Mohamed El Moussaoui (Arabic: محمد الموساوي‎), known by the stage name MoTrip (born March 7, 1988), is a German rapper of Lebanese ancestry. His stage name uses the first syllable of his name and plays off the Arabic word for singer or lyricist. MoTrip came into his own with such hits as his 2013 Guten Morgen NSA ("Good Morning NSA") and his 2015 So wie du bist ("Just as you are"). Since 2011 he has been under contract with Universal Music. 　　Early life 　　El Moussaoui's family fled his birthplace, Beirut, during the Lebanese Civil War. He grew up in Aachen, on Germany's Belgian border. El Moussaoui's older brother was an aspiring rapper, and the young MoTrip began writing his first lyrics at the age of 15. Aachen was also the hometown of leading Turkish-German rapper Kool Savas, who took notice of the up-and-coming MoTrip. With the promotion of Kool Savas, MoTrip was able to make important industry connections and promote his work.