Hussam Al Rassam is an Iraqi singer who has become a known singer post the 2003.
He started his career as a singer fairly young but did not have much success until later in life with his album Al Agrobah (The Scorpion). After a successful single, he started to sing for free in the hunting club to gain popularity, and rumors indicates that he was singing in parties held by wives of senior Iraqi officials and figures especially ((wedad al-orfily)), Al-Rassam and recorded new singles based on poems. One such single was made by Al Rassam featuring three other Iraqi singers for the Iraq national football team.
Al Rassam continued working with various poets including Chechan, and recorded songs about the situation in Iraq, which allowed him to gain national attention in Iraq and with Iraqis abroad with songs like "Mo Galow" ("So They Said") and "Endee Watan" ("I have a nation").
He has toured in Australia and various countries in the Middle East, and in December 2007, he toured the United States.
He has recently been doing concerts in popular places where Iraqis live such as Michigan and San Diego. He is scheduled to perform in San Diego at the Royal Palace near the end of November.
