Mohamed Hamri (August 27, 1932 – August 29, 2000), commonly known as Hamri, was a self-described Painter of Morocco. He was a Moroccan painter and author and one of the few Moroccans to participate in the Tangier Beat scene.

He was born in 1932 in Ksar-el-Kebir in northern Morocco. His father was a ceramics artist who painted his pieces following an ancient tradition. Hamri's mother was born into the Attar family of Zahjouka musicians. His uncle was the leader of the Master Musicians of Joujouka.

Hamir is father to Sanaa Hamri, the first Moroccan woman to direct a Hollywood movie.

Hamri helped the Master Musicians of Joujouka survive by bringing them to Tangier to play. In 1951, writer Paul Bowles met the 18-year-old Hamri at Tanger train station. He later met the painter Brion Gysin—inventor of The Cut-up technique—who tutored him and introduced him to modern European painters. Gysin and Hamri had a joint exhibition in 1952. After Hamri introduced Gysin to the Zahjouka village, Gysin became a life-long promoter of the Sufi trance master musicians who lived there. Together with Gysin, Hamri set up the "1001 Nights Restaurant" in Tangier with Hamri as cook and where Gysin employed the Master Musicians to play. In 1958 Gysin bought out Hamri's interest in the restaurant for $10,000 but he soon lost the restaurant himself. He soon opened a new 1001 Nights in Asilah—40 km south of Tangier—where he first met Brian Jones and subsequently brought him to Zahjouka.

Lewis Brian Hopkins Jones (28 February 1942 – 3 July 1969), was an English musician and a founder member of the Rolling Stones.

Jones' main instruments were the guitar and the harmonica, but he played a wide variety of other musical instruments and was a talented multi-instrumentalist. His innovative use of traditional or folk instruments, such as the sitar and marimba, was integral to the changing sound of the band.

Originally the leader of the group, Jones' fellow bandmembers Mick Jagger and Keith Richards soon overshadowed him; especially after they became a successful songwriting team. He developed a serious drug abuse problem over the years and his role in the band steadily diminished. He was asked to leave the Rolling Stones in June 1969 and guitarist Mick Taylor took his place in the group. Jones died less than a month later by drowning in the swimming pool at his home on Cotchford Farm in East Sussex.

Original Stones bassist Bill Wyman stated about Jones: "...he formed the band. He chose the members. He named the band. He chose the music we played. He got us gigs ... Very influential, very important, and then slowly lost it - highly intelligent - and just kind of wasted it and blew it all away."

Mohamad Bash (Arabic: محمد باش) is a Syrian Singer from Damascus, Syria.

Mohamad Bash was born in Damascus, Syria on November 6, 1982. “Bash”, as his fans like to call him was raised in Damascus to a Syrian father and a Jordanian mother. His family consists of him, his parents and three sisters. Bash Family owns and manages a boutique hotel and restaurant called "Baik Bash" in Old Damascus.

Bash’s interest for music started at the age of 14 when he started piano lessons and music theory. He then abandoned music due to his studies but went back to it this time while teaching himself to play the keyboard. His love for guitar, the musical instrument he is now known for never being without, started at the age of 20 when he started his first official guitar lessons where he then formed a band with his instructor.

Bash’s rise to fame was in 2009 when he got accepted to reality TV talent show Star Academy Arab World, the sixth season. Star Academy is a reality singing show consisting of 20 students from all over the Middle East competing for one dream, the dream of becoming a star. Bash was the only Syrian contestant that season and managed to stay as far as right before the semi-finals. During his stay in the academy, he performed different genres of songs which helped show his diversity and ability to adapt to different kinds of songs and performances including dance.

Cheb Bilal (born Bilal Mouffok) is a well-known raï singer. He was born on July 23, 1966 in Cherchel, Algeria.

Bilal spent much of his youth in Oran, Algeria where he studied at the conservatory of music. He was raised by his grandfather.

Initially, Cheb Bilal performed at weddings and festivals around Oran. In 1980, he created the group El Ahouar. In 1989 he went to Marseilles, France, which he described as a turning point in his career. He also spent much of his time on the prision of "l3awad" in Kenitra ( Morocco). He is a well-known singer in morocco.

It is said^{[by whom?]} he gained his inspiration from former legendary singer Abdul.