Osama Com Laude

rapper and hip hop artist

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Osama Com Laude is a rapper and Hip hop artist. Com Laude says he set up his own little studio with a Windows 2000 PC. His first music video is still on his YouTube channel.

Early life and background

Com Laude is the youngest of four siblings, and his father was a retired military officer. His family migrated to America in 1993 and went straight to Orlando. As a child he shared a room with his sister, and he grew up with two close friends. [1]

His first musical taste was pop music, and his only vocal training was a chorus class. He took up rapping when he was about 10 or 11 years old. He says one name he kept was Prof. [1]

He says he felt too American for Pakistan at first, and too Pakistani for America later. [1]

Education

Com Laude came to Pakistan to study medicine, and he moved alone from the suburbs of Orlando. He attended Rawalpindi Medical College when he came to Pakistan. He began his MBBS after finishing school, and he says he finished in 2016, with his house job done. [1]

Career

Com Laude says he set up his own little studio with a Windows 2000 PC. His first music video is still on his YouTube channel. He says he had to form his own lane in Pakistan. [1]

Views

Com Laude says hip hop became the core of his personality. He says hip hop was born from struggle and a fight, that its core is struggle, fight and oppression, and that it turns the anger a person carries into an art form. He adds that rap tones things down and makes them more digestible, and that hip hop artists have become the rock stars of this era. [1]

He says hip hop came onto the map in the subcontinent because of Gully Boy. He says he admires Faris Shafi and listens to his songs, and he praises Bajao for doing a really good job. [1]

On craft, he says people do not invest a lot of time in doing the basics, and that people connect with raw work more than with fancy work. He says that if you are yourself, it will resonate automatically, and that everybody is doing a lot of performative work and is not really themselves. He says he is a big believer in the old-style celebrity. [1]

He wants to bring a wave of positive change, and he wants more human connections than digital ones. [1]

Personal life

Com Laude's eldest brother is a director at K-Electric in Karachi, and his sister lives in Pennsylvania. He met Adil around 2009, and he calls Adil a good friend and says Adil is working hard on his album. [1]

He says his physical transformation took on and off effort over 10 to 12 years. He says he prefers quiet, open spaces to city life, and that most of his playlist is from the late 1990s to the early 2000s. He posted on Instagram that life is a circus and everyone is a clown, and he says he would not have social media if his work did not depend on it. [1]

Timeline

1993
His family migrated to America and went straight to Orlando.[1]
2009
He met Adil.[1]

Appearances

DateTitleWhere
2020-12-21 Authentic hip-hop grows roots in Pakistani cities Thought Behind Things

Frequently asked questions

What does Osama Com Laude do?

Osama Com Laude is a rapper and hip hop artist. He took up rapping when he was about 10 or 11 years old. He says he had to form his own lane in Pakistan.[1]

Where did Osama Com Laude study?

Osama Com Laude attended Rawalpindi Medical College when he came to Pakistan. He began his MBBS after finishing school, and he says he finished in 2016, with his house job done.[1]

Where did Osama Com Laude grow up?

Osama Com Laude says his family migrated to America in 1993 and went straight to Orlando. He later moved to Pakistan alone from the suburbs of Orlando to study medicine.[1]

What does Osama Com Laude think about hip hop?

Osama Com Laude says hip hop became the core of his personality. He says it was born from struggle and a fight, and that it turns the anger a person carries into an art form.[1]

