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Sari Abboud (Arabic: ساري عبّود) (born December 10, 1980 in Beirut, Lebanon) better known by his stage name Massari is a Lebanese Canadian R&B, pop, and hip hop singer who grew up in Canada. Massari (مصاري) means "money" in colloquial Arabic.. Massari and his family moved to Montreal, Quebec when he was 10 years old. At 13, he moved to Ottawa, Ontario with his younger brothers Sami and Samer where he attended Hillcrest High School. In 2002, Massari released a demo for "Spitfire" that received good airplay on local radio. Based on his initial success, Massari signed a record deal with independent record label, Capital Prophets (CP) Records Inc. becoming the prominent successful performing artist for the record company alongside Belly[citation needed].. After three years of preparation, he released a self-titled album Massari on CP Records. His debut album resulted in four singles, receiving Gold certification in Canada, and he went on to have international success including in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and in his home country Lebanon[citation needed]. The relationship between Massari and CP Records continued until late 2007. On 14 November 2007, Massari and the record label, CP Records came to a mutual agreement to dissolve their relationship due to contractual and financial disputes....
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