Nox Magazine [Amman]: Top 10 Arab Rappers

Top 10 Arab Rappers

With Arab hip hop in the ascendancy, we asked artists, labels, managers and fans to nominate the best Arab rappers across the world The results from our exhaustive research are...

10. Ramallah Underground
9. Timz
8. Omar Offendum/ NOMADS
7. The Philistines
6. Salah Edin
5. Narcy
4.Arabesque
3.Cilvaringz
2.Patriarch
1.DAM

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The Palestine Rapperz: Gaza

PR's lyrics are full of death (by falling bombs, Israeli Mossad agents or feuding Palestinian gangs) and set to an ominous, rumbling beat that sounds like an approaching Israeli tank. "Traditionally, Palestinian songs are all about love," says one member, Mohammed al Farra, whose rap handle is D.R., the Dynamic Rapper, "but our reality in Gaza is about suffering. Gaza is like a big prison, and we get our message across with rap music." At concerts, PR ignites a dervish-like frenzy among Palestinian teenagers. When they sing, "Just because we're Palestinians/ America and everyone suspects us of being terrorists/ But all we're asking for is freedom," the crowd erupts with the same raw energy you see in the Gaza showdowns between Palestinian and Israeli forces.

The Hunger

Sources: Time, VII Photo Agency

www.myspace.com/palrapperz

SlingShot Hip Hop: The Palestinian Lyrical Front

SlingShot Hip Hop is a documentary film that focuses on the daily life of Palestinian rappers living in Gaza, the West Bank and inside Israel. It aims to spotlight alternative voices of resistance within the Palestinian struggle and explore the role their music plays within their social, political and personal lives. Coming Soon.

http://www.slingshothiphop.com/