18 Facts About Karl Wolf

Carl Abou Samah, better known by his stage name Karl Wolf, is a Lebanese-Canadian musician based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Karl Wolf's biggest hit has been a remake of Toto's "Africa" sampling from the song and providing new lyrics and arrangements.

Karl Wolf signed a new solo contract in Canada with British Columbia-based Cordova Bay Records as well as two new worldwide deals in Los Angeles, one for a publishing contract with BMG and another Digital "YouTube" deal with Collective Digital Studios.

Karl Wolf was born as Carl Abou Samah in Beirut, Lebanon.

Karl Wolf's mother was a piano instructor and his father played the oud, derbake and guitar.

Karl Wolf moved on with his family to Sharjah, UAE when he was three years old due to the civil war in Lebanon.

Karl Wolf says his mother and father drove him to a career in music.

Karl Wolf's mother was a piano teacher and his father played guitar, drums, and the traditional Middle Eastern oud.

At 16, Karl Wolf immigrated to Canada in 1995, residing in Montreal, Quebec.

Karl Wolf began his career "behind the scenes," and has been writing co-producing since 2001.

Karl Wolf co-wrote and co-produced the third Sky album, Picture Perfect, with strong airplay across Canada.

Sicotte and Karl Wolf cooperated on the hugely successful Star Academie reality TV show in Quebec.

Karl Wolf followed with a second studio album Bite the Bullet in November 2007.

EMI Japan and EMI Middle East who still had exclusive license to Karl Wolf's upcoming album released Finally Free, his fourth album on July 10,2012.

Karl Wolf has produced for Quebec singers Mitsou, Emily, Jerome-Philippe becoming for a time, part of the latter's band Dubmatique.

In 2015, Karl Wolf announced a collaboration under the name BAE that includes Karl Wolf and hip-hop artist Show Stephens and singer-songwriter Brenda Mullen.

Karl Wolf has collaborated with a number of artists, mainly from Canada.

Also in 2015, Karl Wolf co-wrote with Omar Pasley, Jenson Vaughan and Matthew Humphrey OMI's international single "Hula Hoop", a follow-up to OMI's hit "Cheerleader".