AraabMuzik

1989–2005: Early life and career beginnings Orellana was born and raised in Providence, Rhode Island, into a musical household. His mother was a professional singer. He is the middle child of three and is of Dominican and Guatemalan ancestry. Orellana has said he learned to play the drums at age three and later began playing the keyboard. Despite not being well known for it, Orellana found a lot of hip hop inspiration in his native home town of Providence. "There's definitely a lot of Hip-Hop here. You'll find a lot of local rap groups, solo artists out here that are trying make it, it's just the fact that we're not on the map like that just yet." Having a musical background lead to Orellana to begin producing hip hop, and had begun getting traction in the industry at a very early age. Having a natural inkling towards the MPC, he went on to buy his first unit in 2005. By 2006, at age 17, he had begun being noticed by Diplomat Records. ==Career==

2006–2010: Diplomats After meeting with record producer and A&R of Diplomat Records, DukeDaGod in 2006, he became affiliated with the Dipset label. He began making beats for Diplomat artists such as Hell Rell and Cam'ron. In 2009, AraabMuzik was featured as a main producer on rapper Cam'ron's album Crime Pays, producing the single "Get It in Ohio". From 2009 to 2010, he contributed many instrumentals to a series of mixtapes called Boss of All Bosses by Cam'ron and upcoming rapper Vado. 2010–2015: Trance Party & Electronic Dream In 2010, The Diplomats released Dipset Trance Party, an instrumental mixtape featuring artists (including AraabMuzik) employing a style that melded trance music with hip hop influences. This would prove to become a large influence on AraabMuzik's future sound. His track "South Beach" sampled Alice Deejay's "Better Off Alone", which AraabMuzik has said sparked his signature samples of electronic music. The first popularization of his new sound appeared in the comeback single "Salute" of rap group The Diplomats, also in 2010. In an interview with NPR he called "Salute" a different sound "that pretty much got me into the EDM". AraabMuzik released his breakout independent project Electronic Dream in 2011, which brought this signature sound of his production to the forefront. It was met with largely positive reviews and garnered him a large enough audience to begin touring internationally, 2016: Dream World To complement ''Electronic Dream's sound and success, AraabMuzik began working on a full length official album Dream World'', slated for a 2015 release. However, it ended up being delayed numerous times; he was quoted saying "I pushed it back so I could still really perfect it and work on it more, because I didn't really feel like I was satisfied with it." Although initially meant to sound like Electronic Dream, AraabMuzik decided to venture into a more eclectic album, catering to fans of different genres, both Electronic and Hip Hop, as well as experimental beats such as "War Cry". ==Artistry==

Artist name Abraham's artist name was given to him by a friend when he began producing - initially Young Arab, "I pretty much just ran with it, added an extra 'a' to it, and then later down the line I added 'muzik." Although the name has caused confusions about his origins, he became very famous very quickly, resulting in it being too late to change it. "It's something I'm stuck with, like you have your first phone number and you never changed it throughout the years, you just kept it." Influences Abraham has cited Swizz Beatz as a major influence, and the two have said to have a brotherly relationship. He's gone on to say, "He had his own distinguished sound. He was always using the keyboards and playing his own stuff. Nothing was sounding like anything he was doing." Creative process Araabmuzik revealed to Sowmya Krishnamurthy at MTV Hive that he made all of his music while sober. Araabmuzik has sampled 187 songs from other artists, including The Who's "Won't Get Fooled Again" which he restyled as "Outer Limits." == Controversies ==

In November 2012, trance producer Adam K accused Araabmuzik of plagiarism for the records that he had sampled on Electronic Dream without giving proper credit. In early May 2013, AraabMuzik was shot in an attempted robbery. He was walking around his neighborhood in the company of his friends when several men attempted to take his money. He resisted and was shot in the process. In October 2015, a track was supposedly leaked from the unreleased Dream World album featuring R&B artist Kelela, named "Final Hour", much to Kelela's disappointment and frustrations which she expressed on Twitter. Araabmuzik's management released an official PR release claiming no responsibility for the leak. In February 2016, AraabMuzik was shot again as a victim of an attempted robbery in Harlem. He had gunshot wounds to his jaw and arm. Abraham has spoken very little about these incidents having said "There's really not much to speak on [with] something like that" in an interview with Noisey. ==Discography==

Albums • 2011: Electronic Dream • 2016: Dream World • 2025: Electronic Dream 2 Mixtapes • 2010: AraabMuzik Beatz Vol. 1 • 2010: AraabMuzik Beatz Vol. 2 • 2010: Instrumental Kings Part 5 • 2012: Instrumental University • 2013: For Professional Use Only • 2013: The Remixes, Vol. 1 • 2014: For Professional Use Only 2 EPs • 2012: Daytrotter Session • 2015: KING • 2015: Goon Loops • 2017: ONE of ONE • 2018: Goon Loops 2 • 2019: The Last Instrumental • 2021: Trap Soul - EP • 2021: Soulful Vocals - EP • 2022: Gift Wrap- EP • 2023: Gift Wrap VOL2- EP ==References==