R3hab is the stage name of Fadil El Ghoul, a Dutch-Moroccan DJ and record producer born April 2, 1986, in Breda, Netherlands, to Moroccan parents, a detail confirmed on Wikipedia’s R3hab entry. He created the stage name as a teenager, adding the “3” specifically so his early tracks would stand out in online searches, a naming strategy years ahead of similar tricks that later became common practice across dance music, according to Forbes’ 2017 profile of his career. That dual heritage and search-optimized identity became the foundation of a career built as much on strategic branding and international market-building as on production skill.

R3hab began producing music in late 2007, releasing the track “Mrkrstft,” which was remixed by fellow Breda-based DJ Hardwell, a connection that plugged him directly into the Netherlands’ emerging big-room dance scene, per Wikipedia’s career overview. His early breakthrough came through a collaboration with Hardwell that reached the Dutch Top 40, and he built further momentum in the early 2010s producing and remixing work connected to Afrojack’s camp, eventually collaborating with Calvin Harris on the track “Burning,” which appeared on Harris’ album Motion, as detailed in Forbes’ reporting on his early trajectory. That run of collaborations with more established Dutch DJs gave R3hab his first real visibility beyond the Netherlands.

In 2012, R3hab won the International Dance Music Awards’ Breakthrough Artist honor at Winter Music Conference in Miami, an award he called his first and a genuinely special moment in a contemporaneous interview with Notable Dance. The bigger turning point for his global reach came soon after: in 2013 he connected with manager Derek Dolin and began a deliberate strategy of building a following in China, engaging directly with fans on Weibo and building playlists on Chinese streaming platforms years before that market became a standard stop for touring DJs, according to Forbes’ account of his China strategy. By 2016 and 2017 that strategy had paid off enough that a 13-date China tour, stopping in cities including Xi’an and Chengdu, sold out completely.

R3hab’s debut studio album, Trouble, released independently in 2017, has drawn more than 500 million streams, and his second album, The Wave (2018), has passed 350 million plays with tracks reaching Billboard’s Hot Dance/Electronic Songs chart, per Wikipedia’s discography summary. His 2016 single “Icarus” gave him his first solo number-one on Billboard’s Dance Club Songs chart, per Wikipedia’s chart history for the song. Across his catalogue he has accumulated more than 8 billion total streams, including 1.1 billion in 2021 alone, and holds more than 70 Gold and Platinum certifications worldwide, according to his official Insomniac artist profile. He reached his highest DJ Mag Top 100 DJs placement, number 12, in 2021, per DJ Mag’s 2021 ranking page, and has remained inside or near the top 30 in most years since, including number 18 in 2017 per DJ Mag’s 2017 results and number 28 in 2025 per DJ Mag’s 2025 results.

R3hab built a specific, sustained profile in China that set him apart from most of his EDM peers: Forbes’ 2017 feature called him one of the country’s most desired touring acts, built on years of direct Weibo engagement and China-specific playlists rather than a single viral moment. His official Insomniac artist biography states he was recognized as Spotify’s “Most Discovered” artist in 16 individual markets, meaning listeners in those countries found him most often through Discover Weekly. He has also produced official remixes for major pop artists including Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift and Rihanna, work that has kept him visible to mainstream pop audiences well beyond the core dance-music fanbase, according to Wikipedia’s overview of his remix catalogue.

No widely reported, dedicated brand-ambassador contract of the kind some touring DJs hold with audio, beverage or fashion companies is documented for R3hab in mainstream music-press coverage. His closest commercial partnership outside of music itself is the 2022 anotherblock collaboration, which functioned as a fan-facing royalty product rather than a traditional endorsement, letting supporters buy a small share of streaming income from a specific single, per anotherblock’s press release on the genesis drop. Beyond that, his commercial relationships have mainly run through distribution and management deals, including Liquid State in Asia and Dancing Dragon Management under Live Nation Electronic Asia, rather than consumer brand sponsorships, according to Music Business Worldwide’s coverage of that arrangement.

R3hab’s primary business venture is CYB3RPVNK, the label he founded in 2016, initially operating as R3HAB Music before rebranding, which has passed 4 billion cumulative streams across the artists it has released, according to the label’s official CYB3RPVNK site. In 2019 he expanded into the Chinese market at the business level, joining Dancing Dragon Management under Live Nation Electronic Asia and signing with Liquid State, the Tencent-Sony Music joint venture, for Asian distribution and artist-and-repertoire support, per Music Business Worldwide’s report on the signing. In August 2022 he moved into music-royalty Web3 products, launching the genesis drop for anotherblock, a royalty-NFT marketplace, alongside fellow DJ Laidback Luke, offering fans a direct share of streaming revenue from their single “Weekend On A Tuesday,” according to anotherblock’s official press release.

No specific real estate holdings, purchase prices or addresses for Fadil El Ghoul are documented in mainstream property or entertainment press, unlike some of his EDM peers whose home purchases have been individually reported. What is confirmed is that he remains based in the Netherlands, the country referenced throughout his Insomniac artist biography. His most substantial verifiable assets are business assets rather than personal property: his ownership of CYB3RPVNK, described on the label’s official site as having passed 4 billion streams, along with a recorded-music catalogue spanning more than 8 billion total streams and over 70 Gold and Platinum certifications. In the absence of published property records, this estimate treats those business holdings and his catalogue as his primary documented assets.