Hussein Abdala is a Miami-based DJ and live percussionist delivering high-energy DJ and drums shows for weddings, corporate events, and private parties. His performance combines DJ sets with live drums, timbales, and Latin percussion, creating an interactive experience with crowd engagement and Hora Loca highlights.
Music styles include Afro House, Top 40, 70s & 80s, and Latin music. Available in Miami and South Florida for premium DJ + live percussion entertainment.
2 reviews
Claus J. M.
December 9, 2025The show was amazing, the mix between live and DJ'ing was perfect, and he got everyone engaged from the first beat
Hired as: DJ, Drum / Percussion Show
Sofia P.
October 9, 2025We hired Hussein for our wedding cocktail hour and couldn’t be happier with the experience. From start to finish, he was professional, super accommodating, and just an absolute joy to work with. He brought such amazing energy to the event, everyone was talking about how much they loved the music!
His talent really elevated the vibe of the day, and he blended perfectly with our DJ/entertainment setup. He was flexible with timing and totally in tune with the flow of the evening. He worked directly with the venue to set up the AV system and logistics. We are SUPER happy with our decision.
Highly recommend him to anyone looking to add something special to their event!
Hired as: Drum / Percussion Show, Percussionist
Price range: $750 - $2500
Languages: English, Spanish
Gig length: 30 - 300 minutes
About Hussein Abdala
Hussein is a music producer, composer, multi-percussionist, rhythm maker & DJ, he play more than 30 percussion instruments. With an artistic career of more than 23 years, and after being part of music bands, orchestras, and musical productions of more than 90 artists of different nationalities and genres, this Barranquilla, based out of the United States, released his musical proposal: Colombia en la street. He brings sounds from the Colombian Caribbean to the world. This journey takes him to the most iconic cities in the USA as New York, Miami, Wynwood, Hollywood beach, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Santa Monica beach, Charlotte, and Asheville (NC).
Now, with his most recent musical album, he is positioning himself in the main cities in his home country, Colombia. This musical proposal and performance are about a staging that mixes up the rhythm of the Caribbean with world music, electronic beats, and urban sounds, originating new rhythms like bullerengue-trap, cumbia-trap, cumbia-hip hop, chalupa-ragga, and cumbia house, Latin house, montuno hip-hop, electro Latino, mapalé-trap, Porro-trap, nu-discumbianti amongst many more.
About His Track Record
At 11 years old, Hussein had his first massive presentation in the Barranquilla Carnival, in the year 2000, during an exceptional performance with El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico. From then on, he has worked with great Colombian exponents like Joe Arroyo, Fonseca, Juanes, Juan Carlos Coronel, Charlie Zaa, Alberto Barros, Silvestre Dangond, Jorge Celedón, Lizandro Mesa, Alfredo Gutierrez, Peter Manjarrés, among others.
At 22, Hussein decided to create new paths for himself. He arrived in the United States, shaping up a solid career as a percussionist and producer while simultaneously becoming a resident in the country due to his talent. He went on to be part of the musical ensembles of very renowned artists like Andrea Bocelli, Kany Garcia, David Bisbal, Willy Chirino, Oscar D´ Leon, Luis Enrique, Arturo Sandoval, Jose Alberto el Canario, Chino y Nacho, Servando y Florentino, Elastic Bond, Zion y Lennox, Arcángel, and others. Additionally, Hussein Abdala is a two-time Latin Grammy-nominated artist.
