Paul Nakad

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Name = Sleek the Elite

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Instrument = Vocals
Genre = Hip-hop
Occupation = Actor
Refrigeration and air-conditioning technician
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Paul Nakad (born 21 October 1975) is an Australian hip-hop artist and actor. He is best known by his stage name Sleek the Elite, which he used as a character name for the "Pizza" TV show and "Fat Pizza" movie.cite video | people = Paul Fenech (director) | title = Fat Pizza | medium = Motion Picture | publisher = SBS Independent | location = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | date = 2003-04-10 ]

"Fat Pizza" would be the last regular spot in the "Pizza" series that Sleek would appear. In 2005, he starred in a number of guest appearances on the show.

Biography

Born in Eastwood, New South Wales, Nakad grew up in the Ryde area. At the age of sixteen, Nakad left school.cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Artist Profile/Bio. | work = | publisher = Madcap Records | date = 2000 | url = http://www.madcapglobal.com/records/sleek.htm | format = | doi = | accessdate = 2007-05-17 ] After leaving school he became a refrigeration and air-conditioning technician, and is currently working for [http://www.hiflow.com.au Hiflow Industries Pty Ltd] .

Personal life

He has stated the his 3-5 favourite Australian artists are "Midnight Oil, Men at Work, Kylie Minogue, Def Wish Cast and me."cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Sleek The Elite | work = | publisher = Australian Music Online | date = 2003-06-30 | url = http://www.amo.org.au/qa_interview.asp?id=87 | format = interview | doi = | accessdate = 2007-05-17 ]

Career

Music

While working as a technician, he spent all his spare time writing music and constantly gigging in small clubs, on community radio and steadily building his form as a unique Lebanese Australian hip-hop voice. [cite web|url=http://www.taketherudder.com/articles/migrant_youth_article_part_2_5.html|title=The Middle Ground: Lebanese-Australian hip hop|last=Mitchell|first=Tony|work=taketherudder.com|accessdate=2008-07-21]

This street-cred and his poetic turn of phrase, freestyle technique, and audience support culminated in 1997 when he recorded his first album "Sleekism". DJ Soup provide Nakad's unique sample-laden music with groovy, funky hard hitting beats as well as production. The small print run was quickly exhausted.Fact|date=June 2007 "Child of the Cedar" quickly became a quasi-anthem for the Lebanese Australian community.Fact|date=June 2007

In 2000, Madcap Records reissued "Sleekism" with altered artwork but with no content alterations.

In 2007, rumours of a new album surfaced via his MySpace page.

Other appearances

In 2003, Nakad was guest programmer for Australian music show "rage".cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Guest Programmers and Specials | work = | publisher = Australian Broadcasting Corporation | date = 2003-07-12 | url = http://www.abc.net.au/rage/guest/2003/sleek.htm | format = | doi = | accessdate = 2007-05-17 ]

Acting

In 1998, Nakad landed his first acting role in Paul Fenech's short film "Basic Equipment", and then later Fenech's feature film "Somewhere in the Darkness". Nakad and Fenech adopted the Sleek the Elite persona to Fenech's comedy series "Pizza" in 2000 and 2001.

In 2003, Nakad would appeared in the feature film "".

After the release of the movie version of the "Pizza" series, Sleek left the "Pizza" team to focus on his rap career releasing "Hard for a Rapper" in 2004. Sleek also teamed up with stand-up comedian and actor Nick Giannopoulos appearing in "Wog Story". While the show was running in Melbourne, Paul Nakad shared a dressing room with Anh Do. Do was working on the script of the film "Footy Legends", and created the role of Walid especially for Paul.

Discography

*"Sleekism" (1997) - Sleekism Records
*"Sleekism" (2000) - reissue from Madcap Records
*"Sleek the Elite EP" (2003) - Badfly Records
*"Hard for a Rapper" (2004) - Badfly Records

Compilations

*"Home Brewz Volume 2", Various Artists (1997) - "Microphone Bangin'"
*"Basic Equipment", Various Artists (1998) - "Revelations"

Filmography

*"Footy Legends" (2006), as Walid
*"" (2003), as Sleek the Elite

Television

*"Pizza" (2000, 2001), as Sleek the Elite

References

External links

*MySpace|sleek_the_elite|"Sleek the Elite"
*imdb name|id=0619926|name=Paul Nakad
* [http://www.tv.com/paul-nakad/person/64680/summary.html Paul Nakad] at TV.com