Mahmoud Abdulaziz (Arabic: ????????? ??????, also transcribed as Mahmoud Abdel-Aziz and affectionately known as Elhoot or Al-hoot) was a popular Sudanese singer.
Mahmoud Abdulaziz was born in Khartoum in 1967, and died in Amman in January 2013.
His music was a blend of traditional music from Sudan and western popmusic with occasional other African influences.
At the time of his death he had become a symbol for those wanting a more secular or less strictly religious Sudan.
Abdulaziz produced more than 30 records and several of the many YouTube videos with his music have more than one million views.
A token of his popularity is that in January 2017 several tens of thousands attended a commemoration gathering.