hip-hop

Poet Kevin Coval: young Jews should stand with Palestine

Alexander Billet
Chicago
10 June 2013

Poet Kevin Coval denounces Israeli rap star for “making Zionism chic.”

Video: Rare public hip-hop performance in Gaza City

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Fri, 05/31/2013 - 16:08

Hip-hop is not new to Gaza, but in recent years public performances have been nonexistent. But last week Gaza rappers Revolution Makers and Antara broke that silence with a rare public performance at the Palestine Festival of Literature.

Why Taglit-Birthright doesn't deserve hip-hop

Submitted by Alexander Billet on Tue, 02/26/2013 - 02:06
The organization dedicated to indoctrinating young Jews with chauvinistic Zionism is now planning “hip-hop trips.” It’s a travesty.

DAM’s new album “Dabke on the Moon”: an interview with Tamer Nafar

Submitted by Nora Barrows-Fr... on Wed, 01/09/2013 - 21:29
DAM’s Tamer Nafar talks to EI about their new album, Dabke on the Moon.

Rappers Talib Kweli and Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) give a lyrical shout-out to Palestine

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Tue, 09/25/2012 - 02:18

Black Star held their fists high and declared, “Let’s get free just like the Palestinians!”

Reflection of the struggle: Excentrik explores his Palestinian-American identity on new album

Alexander Billet
19 June 2012
Surpassing genre categorization, the eclectic Excentrik (Tarik Kazaleh) vividly juxtaposes dual identities, politics and culture in his new album.

Interview: rapper Sphinx on why Egypt uprising had a hip-hop soundtrack

Alexander Billet
24 January 2012
Hesham Alofoq (aka Sphinx) of the Egyptian hip-hop group Arabian Knightz speaks to The Electronic Intifada about the history of hip-hop in Egypt and the Middle East, the future of the Egyptian uprising, and the role that music plays in the revolt.

New Lowkey album a soundtrack to the human struggle

Alexander Billet
16 November 2011
Iraqi-British rapper Lowkey’s new album Soundtrack to the Struggle is not only a listening experience, but a call for a fundamentally different world.

Cultural boycott success in St. Louis

Submitted by Nora Barrows-Fr... on Wed, 04/27/2011 - 21:12

Earlier this month, activists with the St. Louis Palestine Solidarity Committee scored an important victory in the cultural and academic boycott movement. Hip-hop artist Marvin Casey from Universal Beatz was disinvited to perform at Washington University in St. Louis, following revelations that his dance troupe is sponsored by the Jewish Agency for Israel. 

From their press release:

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