Odetari

Taha Othman Ahmad, (born: )https://twitter.com/hooliganchristi/status/1609451449444106241 known professionally as Odetari (formerly VEXEN) is a Palestinian-American musician known for his music, mostly around the EDM genre.
Ahmad is known for performing the songs, GOOD LOYAL THOTS, NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY DISORDER, LOOK DON'T TOUCH (with cade clair), and GMFU (with 6arelyhuman).
==Career==
Ahmad first started producing music and started rapping when he was 13 at the time. He took the inspiration from SoundCloud rap at the time. By 2016, he was making "generic trap" music, but didn't like how toxic the industry and people were at the time. After taking a break from music, he and his manager decided to try and find his own sound on music.
On February 2023, Ahmad was substitute teaching at a high school in his native Houston. He was at his desk uploading music that would make him one of the most electronic producers of the year. This would end up to Ahmad being fired from his job with his landlords threatening to sue him to get out of the condo he was renting.https://headtopics.com/us/meet-odetari-the-palestinian-edm-star-who-went-from-substitute-teacher-to-chart-topper-44285332
The songs he was making started to burst on social media. The first song being March's "GOOD LOYAL THOTS", an "anthem with lyrics about bad love playing over a production that sounds like it's being stoned into space", notably for its "World don't revolve around you" lyric. The day after its release, the song has generated over 10,000 creates over on TikTok, with the songs picking up immediate traction across DSPs. It followed with "I <3 LATINAS", an ode to Latin women.
Ahmad started to rapidly release the catalog of music he had at the ready, with songs including March's "YOU'RE TOO SLOW" and April's "NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY DISORDER", June's "LOOK DON'T TOUCH" (featuring cade clair) and July's 3×3 EP, a three-track long collaboration with producer 9lives. Odetari released his EP debut, "XIII SORROWS", on September 2023. Odetari then released his second EP, "DOOR TO DUSK", on December 2023.
==Controversy==
===N-word usage accusation===
On July 2023, Ahmad was accused of his usage of the N-word. There was controversy surrounding a specific lyric on the song "RED EYES BLACK DRAGON CHAIN" in which the platform Musixmatch incorrectly published the wrong lyric. Instead of publishing the correct lyric, "Might take her on a bus and make a movie", they published a lyric showing a racial slur, which has been shown in multiple streaming services such as Apple Music, Spotify, and Amazon Music. Ahmad responded to this in a now-deleted TikTok video that he has contacted his team about it and they have not changed it for a minute. Currently, the lyric has been updated as of July 23, 2023. The original lyrics to the song can be found on Ahmad's SoundCloud account. It can also be noted that Musixmatch is specialist of their community to alter the lyrics.
==Channel==
Ahmad created his YouTube channel on February 26, 2021. He currently uploads audios, music videos, and videos taken from TikTok that use his music.
His most viewed long-form video is currently the audio to his song LOOK DON'T TOUCH (with cade clair), while his most viewed short is a Gacha Life video with the caption "Why learn to draw when you can just: (READ THE CAPTION)", while HYPNOTIC DATA is playing in the background. The video was taken from TikTok under the name "itz_emiii".https://youtube.com/shorts/T2H3Rfa_FHk?feature=shared
==Gallery==
File:Odetari (September 2023).jpg|Profile picture as of September 2023.
==Channel milestones==
===Subscriber milestones===
*100,000 subscribers: June 17, 2023
*200,000 subscribers: July 4, 2023
*300,000 subscribers: July 22, 2023
*400,000 subscribers: July 30, 2023
*500,000 subscribers: August 8, 2023
*600,000 subscribers: August 19, 2023
*700,000 subscribers: August 28, 2023
*800,000 subscribers: September 6, 2023
*900,000 subscribers: September 12, 2023
*1 million subscribers: September 17, 2023
*2 million subscribers: December 8, 2023
===Video view milestones===
*1 million views: April 23, 2023
*5 million views: May 30, 2023
*10 million views: May 25, 2023
*50 million views: June 9, 2023
*100 million views: July 15, 2023
*200 million views: August 14, 2023
*300 million views: December 9, 2023
==Trivia==
*Ahmad is best known for his popular song, "NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY DISORDER", which deals with difficulties of self-centeredness and a lack of the ability to feel deeply.https://www.songtell.com/odetari/narcissistic-personality-disorder
*Ahmad resides in Houston, Texas, even though he is of Palestinian descent.
*Ahmad stated on a reply to a TikTok comment that he suffers from 4 personality disorders.
**Ahmad recently disclosed on TikTok that he suffers from three personality disorders in a response to a question regarding to a TikTok video he made.
**Ahmad discussed how his song "NARCISSISTIC PERSONALITY DISORDER" refers to his experience, dealing with NPD and also discussing how his song "BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER", refers to his suffering from borderline personality disorder.
**Ahmad also disclosed that he has ADHD when responding to a tweet in 2021.https://genius.com/artists/Odetari
**Ahmad also stated in a YouTube short that he has autism.
==References==
Category:Music YouTubers
Category:Palestinian YouTubers
Category:American YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2021
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