hip hop

Listen! New music from Palestinian hip hop legends DAM as they kick off US tour

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Tue, 04/02/2013 - 00:18

“New melodies and rhythms that in our minds go beyond what is expected of traditional hip-hop.”

Boycotting Israel is the "way to go," says Pink Floyd legend Roger Waters

David Cronin
Brussels
18 March 2013

Roger Waters is calling on musicians everywhere not to play Tel Aviv.

MC Stormtrap Asifeh takes on liberation vs Fayyadism in new video "In this Prison"

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Mon, 11/12/2012 - 23:37
New video for “In this Prison,” which takes on the neoliberalization of Palestine.

Watch: New DAM hip hop track with video co-directed by Jackie Salloum targets violence against women

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Tue, 11/06/2012 - 20:28

“If I could go back in time” DAM raps the story “backwards” from death to birth of a young woman murdered by members of her family for refusing to marry against her will.

Citing Israeli sponsorship, Palestinian MC Boikutt pulls out of Austria's Salam.Orient festival

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Fri, 10/12/2012 - 19:21

Boikutt: “These kind of events… are used as a propaganda tool to hide the colonial nature of ‘Israel.’”

The Chili Pepper paradox: how can Pussy Riot supporters embrace Israel?

Submitted by Alexander Billet on Wed, 09/26/2012 - 09:07
The Red Hot Chili Peppers weren’t always into crossing picket lines. And if they’re not careful, they’ll find themselves behind the trend.

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!”

Film review: Can hip hop be "bigger than the occupation"?

Alexander Billet
29 September 2011
How can one expect any art to take root under Israeli occupation, let alone for a small delegation of artists, DJs and rappers to make any impact?

Hip Hop star Lupe Fiasco tells of his early education on Palestine

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Wed, 08/03/2011 - 21:38

Rapper Lupe Fiasco talks about his early education on Palestine in a video interview with Palestinian American Hip Hop aficionado Sama’an Ashrawi

"Tree of Life" - New hip-hop track from Rami GB featuring DAM's Mahmoud Jrere

Submitted by Ali Abunimah on Thu, 06/02/2011 - 23:16

“Tree of Life” (Shajaret Al Hayah) is a new hip-hop track from Rami GB, Mahmoud Jrere (of DAM), Ahmad Srour, Suleiman al-Zawahira. It’s an ode to the olive tree – a symbol of continuity, steadfastness and resistance in Palestine – and frequent target for destruction by Israel from 1948 to the present day.

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