Shortly after his birth, the family joined his paternal grandparents in the Gaza Strip, where his parents built a 22-room beachfront hotel in Rimal, named "Al Deira" and based on an architectural project by his father.
[4][7] In 2018, aged 17,[1] Abdelhamid moved to the United States to pursue a bachelor's degree in International Relations at the University of California, Santa Barbara, from which he graduated in 2022.
[8][13] In early 2022, alongside Stephanie Moukhaiber, he started the 2048 Fellowship – a project providing financial support and mentorship for Palestinian creatives; its name, which was changed to "2048 Foundation" in 2024, references the 100th anniversary of the Nakba.
[8][9][14] In November 2022, Saint Levant released his trilingual rap track "Very Few Friends", which was streamed approximately 2 million YouTube views in one month.
[8] In 2024, he signed with Universal Arabic Music (UAM) and released, together with MC Abdul, "Deira", a song in the chaabi musical style of Algiers dedicated to his father's hotel in Gaza, which went destroyed in an Israeli bombing in January 2024 during Israel's war on Gaza; the song featured as the title track on his debut album Deira, containing duets with other artists like Cheb Bilal and Kehlani.
[7] Saint Levant claims inspiration from artists like Wyclef Jean, Cheb Khaled, Fairuz, Marwan Moussa, Lenny Kravitz, Michael Jackson, Stromae, Timbaland, Eminem and Mika.