1. Wegz
Age: 24
Occupation: Rapper
Nationality: Egyptian
Residence: Egypt
Category: Entertainment
Ahmed Ali, known as “Wegz,” started his career in 2017. In 2022, he was named Spotify’s most-streamed Arab artist in MENA and Egypt's most-streamed artist for the third year in a row. His song “ElBakht” was Egypt's and the region's top-streamed song, followed by “B3oda Ya Belady” and “Keify Keda,” coming in fourth and tenth in Egypt, respectively. ElBakht was also the most streamed Arabic song on Anghami in 2022, with 45 million plays across 11 MENA countries, breaking the record for the highest number of streams ever recorded in a single year. Wegz has 3.5 million subscribers on YouTube, with over 875 million views as of October 2023.