Nabil Hassoute, known professionally as Naab, was born in 1973. He is a French
electronic musician. Naab began his career in the early 1990s with the rap group
Hee Soon before shifting his attention to songwriting. His first significant
release was the maxi-single L'Etranger in 1999, featuring Roya Arab of Archive,
on Island Records. In March 2002, Naab signed with Bloom Records for his second
album Salam Haleikoum, which featured collaborations with Sofiane Saidi and
Jérôme Kérihuel. His third album, Democrisis, was released in 2008.