Mohamed El Moussaoui – better known by his stage name MoTrip – was born March 7,
1988 in Beirut, Lebanon. The rapper is best known for his hits “Guten Morgen
NSA” (2013) and “So wie du bist” (2015). Moving to Germany in 1990 during the
Lebanese civil war, El Moussaoui grew up in Aachen and, influenced by his older
brother’s fledgling rap career, he began writing lyrics at the age of 15. He
adapted his MoTrip stage name by combining the first syllable of his first name
with the Arabic word ‘mutrip’ (artist). Discovered by Turkish-German rapper Kool
Savas, also an Aachen resident, ...