Please help improve it or discuss these issues meet european singles in dubai the talk page. The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia’s notability guideline for biographies. This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Hussain Yoosuf, better known by his stage name Spek, is a Canadian hip hop musician.

He is best known for his singles “Smell the Coffee” and “I’m a Hippie”. Spek started rapping at the age of 14 in his hometown Montreal. He joined the hip hop group Dream Warriors shortly after the release of their hit songs “My Definition of a Boombastic Jazz Style” and “Wash Your Face in My Sink”. At the age of 17, he signed a worldwide record contract with EMI and toured the globe before settling in London. Spek soon found himself touring across Europe with British jazz-rap crew Us3.

The Times described his music as “a gentle and genial collection of dreamy love songs and street smart hip hop grooves. Loaded magazine described his album Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff as “like Prince and De La Soul in a mucky mudwrestle. In 2003, Spek was asked to co-host the Juno Awards. His “Look Me Up” video was voted number one on MTV UK’s Daily Chart Live.

His “I’m a Hippie” single was a hit in Canada. European feature film Wicked, starring alongside Danish star Kim Bodnia and others. Playing a dual role he also wrote the film’s soundtrack and score with longtime collaborator Brian Rose. That film screened at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. In 2006, Spek began development of his next film project Fricky Khan about a Sri Lankan motorcycle racer and multiple Grand Prix winner who lived fast and died young. The story is based on the life of Spek’s uncle. After years of working as a recording artist, writer, composer, producer and music publishing executive, Spek relocated to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates in 2007 to establish the first music publisher in the United Arab Emirates.