Ahmed Soultan was born in 1978, he is a Berber singer from Morocco. His work fuses traditional Arab music, hip-hop, rap, raï and soul. The pseudonym "Soultan" comes from "soul", the musical style, and "tan". He has never declared his true surname.

He was born in a village in the district of Souss and emigrated to France while very young. In 2005, Soultan was invited to take part in the Dakar International Festival of Film and was a supporting artist in a concert by Tiken Jah Fakoly. He went on to explore the African music of Morocco, recording in duet with the Senegalese singer King Bara.