Rolling Stone MENA’s September 2025 cover star is none other than the genre-defining musician @ovo40 . A producer, songwriter, and one of the co-founders of @ovosound , Noah “40” Shebib transformed how hip-hop and R&B music is sonically created, changing the world from his home in Toronto. In a rare and wide-ranging conversation with polymath multimedia artist and fellow Canadian @narcynarce , the iconic Shebib reflects on his illustrious career, Lebanon, processing grief, and collective liberation over pictures by Iraqi-Canadian multihyphenate designer and photographer @chebmoha .
Hit the link in bio to read the cover story and see all the photos.
CREDITS:
Editor-in-chief: @dannyghajjar
Words: @narcynarce
Photos: @chebmoha
Creative Direction: @chebmoha@narcynarce and @teehasoon for @wearethemdm
Fashion & Styling: @narcynarce and @teehasoon for @shababintl and @maktaba.bookshop
Hair: @miamifadesinc and @fadegod
Lighting Director: @teehasoon
BTS Video: @jv.shots
Cover Design: @untitled_capital
Location: The 6
Project Manager: @narcynarce for @wearethemdm
Powered By: @wearethemdm
Special Thanks: @louf.toronto , @theorganicpresstoronto , and Sota Studios
For our final photo carousel, here are some more behind the scenes photos from our September cover issue featuring @ovo40 .
Hit the link in bio to read the cover story and see all the photos.
📷: @chebmoha , @narcynarce , and @teehasoon
For much of 2024, @ovo40 spent his time processing loss and downsizing his personal life. “I was so distraught, the images, the videos from Gaza. I started watching it with my father then he died on November 5th. I spent that first month with him watching it then he left us. My world crumbled in a lot of ways, I couldn’t do anything. I had a lot to work through to understand how to move forward comfortably and ethically.”
Hit the link in bio to read the cover story and see all the photos.
Slide Image 5 taken by @narcynarce
📷: @chebmoha
