Dj Outlaw, born Mohammed Ghuloom AKA - the founding member of
Outlaw Productions (which is the leading Hip Hip organization of its kind
within the Middle East) is born and raised in the Kingdom of Bahrain, fascinated
by the hip hop movement from a very early age. His musical career started back
in '97 when he began as an independent Dj. However, unlike the few other of the
time, Outlaw refused to limit his career to merely Djing at parties. As his
understanding and thirst for the art form grew, so did his talent; this began
to become apparent in '99 when he managed to start his own music production
studio at home. Up until this day, Outlaw has all his efforts set on digging
for fresh, youthful talented individuals who have the same passion for hip hop allowing
him to be one of the only individuals in the region that offers –both, proper
equipment to work with as well as the right environment for Hip Hop break
through to begin.
Through out the years, Outlaw has accomplished organizing and
performing in many events such as The "Promote Peace Through HipHop"
Concert featuring Washington based hiphop group Opus Akoben and Army of One,
“Bring it on” Break dancing contest, the "Tupac Still Breathing Tour"
featuring the Outlawz, Young Blaze and Dj Domination, not to mention the
numerous shows he has done covering the entire Middle East region, his most
recent being the Redbull air race show held in Abu Dhabi, the Red House hip hop
festival featuring Canadian artist Big Page and G-unit's Hot Rod, the Raw Power
MMA event and an opening set for “the brown and friendly” comedy tour featuring
Maz Jobrani and most recently the Urfilez VIP launch event featuring artists such as,
James Ingram, Jennifer Hudson, Lazee, Rashid AlMajed, Billy Joel's Band and more.
Currently, Dj Outlaw is known to be affiliated with the
legendary Outlawz and is a member of the famous Slip and Slide Djs coalition consisting
of artists such as Trina, Rick Ross and plise signed to their label. He has
also been recently labeled as one of the official Coast2Coast Mixtape DJs.
After being signed to music distribution company “UrFilez”,
Outlaw has recently released his debut studio album "History in the
Making" featuring many local and international artists combined. “This
album portrays the idea of the Middle East meeting with the West-forming a huge
unity under one album.” – He says, which is a mere microcosm of the general
goal Dj Outlaw strives to achieve.
With that said, Dj Outlaw one of the first producers to
deviate away from attaching himself to only one extreme. He fuses together the
West with the East in the hope that the two worlds would meet and result in a
unique and fresh sound to the public’s ears. The album offers different genres,
ethnic backgrounds, ages and genders all tied together. It is the first
within-region album to be distributed in musical outlets across the country as
well as being sold on all digital distribution companies including iTunes and
Amazon.
Dj Outlaw has also been the founder of the growing mixtape
series “The Middle East invasion” which has grown in double the size between
volume 1 and 2. These mixtapes have become increasingly popular for being the
only mixtape series to present pure Arabian talent through their music which
was handpicked from a vast amount of submissions by Dj Outlaw himself so that
the world can experience the sounds of what Arabian hip-hop has to offer.
On
the other hand, he has also has successfully released mixtapes with artists
such as , Shadyville/Gunit's DJ Woogie, G-unit, Dj Lord sear, MC Lyte, Jaz O,
Outlawz, Young Blaze, Hot Rod, Ludacris, TQ, Ace Hood, Freeway, Stormey Coleman, actor Orlando
Jones with over 10,000 downloads for some of these projects.
It
is because of these accomplishments that Dj Outlaw is now known as being the
Middle East’s very own musical phenomenon of our time – A national pride.