Sza, 21 Savage and Yeat are among the artists who will be performing at this year’s Wireless Middle East festival, organisers have announced.
The celebration of urban music and pop culture will take place at Etihad Park in Abu Dhabi on November 23 following the success of last year’s inaugural event in the UAE capital.
Sza is a Grammy-award winning artist who has collaborated with the likes of Kendrick Lamar, Nicki Minaj, Doja Cat and Rihanna. The American singer-songwriter, 34, gained attention with her EPs before releasing her critically-acclaimed debut album Ctrl in 2017.
She will be joined on Yas Island by British rapper 21 Savage, who will be making his first appearance in the region. The London-born artist, 31, rose to fame with his debut mixtape The Slaughter Tape in 2015. His most recent album, American Dream, was released in January and reached number one on the Billboard 200 chart. He is known for his breakout track X which features Future, and the 2016 EP Savage Mode with producer Metro Boomin.
American rapper Yeat, 24, will also be making his Middle East debut in Abu Dhabi. Known for his low-fi melodies and experimental sound, he released his debut album Up 2 Me in 2021. It included tracks Money So Big and Get Busy.
Also joining the Wireless Middle East line-up is Indian rapper Karan Aujla, who is known for songs Property of Punjab, Don’t Look and Yaarian Ch Fikk. He blends traditional Punjabi folk elements with contemporary rap and hip-hop.
Wireless Middle East sold-out last year with more than 25,000 people in attendance as Travis Scott and Wegz headlined the inaugural event.
The first Wireless event was held in 2005 in London, when New Order, Basement Jaxx, Keane and Kasabian headlined a four-day concert at Hyde Park. Since then it has evolved from its electronic indie-rock roots to focus on hip-hop, grime and Afrobeat genres.
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What is graphene?
Graphene is a single layer of carbon atoms arranged like honeycomb.
It was discovered in 2004, when Russian-born Manchester scientists Andrei Geim and Kostya Novoselov were "playing about" with sticky tape and graphite - the material used as "lead" in pencils.
Placing the tape on the graphite and peeling it, they managed to rip off thin flakes of carbon. In the beginning they got flakes consisting of many layers of graphene. But as they repeated the process many times, the flakes got thinner.
By separating the graphite fragments repeatedly, they managed to create flakes that were just one atom thick. Their experiment had led to graphene being isolated for the very first time.
At the time, many believed it was impossible for such thin crystalline materials to be stable. But examined under a microscope, the material remained stable, and when tested was found to have incredible properties.
It is many times times stronger than steel, yet incredibly lightweight and flexible. It is electrically and thermally conductive but also transparent. The world's first 2D material, it is one million times thinner than the diameter of a single human hair.
But the 'sticky tape' method would not work on an industrial scale. Since then, scientists have been working on manufacturing graphene, to make use of its incredible properties.
In 2010, Geim and Novoselov were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics. Their discovery meant physicists could study a new class of two-dimensional materials with unique properties.
