Palestinian hip hop Palestinians




american radio personality , record producer dj khaled, of palestinian descent


palestinian hip hop reportedly started in 1998 tamer nafar s group dam. these palestinian youth forged new palestinian musical subgenre, blends arabic melodies , hip hop beats. lyrics sung in arabic, hebrew, english, , french. since then, new palestinian musical subgenre has grown include artists in palestinian territories, israel, great britain, united states , canada.


borrowing traditional rap music first emerged in new york in 1970s, young palestinian musicians have tailored style express own grievances social , political climate in live , work. palestinian hip hop works challenge stereotypes , instigate dialogue israeli–palestinian conflict. palestinian hip-hop artists have been influenced messages of american rappers. tamar nafar says, when heard tupac sing s white man s world decided take hip hop . in addition influences american hip hop, includes musical elements palestinian , arabic music including zajal, mawwal, , saj can likened arabic spoken word, including percussiveness , lyricism of arabic music.


historically, music has served integral accompaniment various social , religious rituals , ceremonies in palestinian society (al-taee 47). of middle-eastern , arabic string instruments utilized in classical palestinian music sampled on hip-hop beats in both israeli , palestinian hip-hop part of joint process of localization. percussiveness of hebrew language emphasized in israeli hip-hop, palestinian music has revolved around rhythmic specificity , smooth melodic tone of arabic. musically speaking, palestinian songs pure melody performed monophonically complex vocal ornamentations , strong percussive rhythm beats . presence of hand-drum in classical palestinian music indicates cultural esthetic conducive vocal, verbal , instrumental percussion serve foundational elements of hip-hop. hip hop joining longer tradition of revolutionary, underground, arabic music , political songs have supported palestinian resistance . subgenre has served way politicize palestinian issue through music.








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