Suhel Nafar is currently the Spotify Global Lead of Arab Music & Culture . In 1998 he was a co-founder of the Hip Hop crew , DAM and has been part of the Arab music scene for over 20 years . In 2016 Nafar helped launch Complex Snapchat Discover channel , the fastest growing platform in the history of Complex Networks . He was also recently an artist-in-residence at New York University . Suhel and DAM 's story was featured in the award-winning documentary , '' Slingshot Hip Hop '' , which premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and made its broadcast debut on the Sundance Channel . His films have been featured internationally including at the Mori Art Museum , Japan ; TIFF Kids International Film Festival ; Alfilm , Berlin ; La Matatena , Mexico and the Asiana International Short Film Festival .
2008 Sundance Film Festival
2008 Sundance Film Festival
Suhell Nafar