Nasri Atweh

Nasri Tony Atweh is a Canadian-born singer songwriter and music producer, now based in Los Angeles. He is the lead singer of the reggae fusion band Magic! (a band he created with Mark Pelli, Alex Tanas, and Ben Spivak in 2012) whose single "Rude" was a big hit in Australia, New Zealand and Canada and charted in the US in early 2014.

At 19, the Toronto native walked into his local radio station, with a demo in hand, eager to launch his career as an artist. And it worked – the brave move landed him a deal with Universal Canada and two successful singles as an R&B singer. In 2002, he won the John Lennon Songwriting Contest with a song he wrote with Adam Messinger.

Nasri is part of the writing and production duo "The Messengers" alongside Adam Messinger. He helped drive the reunion of the New Kids On The Block in 2007. He wrote songs for and toured with them, often joining them on stage. Nasri has also written for other major label artists such as Justin Bieber, David Guetta, Shakira, Cody Simpson, Cheryl Cole, Boyzone, JLS, Kat Deluna, Elliott Yamin, Jason Derulo, and Akon, Pitbull, Christina Aguilera, Chris Brown, Big Time Rush, Michael Bolton, Peter Andre, JoJo, Jay Sean, Vanessa Hudgens, No Angels, and Iyaz. The Messengers are a Grammy-winning production team. Their work has resulted in two Grammy Award nominations for 2011 Best Pop Vocal Album for Justin Bieber (My World 2.0), 2011 Best Contemporary R&B Album for Chris Brown (Graffiti) and a win for 2012 Best R&B Album for Chris Brown (F.A.M.E.), as well as their collaboration with Justin Bieber / Rascal Flatts in "That Should Be Me" that won a 2011 CMT Music Award for Best Collaborative Video.

Nasri has enjoyed some success in Canada as a solo artist due to his singles "Go," "Ova N' Dun With" and "Click, Click, Click." A song titled "Best Friend" was also heard on indie radio in his hometown in 2003.