2 0 0 6 , ▁Arab ic ▁hip - h op ▁solid ified ▁its ▁main stream ▁presence ▁in ▁the ▁Arab ▁World ▁with ▁H ip ▁Hop ▁Na , ▁a ▁reality ▁TV ▁show ▁on ▁MTV ▁Arab ia ▁hosted ▁by ▁Fred w reck ▁and ▁Q us ai , ▁a ▁Sa udi ▁Arab ian ▁Art ist . ▁H ip - h op , ▁both ▁Arab ic ▁and ▁American , ▁is ▁followed ▁and ▁created ▁to ▁varying ▁degrees ▁in ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁countries ▁of ▁the ▁Arab ▁world , ▁including ▁where ▁social ▁and ▁political ▁restrictions ▁make ▁this ▁difficult . ▁For ▁example , ▁Sa udi ▁Arab ia ▁is ▁home ▁to ▁the ▁group ▁Dark 2 Men , ▁who ▁competed ▁in ▁the ▁H ip H op Na ▁reality ▁show ▁mentioned ▁above . ▁In ▁addition , ▁break ▁dan cing ▁" has ▁become ▁a ▁popular ▁past ime ▁in ▁the ▁kingdom ". ▁ ▁It ▁is ▁difficult ▁to ▁establish ▁numbers ▁for ▁albums ▁sold ▁or ▁listen ership ▁by ▁dem ographic ▁in ▁the ▁Arab ▁world ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁lack ▁of ▁reliable ▁statistics . ▁Furthermore , ▁view ership ▁of ▁satellite ▁TV ▁in ▁the ▁Arab ▁world ▁cannot ▁be ▁accur ately ▁quant ified . ▁However , ▁we ▁can ▁disc ern ▁popular ity ▁through ▁market ing ▁techniques ▁util ized ▁by ▁satellite ▁television ▁prov iders . ▁According ▁to ▁a ▁ 2 0 0 7 ▁report , ▁" more ▁than ▁ 8 5 ▁percent ▁of ▁urban ▁households ▁in ▁the ▁Arab ▁world ▁have ▁satellite ▁television ," ▁a ▁forum ▁that ▁has ▁expanded ▁to ▁include ▁music ▁channels ▁such ▁as ▁MTV ▁Arab ia ▁which ▁"[ at ▁the ▁time ]