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Israeli & Palestinian Hip-Hop Trends (Time/CNN article)
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Israel has rappers of every variety, from ultra-Zionists like Subliminal (he wears Star of David bling) to left-leaning hip-hoppers such as the top-selling Hadag Nahash (the Snake Fish) and Sagol 59. Promoter Dan Sieradski and Sagol 59 run a live monthly hip-hop show with Israeli and Palestinian performers called Corner Prophets, which, Sieradski says, aims to “take anger and redirect it into a creative outlet.”
In the Holy Land, it’s inevitable that religious belief, as well as anger, would give hip-hop a special twist. A 30-year-old Miami native who recently moved to Israel, Jew Da Maccabi found rap before religion, but he’s now putting his religion into his rap. He dons the black garb and practices the habits of an ultra-orthodox Jew, with a few hip-hop accessories such as a Yankees baseball cap instead of a broad-brimmed black hat. “After I became religious, I remembered what my rabbi said: ‘Take what you did before, and flip it to holiness,’” says Maccabi.
That’s not easy. During a recent promotional video shoot for an Israeli record company with other rappers, the former hard partier acted shy about appearing with shimmying women dancers. But he’s the one some other rappers find embarrassing. Jeers Corner Prophet’s Sieradski, “We look at Jew Da and our eyes roll. Is this the future of Israeli hip-hop? If so, we’re in trouble.” But Maccabi shrugs it off. “Ninety percent of the kids are listening to hip-hop, so why not give them spirituality too?” Meanwhile, in Gaza, there are signs that hip-hop is gaining wider acceptance. After all, it’s been nearly a year now since any critics have used their fists to try to silence Al-Farra and his rapper friends.
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