References

  1. Authentic hip-hop grows roots in Pakistani cities . Thought Behind Things , 2020-12-21.
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  1. The episode description refers to him as OCL. In conversation with OCL, this episode explores Hip hop and rapping industry of Pakistan.
  2. He is the youngest of four siblings. Actually I'm the youngest of four.
  3. His father was a retired military officer. baba, baba uh uh retired fauji officer
  4. His family migrated to America in 1993 and went straight to Orlando. migrated to America in 93, to we were we went straight to Orlando.
  5. As a child he shared a room with his sister. I shared a room with my sister.
  6. His first musical taste was pop music. my thing was always like pop music.
  7. His only vocal training was a chorus class. Meri zyada se zyada meri thodi vocal training agar us cheez ko keh lo, wo hum hum karte the uh we used to have a uh uh uh chorus class.
  8. He took up rapping when he was about 10 or 11 years old. So I was like, chodo yaar, chalo rap bhi kar lena thoda sa, you know? So I was what, 10, 11 at the time.
  9. He says he set up his own little studio with a Windows 2000 PC. I did my thing, I set up my little studio, I had my I had my windows, 2000 PC
  10. His first music video is still on his YouTube channel. You can you can still find my first music video on my YouTube channel.
  11. He grew up with two close friends. My my boys, Devin and Mike, you know, shout out to No Front, Dev, Mike, I see you boys, right? I grew up with these guys
  12. He says he had to form his own lane in Pakistan. Toh matlab ke I had to sort of form my own lane.
  13. He met Adil around 2009. I met Adil back in 2009, I think.
  14. He calls Adil a good friend and says Adil is working hard on his album. Yaar, Adil is still very much a good friend of mine. Um, woh as far as I know, I think he abhi woh he's working hard on his album.
  15. His eldest brother is a director at K-Electric in Karachi. my eldest brother, um he is uh um director at K-Electric in Karachi.
  16. His sister lives in Pennsylvania. Aapa is in Pennsylvania.
  17. He came to Pakistan to study medicine. Pakistan aana basically yeh tha ke medical ke liye aana tha.
  18. He moved to Pakistan alone from the suburbs of Orlando. I came by myself from the suburbs of Orlando
  19. He attended Rawalpindi Medical College when he came to Pakistan. the Moti Mahal, Rawalpindi Medical College.
  20. He began his MBBS after finishing school. phir school khatam, phir yeh MBBS shuru hua
  21. He says he finished in 2016, with his house job done. Yeah, yeah, I'm done. I finished 2016. 2016. With my house job. Everything. Everything done.
  22. He says his physical transformation took on and off effort over 10 to 12 years. on and off 10 to 12 years to like how I am now.
  23. He says he prefers quiet, open spaces to city life. mujhe na sukoon pasand hai. Aur aur open spaces. I don't like city life.
  24. He says most of his playlist is from the late 1990s to the early 2000s. it's all late 90s to early 2000s.
  25. He says hip hop became the core of his personality. it became the core of my personality and like who I am now.
  26. He says people do not invest a lot of time in doing the basics. you don't invest a lot of time in doing the basics
  27. He says people connect with raw work more than with fancy work. people connect with the raw stuff more than they do with the fancy-fancy stuff
  28. He says hip hop was born from struggle and a fight. hip hop was birthed from a place of struggle and from a place of, you know, uh sort of a fight,
  29. He says the core of hip hop is struggle, fight and oppression. The core is the struggle, there's the fight, the oppression.
  30. He says hip hop turns the anger a person carries into an art form. hip hop is literally aapke andar jo aapka gussa bhara hua hai, jo abhi zyaatiyan ho rahi hain, usko ek art form mein lekar aana.
  31. He says rap tones things down and makes them more digestible. so it sort of tones it down a bit and sort of makes it more digestible.
  32. He says hip hop artists have become the rock stars of this era. woh they've now become the rock stars of of this time time and age
  33. He says he admires Faris Shafi and listens to his songs. like Faris Shafi, I worship him ki uska jo bhi aata hai gaana woh I listen to that.
  34. He says hip hop came onto the map in the subcontinent because of Gully Boy. hip hop subcontinent mein map pe ab aaya hai because of, sadly, Gully Boy.
  35. He praises Bajao for doing a really good job. Bajao is again, shout out shout out to Bajao. They're they're doing a really good job.
  36. He says his song Pindi hit 2.5 million organically. we dropped Pindi. Valentine's Day this year, right? Mahina guzar gaya, hit 2.5 million organically, no push, no nothing.
  37. He says nothing was done to promote the Pindi song. Abey, kuch bhi nahi karwaya tha humne. Literally hum haath pe haath rakh ke baith gaye.
  38. He says Pindi is the biggest Pakistani hip hop song. It's the biggest Pakistani hip hop song.
  39. He says the aim was to make being a Pindi boy so cool that everyone would want to be one. we're going to make it so cool that everyone's going to want to be a Pindi boy.
  40. He says that if you are yourself, it will resonate automatically. If you if you are yourself, it will resonate automatically.
  41. He says the pictures used in one of his videos came from a very personal part of his life. whatever tasveers were used uh in Azam were very much because they came from a very personal part of my life.
  42. He posted on Instagram that life is a circus and everyone is a clown. maine pichle dino ek Instagram pe post bhi dali thi ki life is a circus and we're all clowns.
  43. He says he is a big believer in the old-style celebrity. I'm a big believer of the old celebrity.
  44. He says he would not have social media if his work did not depend on it. agar mera kaam is cheez se related na hota na, toh I would not have any social media.
  45. He wants to bring a wave of positive change. I want to bring this wave of like sort of quote unquote like yaar ek ek ek positive change lani hai.
  46. He wants more human connections than digital ones. we make more human connections Yeah. rather than, you know, the the the digital matrix.
  47. He says everybody is doing a lot of performative work and is not really themselves. Everybody is doing a lot of performative work, Yeah. where they don't they're not really themselves.
  48. He says he felt too American for Pakistan at first, and too Pakistani for America later. initially it was like I was too American for Pakistan, aur udhar ja ke I felt like I was too Pakistani for the Americans.
  49. He says one name he kept was Prof. One name I kept was like uh uh Prof, P-R-O-P-H, Prof.