Paul Nakad
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| Sleek the Elite | |
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 "Sleek the Elite" with a Hellenic dancer at "Greek Dancing with the Stars", Paniyiri Festival 2007, Musgrave Park, South Brisbane.
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| Birth name | Paul Nakad |
| Also known as | Sleek the Elite |
| Genre(s) | Hip-hop |
| Occupation(s) | Actor Refrigeration and air-conditioning technician |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals |
Paul Nakad is an Australian hip-hop artist and actor. He is best known by his stage name Sleek the Elite, which he used as a character name for the Pizza TV show and Fat Pizza movie.[1]
Fat Pizza would be the last regular spot in the Pizza series that Sleek would appear. In 2005, he starred in a number of guest appearances on the show.
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[edit] Biography
Born in Eastwood, New South Wales, Nakad grew up in the Ryde area. At the age of sixteen, Nakad left school.[2] After leaving school he became a refrigeration and air-conditioning technician, and is currently applying his trade at the Queensland University of Technology.
[edit] Personal life
He has stated the his 3-5 favourite Australian artists are "Midnight Oil, Men at Work, Kylie Minogue, Def Wish Cast and me."[3]
[edit] Career
[edit] Music
While working as a technician, he spent all his spare time writing music and constantly gigging in small clubs, on community radio and steadily building his form as a unique Lebanese Australian hip-hop voice.
This street-cred and his poetic turn of phrase, freestyle technique, and audience support culminated in 1997 when he recorded his first album Sleekism. DJ Soup provide Nakad's unique sample-laden music with groovy, funky hard hitting beats as well as production. The small print run was quickly exhausted.[citation needed] "Child of the Cedar" quickly became a quasi-anthem for the Lebanese Australian community.[citation needed]
In 2000, Madcap Records reissued Sleekism with altered artwork but with no content alterations.[2]
In 2007, rumours of a new album surfaced via his MySpace page.
[edit] Other appearances
In 2003, Nakad was guest programmer for Australian music show rage.[4]
[edit] Acting
In 1998, Nakad landed his first acting role in Paul Fenech's short film Basic Equipment, and then later Fenech's feature film Somewhere in the Darkness. Nakad and Fenech adopted the Sleek the Elite persona to Fenech's comedy series Pizza in 2000 and 2001.
In 2003, Nakad would appeared in the feature film Fat Pizza: The Movie.
After the release of the movie version of the Pizza series, Sleek left the Pizza team to focus on his rap career releasing Hard for a Rapper in 2004. Sleek also teamed up with stand-up comedian and actor Nick Giannopoulos appearing in Wog Story. While the show was running in Melbourne, Paul Nakad shared a dressing room with Anh Do. Do was working on the script of the film Footy Legends, and created the role of Walid especially for Paul.
[edit] Discography
- Sleekism (1997) - Sleekism Records
- Sleekism (2000) - reissue from Madcap Records
- Sleek the Elite EP (2003) - Badfly Records
- Hard for a Rapper (2004) - Badfly Records
[edit] Compilations
- Home Brewz Volume 2, Various Artists (1997) - "Microphone Bangin'"
- Basic Equipment, Various Artists (1998) - "Revelations"
[edit] Filmography
- Footy Legends (2006), as Walid
- Fat Pizza: The Movie (2003), as Sleek the Elite
[edit] Television
- Pizza (2000, 2001), as Sleek the Elite
[edit] References
- ^ Paul Fenech (director). Fat Pizza [Motion Picture]. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia: SBS Independent.
- ^ a b Artist Profile/Bio.. Madcap Records (2000). Retrieved on 2007-05-17.
- ^ Sleek The Elite (interview). Australian Music Online (2003-06-30). Retrieved on 2007-05-17.
- ^ Guest Programmers and Specials. Australian Broadcasting Corporation (2003-07-12). Retrieved on 2007-05-17.