Thursday
Corporate Event
9:00pm - 11:00pm
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Stuart, FL
Saturday
Wedding Reception
5:00pm - 6:00pm
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Miami, FL
Genres & Repertoire of songs
Hussein Abdala
Lounge instrumental - (Kalimba & Drums set):
-Lo-Fi Set
-Fusion Jazz Set
-Funky Instrumental set
Ultimate Top 40's Hits
(Urban/Electro/Dance/Dance Hall (Hussein’s Remixes):
-Makeba (Jain)
-Cold Heart (Dua Lipa & Elton John)
-One Kiss (Calvin Harris & Dua Lipa)
-La Bamba (Hussein Abdala)
-Rockabye (Clean Bandit, Anne Marie, Sean Paul)
-Taki Taki (DJ Snake, Selena G, Ozuna, Cardi B)
-Malanga Ja (SwordmanKitala)
-How Deep Is Your Love (Calvin Harris & Disciples)
-Don´t Start Now (Dua Lipa)
-Flowers (Miley Cirus)
-Todo de Ti (Raw Alejandro)
-Lose Control (Meduza, GoodBoys & Beckey Hill)
-Feels (Katy Perry & Calvin Harris)
-Havana (Camila Cabello)
-X (Jbalvin & Nickey Jam)
-I Like It (Cardi B & Bad Bunny)
-Calm Down (Rema & Selena Gomez)
-Mi Gente (Balvin)
-Qué Calor (Major Lazer, Balvin)
-Pepas (Farruco)
-The Blinding lights (The Weeknd)
Anglo hits (Hussein’s Remixes):
-September (E.W&F)
-Let’s groove (E.W&F)
-P.Y.T (Michael Jackson)
-I wanna be startin’ somethin’ (Michael Jackson)
-All night long (Lionel Richie)
-Celebration (Kool & the Gang)
-You can call me AL (Paul Simon)
-EveryBoddyWantsToRuleTheWorld (Tears for Fears)
-Let’s Dance (David Bowie)
-Papa was a rolling stone (The Temptations)
-Black magic woman (Santana)
-Jingo (Santana)
-Valerie (Steve Wynwood)
-Get Lucky (Daft Punk)
-One more time (Daft Punk)
-Safe & Sound (Capital Cities)
Latin House (Hussein’s Remixes):
-Oye cómo va (Tito Puente)
-Cocinando suave (Ray Barreto)
-Abidján (Ray Barreto)
-Ritmo de la noche (Safri duo & Clark Anderson)
-vámonos pal’ monte (Eddie Palmieri)
-Oye lo que te conviene (Eddie Palmieri)
-Azúcar (Eddie Palmieri)
-El Rey del timbal (Tito Puente)
-Ran kan kan (Tito Puente)
-Batuka (Tito Puente)
-Mujer divina (Joe Cuba)
Salsa (Hussein’s Remixes):
-Rebelión (Jose Arroyo)
-Llorarás (Oscar D’ Leon)
-Ojitos Chinos (El Gran Combo de PR)
-Se le ve (Andy Montañez)
-Cali Pachanguero (Grupo Niche)
-En Barranquilla me quedo (Jose Arroyo)
-Mi gente ‘Balvin’ versión salsa (Hussein’s Remix)
-Pa allá voy (Marc Anthony)
-Valió la pena (Marc Anthony)
-La Prieta (Jhonny Pacheco)
-Soy (Hansel y Raul)
Merengues (Hussein’s Remixes):
-A pedir su mano (JLG)
-Rosali (JLG)
-Agua ( Wilfrido Vargas)
-La tierra tembló (Sergio Vargas
-La dueña del swing (Hermanos Rosario)
-Suavemente/Píntame (Elvis Crespo)
Cumbia (Hussein’s Remixes):
-Cumbia Sampuesana (Hussein´s Remix)
-Colombia Tierra querida (Hussein´s Remix, Juan Carlos Coronel & Lucho bermudez)
-Colombiano Soy (Hussein Abdala & Juan Carlos Coronel)
-Yo te adoro (Hussein´s Remix & Gaiteros de San Jacinto)
-Tres puntá (Hussein´s Remix & Los Corraleros de Majagual)
-Cumbia Cienaguera (Hussein´s Remix)
-La rebuscona (Hussein´s Remix & Pedro Ramaya Beltrán)
-Esto es mi tierra (Toma Mapalé) (Hussein Abdala & Ephniko)
-Mix de cumbia (Hussein Abdala)
-Muévete (Hussein Abdala)
-Cumbia Love (Hussein Abdala Milton Salcedo)
-Qué Calor (Major Lazer, Balvin)
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