Khosara Khosara

E557184

"Khosara Khosara" is a classic Egyptian song composed by Baligh Hamdi and famously performed by Abdel Halim Hafez, later known internationally for being sampled in Jay-Z's track "Big Pimpin'."

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Khosara Khosara canonical 2
Khosara, Khosara 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (38)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Egyptian song ⓘ
song ⓘ
alternateTransliteration Khosara Khosara ⓘ
Khosara, Khosara ⓘ
linked to: Khosara Khosara
associatedWithArtist Abdel Halim Hafez ⓘ
Baligh Hamdi ⓘ
composer Baligh Hamdi ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Egypt ⓘ
culturalOrigin Egyptian popular culture ⓘ
era 20th-century Arabic music ⓘ
genre Arabic music ⓘ
classical Arabic song ⓘ
hasCopyright yes ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn contemporary hip hop sampling practices ⓘ
hasMelodicExcerptSampledIn Big Pimpin' ⓘ
hasMelodicMotif orchestral Arabic intro used in Big Pimpin' ⓘ
hasRecording Khosara Khosara (Abdel Halim Hafez recording) ⓘ
hasTitleInArabicScript خسارة خسارة ⓘ
involvedIn Big Pimpin' sampling controversy ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
lyricist Morsi Gamil Aziz ⓘ
notableFor being a classic of Egyptian popular music ⓘ
being sampled in Jay-Z's Big Pimpin' ⓘ
notablePerformer Abdel Halim Hafez ⓘ
originalMedium phonograph record ⓘ
partOfRepertoireOf Abdel Halim Hafez ⓘ
performedBy Abdel Halim Hafez ⓘ
performedInRegion Middle East ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
performedWithInstrumentation Arabic ensemble ⓘ
orchestra ⓘ
rightsHolder Baligh Hamdi estate ⓘ
sampledBy Big Pimpin' ⓘ
sampledByArtist Jay-Z ⓘ
UGK ⓘ
subjectOf copyright lawsuit against Jay-Z and Timbaland ⓘ
usedWithoutInitialLicenseIn Big Pimpin' ⓘ
vocalType male vocal ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Big Pimpin' → sampling → Khosara Khosara ⓘ
Khosara Khosara → alternateTransliteration → Khosara, Khosara ⓘ
linked to: Khosara Khosara
Khosara Khosara → alternateTransliteration → Khosara Khosara ⓘ