Hicham Belkadi, a lifelong resident of New Rochelle, passed away on August 15, 2021. He was 27. Hicham was born on February 5, 1994 in New York City to Othman and Sarajane (Small) Belkadi.
Hicham was a gifted guitarist he played right handed due to availability as a lefty Rhythm/Lead and Bass. He started playing guitar when he was in elementary school and in high school he was in 2 bands where they played Monthly at Café’ Night the group that he had a lot a passion with they wrote and recorded music and when they were 16 played at several local bars. He enjoyed jamming with his Uncle. Hicham was thinking about teaching guitar Hicham was kind-hearted, generous, polite and funny so many people loved him. He would say hello and good bye to everyone if he knew them or not he touched so many hearts. He went to Lincoln Tech so he could learn how to work on his Audi S5 and he loved fast cars and knew so much about cars. Anything that he liked he would read about and would know everything about it. Hicham was an animal lover when he was younger he would bring home injured birds and cats if he had a choice we would have tons of animals.
He is survived by his parents, his aunts Sharon Sing Andrade and Rose Small, his uncle Richard Small and his girlfriend Tiffany Ann Reed.
Visiting will be on Monday, August 30 from 10:00am-12:00pm with a service at 12noon at funeral home. Interment will follow at New Montefiore Cemetery, West Babylon, NY.
In lieu of flowers please make donations to any music program for underprivileged or gifted guitar programs