- Yas Taalat
Yas Taalat (born in Sudbury,
Ontario ) is a Canadianrecording artist , co-founder and lead singer of the gold selling status bandProject Wyze and the hip hop groupDead Celebrity Status . Though born in Canada his parents hail fromMorocco . He isMuslim and talks about the pain of being one in the world today inDead Celebrity Status songIn This Day and Age featuringJeordie White akaTwiggy Ramirez fromMarilyn Manson andBif Naked .Yas andBobby are also music video directors and received their first award for the directorial debut of their hit singleWe Fall, We Fall . Yas was quoted in an interview that he was beginning to work on a couple of different screenplays and looks forward to directing a feature film in the future.Since making music and performing since he was 13 years old, he has blessed the stage with some of the world biggest and best artists like
Ozzy ,Tool ,De La Soul ,Blink 182 ,Marilyn Manson , Public Enemy,Sum 41 ,Jurassic 5 ,Tech N9ne ,Gym Class Heroes , AFI andLinkin Park to name a few. As well as taking part inThe Vans Warped Tour ,Ozzfest andEdgefest .Yas is known to use different aliases such as 3letterword,
Donnie Darko andSilver Surfer .He is an avid basketball fan and can be found during the
NBA season at theAir Canada Centre cheering on hisToronto Raptors where he is a long time season ticket holder.
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