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'''Ahmed Ismail Hussein''' ({{lang-so|''Axmed Ismaaciil Xudeydi''}}) is a [[Somali people|Somali]]-[[United Kingdom|British]] commonly known as '''Hudeydi''' is considered one of the most popular Somali musicians of all time.{{citation needed|date=April 2014}} He is also known as 'The King'.{{citation needed|date=April 2014}}
'''Ahmed Ismail Hussein''' ({{lang-so|''Axmed Ismaaciil Xudeydi''}}) is a [[Somali people|Somali]]-[[United Kingdom|British]] commonly known as '''Hudeydi'''.{{citation needed|date=April 2014}}


==Personal life==
==Personal life==

Revision as of 07:39, 9 May 2014

Hudeydi
Birth nameAhmed Ismail Hussein
GenresSomali
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter, composer, instrumentalist
InstrumentOud

Ahmed Ismail Hussein (Template:Lang-so) is a Somali-British commonly known as Hudeydi.[citation needed]

Personal life

As a teenager at the age of the 14, Hudeydi's father once took him to a party in Aden, Yemen which is where he met an Arab man playing the oud. From then Hudeydi liked the instrument and he wanted to learn how to play it. Hudeydi was then taught how to play the oud by Abdullahi Qarshe who is known as the "father of Somali music", who advised Hudeydi's father to buy his son an oud and a pick instead of a pen and a book. However, In school Hudeydi's teacher recommend him to learn how to how play the drums because of his constant drumming on the desk.[1]

Music career

Hudeydi played in many places in Somalia during the 1950s and 1960s such as theaters. At that time Hudeydi came across at time where parents in Somalia tried to ban music because of they considered music as a distraction and musicians as devils who are distracting the youth. In 1973 Hudeydi moved to the United Kingdom where he has then only preformed in private occasions such as family weddings. However, Hudeydi is very keen to teach the young generation how to play the Oud instrument.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "BBC - Radio 3 World on Your Street - Musicians' Stories". BBC. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Ahmed 'Hudeydi' – The Legend". Somalilandtimes. Retrieved 4 April 2014.

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