Sidar Ferid is a 25-year-old young Kurdish musician and actor. Ferid, who has been interested in performing arts since a young age, received acting and music training to take this interest to a professional level. The artist, who continues to produce both on stage and in the studio today, draws attention with his innovative experiments in Kurdish music.

From tradition to the future: Bringing together rap and dengbej

The most striking feature of Sidar Ferid’s music is that he blends different musical cultures. He creates an original style by combining traditional dengbej culture with modern rap melodies. This synthesis both adds a different voice to Kurdish music and builds a bridge between the young generation and tradition. Ferid strives to produce a voice that is focused on the future by feeding from the past.

He writes his own songs in his own language

Sidar Ferid usually sings the lyrics he wrote himself. These songs are shaped around personal stories, social observations and inner searches. Seeking originality in Kurdish music, the artist has created an individual style in both his narrative and music.