Stephan Othman Said (Arabic: ستيفن سعيد) (May 30, 1968) aka Stephan Smith is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, writer, and global activist of Iraqi and Austrian descent.


His musical style bridges pop, hip-hop, rock and world folk music in a border-breaking sound of unity. His lyrics advocate global equality, social justice and reconciliation and he is often cited for having reinvented music for social change for the internet generation.[3] Stephan is fluent in English, French and German and also sings in Arabic, Spanish, Hebrew, Hungarian and other languages. He is also the founder of difrent: the one-stop platform for music for social change.