| Paul Nakad | |
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"Sleek The Elite" wearing a tailor made suit. Taken from his old website. |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Paul Nakad |
| Also known as | Sleek the Elite |
| Born | October 21, 1975 |
| Genres | Hip-hop |
| Occupations | Actor Rapper Technician |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1991–present (as a rapper), 1998–present (as an actor) |
Paul Nakad (born 21 October 1975) 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 Nakad would appear. In 2005, he starred in a number of guest appearances on the show.
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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.
Nakad has stated that his 5 favourite Australian artists are "Midnight Oil, Men at Work, Kylie Minogue, Def Wish Cast and himself."[3]
While working as a technician, Nakad 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.[4]
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 provided Nakad's unique sample-laden music with groovy, funky, hard hitting beats as well as production.
In 2000, Madcap Records reissued Sleekism with altered artwork but with no content alterations.[2]
In 2007, Rumors of a new album surfaced via his MySpace page.
In 2003, Nakad was guest programmer for Australian music show rage.[5]
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, Nakad left the Pizza team to focus on his rap career releasing Hard for a Rapper in 2004. Nakad 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 Nakad.