Sheikh Haikel is a Singaporean rapper, radio DJ, and actor of Arabic descent.
Born as "Sheikh Haikel bin Sheikh Salim Bajrai" on October 10, 1975, he became
interested in rap music at 9 years old, after receiving a Run DMC cassette from
his mother. He then joined Construction Sight, one of Singapore's first rap
groups, while still a teenager. Construction Sight enjoyed a brief period of
mainstream popularity in 1991, when the duo won the grand championship of the
first-ever Asia Bagus competition. Although the group's time in the spotlight
proved to be short, Sheikl Haikel mainta...