Ori Comay (; born October 21, 1996), better known by his stage name Dudu Faruk (), is an Israelis Rapping, singer and actor. His musical style is Trap music integrated with mizrahi music. The typical lyrics of his songs are blunt, include explicit references to violence and sex, yet also humorous.
Faruk's manner of speaking and the clothes that he wears, usually a white tank top and baseball cap, are associated with the trope of an ars.
Comay later began recording and releasing songs in Faruk's character. His independent videoclips first achieved online Viral video around 2017.
In January 2019 Faruk appeared, in character, in a live interview on the popular television talk show Ofira Asayag and Eyal Berkovic. The hosts confronted him, demanded that he will expose his real identity, and criticized his provocative lyrics. Faruk failed to answer them, and eventually walked out before the interview was supposed to end. The incident shattered his fake persona, and caused severe damage to his career.
Faruk's parodic adoption of the Ars trope, which is considered ethnically offensive, has also been criticized.
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