Alouli Ansa" https://www.whosampled.com/sample/10547/Aaliyah-More-Than-a-Woman-Mayada-El-Hennawy-Alouli-Ansa/
Fabolous and Ne-Yo's collab "Make Me Better" (again, a Timbaland production) samples Egypt's own Sherine. The original Sherine song is "Al Sa'ben Aleh" https://www.whosampled.com/sample/3070/Fabolous-Ne-Yo-Make-Me-Better-Sherine-Al-Sa%27ban-Aleh/
Hossam Ramzy's cover of Oum Kalthoum's "Enta Omri" was sampled in Petey Pablo's ode to North Carolina "Raise Up" (you guessed it, produced by Timbaland) https://www.whosampled.com/sample/21149/Petey-Pablo-Raise-Up-Hossam-Ramzy-Enta-Omri/
In "Dance" by Nas, he samples Algerian singer Cheb Khaled's "Aicha"
Nas:
Cheb Khaled:
Nas:
Cheb Khaled:
The Chemical Brothers & Q-Tip had a fun collab with "Galvanize" and that song samples Najat Atabou's "Hadi Kedba Bayna" https://www.whosampled.com/sample/16/The-Chemical-Brothers-Q-Tip-Galvanize-Najat-Aatabou-Hadi-Kedba-Bayna-(Just-Tell-Me-the-Truth)/
In his Purple Reign mixtape, Future's "Wicked" samples Rayan's "Kanet Rohi" https://www.whosampled.com/sample/493547/Future-Wicked-Rayan-Kanet-Rohi/
Foxy Brown in her song "Hood Scriptures" samples Ragheb Alama's "Ya Bouy" https://www.whosampled.com/sample/34349/Foxy-Brown-Hood-Scriptures-Ragheb-Alama-Ya-Boy/
Ms. Jade's "Dead Wrong" (another Timbaland-produced track) samples Iraq's own Kazem Al Sahir, using his song "Al Zamen" https://www.whosampled.com/sample/15778/Ms.-Jade-Dead-Wrong-Kazem-Al-Sahir-Al-Zamen/
There are plenty of other examples that I'll try to include as I find them. Bottom line: Arabic music is more prevalent than you think, and these artists deserve their credit, their respect, and their money
I forgot one other notable sample! A$AP Rocky, in his song "1Train," samples Asala's "Meshet Senin" https://www.whosampled.com/sample/186931/A$AP-Rocky-Kendrick-Lamar-Joey-Bada$$-Yelawolf-Danny-Brown-Action-Bronson-Big-K.R.I.T.-1Train-Assala-Meshet-Senin/
