Kader Asaad (???? ??????) (born April 4, 1967) is a Kurdish oriental/arabesk recording artist (singer and songwriter) and record producer.
He is the founder of Kader Asaad productions.
In his early years Kader Asaad co-founded the band Jala-band in Hewler/Erbil.
The band released their first album (Jala) in 1985, after three successful years filled with concerts and song writing they released a new album by the name Jala part 2 (1988).
By 1992 they released a special album due to the creation of the Iraqi Kurdistan Parliament In 1991 Kader Asaad released his first single album (Kader Assad 1991) containing 10 tracks.Due to the Iraqi Kurdish Civil War and the special circumstances in the Iraqi region he emigrated to Sweden.