ʻO nā rappers Palestinian, ka nui o ka ʻIseraʻela, e pale i nā kumumanaʻo gangsta maʻamau.
ʻO Rami Younis, he Palestinian-Israeli activist, blogger, and screenwriter hiki ʻole ke hoʻopaʻa i kona hoihoi i ka wā e kamaʻilio ana i ka hiʻohiʻona hip hop kūloko, ʻaʻole wale no ka mea ʻoiai ua lōʻihi ka emi ʻana o ka hip hop ma kona ʻāina hānau, a ua aneane hala loa, ma ka Levant. ke ulu nei.
ʻO ka booming ma ke ala kūpono. E like me ka mohala ana.
“ʻO ia ka hiʻohiʻona i kūkulu ʻia ma ʻaneʻi a ʻo ka hiʻohiʻona nui loa. Ma Palesetine, ʻaʻole ia i ka renaissance, ʻaʻole i make. He hiʻohiʻona ulu. Ma ʻaneʻi, ʻaʻole e make ke kiʻi kūʻē o nā ʻano āpau ke loaʻa ka hoʻokae a me ka hoʻokaumaha a i ka wā e noho ai ka hana, "i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia me ka Media Line.
ʻO ka moʻopuna o ka hip hop ʻōlelo Arabic ma kēia ʻāina ʻo DAM, he hui i hoʻokumu ʻia e nā kaikunāne ʻo Tamer lāua ʻo Suhell Nafar a me kā lāua hoaaloha ʻo Mahmoud Jreri, ka mea i pahū i ke kahua mele ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Lod i hui ʻia e ka Iudaio-Muslim Israeli ma 1999.
Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻo DAM, kahi hybrid piha piha i ka ʻōlelo Arabic, Hebrew a me English, ma mua o 100 mau mele a me ʻelua album. ʻOiai ʻo kā lākou mele i manaʻo ʻia he kaʻa kūʻē, ʻo kā lākou leka he mea maʻalahi a manuahi a nele—ʻoiaʻiʻo—ʻo ka misogyny a me ka ferocity o ka hip hop ʻAmelika. ʻO kā lākou mau mele e pili ana i ka noho ʻana o ka ʻIseraʻela a me ka racism anti-Arab e pili ana i ka hoʻoluhi ʻana i nā wahine i loko o ka hui Arab, a me ka palaho kālā e hōʻeha ai i nā kānaka ma nā wahi a pau.
Ua nui lākou a pau i kēia manawa. Aia ʻo Tamer Nafar ma New York e hoʻopau ana i ke kani kani no kahi kiʻiʻoniʻoni ma Palestinian hip hop, no ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o Pepeluali aʻe. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, ke manaʻolana nei ʻo ia ka hana wiwo ʻole a hiki i ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi lehulehu o ke Komohana.
Ke hoʻokuʻu nei ʻo Mahmood Jreri i kāna mele mele mua, The Rhythm of the Tribe, i loko o ʻelua pule. He hana Arabic wale no.
"I ko mākou hoʻomaka ʻana i ka DAM i ka makahiki 1999, ua hana wau ma ka ʻōlelo Hebera a ua hana ʻo Tamer i kekahi ma ka ʻōlelo Pelekania, akā mai ka makahiki 2006 ua hīmeni wale wau ma ka ʻōlelo ʻAlapia," wehewehe ʻo Jreri iā The Media Line. "No nā kumu he nui kēia. ʻOi aku ka ikaika o koʻu ʻAlapia a hiki iaʻu ke hōʻike maikaʻi iaʻu iho, akā, ma ka ʻōlelo Hebera ʻaʻole wau i manaʻo he lehulehu ka ʻōlelo Hebera makemake e lohe i kā mākou ʻōlelo. Hoʻokomo mau lākou iā mākou i ka nūhou, akā ke hōʻike mau ʻia nei mākou ma kahi politika ma mua o kahi papa mele, no laila ke hana nei au i ka ʻōlelo Arabic-ʻike wau he nui ke koi no ka hip hop ma ka ʻōlelo Arabic.
"ʻO Haifa, Tel Aviv, Ierusalema, Ramallah, Jenin, Ioredane a me ʻAigupita a hiki i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ʻo nā mea a pau e ʻōlelo nei i ka ʻōlelo Arab e hele mai ana mai ka Levant he mea hiki ke hoʻolohe iā mākou."
Hōʻike ʻo Nafar lāua ʻo Jreri i ka huhū nui i ka media, kūloko a me ka honua, i ʻike ʻia e ʻoi aku ka hoihoi i ka politika e hoʻopuni ana iā DAM a me ka niche kūʻokoʻa a kūleʻa i noho ʻia e ka hiʻohiʻona hip hop kūloko ma mua o ka mele ponoʻī.
"ʻAʻohe Palestinian gangsta rap," wahi a Younis. "He ʻoiaʻiʻo nō kēia no nā mele e puka mai ana mai Ramallah a me Gaza. ʻAe, ke kamaʻilio nei mākou e pili ana i ka ʻoihana a ma ke ʻano he politika nā mea a pau a mākou e hana ai no ka mea he hōʻailona ia o ko mākou ola i kēlā me kēia lā, akā no mākou ʻo ke ʻano he ʻano pakele, no laila ʻaʻole mākou e manaʻo i ka pono e hoʻomau i ka hana ʻino.
Hōʻike ʻo Younis i kahi hiʻohiʻona ʻokoʻa, ʻaʻole i hōʻike ʻia nā kikokikona inaina wahine i ka rap Palestinian-Israeli. "ʻO wai ka poʻe ma ʻaneʻi e hana rap?" ninau mai la ia. "He poʻe honua lākou a me ka holomua, kū'ē i ka hoʻokaumaha ʻia o nā wahine he ʻano ia o kā mākou hui Arab."
Akā, hoʻohui ʻo ia, "ʻoiai inā ʻaʻole ʻoe makemake e hīmeni e pili ana i nā bitches a me nā hos, aia nā laina maopopo loa ma waena o mākou a me ka ʻike ʻAmelika-ʻAmelika."
ʻO Younis, Jreri a me nā kaikunāne Nafar mai Lod, kahi kūlanakauhale ʻino ma kahi kokoke i Tel Aviv. ʻO Sameh Zakout, aka SAZ, kekahi mea hoʻokani pila ma ka ulu ʻana o Palestinian-Israeli i hōʻike ʻia ma ka Forbes Under 30 Forum i ka pule i hala ma Ierusalema-ʻo ia ka mea i mālama mua ʻia ma waho o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa - mai kahi ʻano kaiāulu like ʻole. Aia kona kūlanakauhale hānau ʻo Ramle ma kahi o 2.5 mau mile mai Lod.
Ua hōʻike pū ʻo SAZ i ka West Bank a me Gaza ma ke ʻano he hip hop meccas. "He kaulana ʻo Tupac lāua ʻo Biggie ma Palesetina," i haʻi aku ai ʻo ia i kahi lehulehu cosmopolitan, lehulehu ma ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike ʻo Israel kahi i mālama ʻia ai ka Forbes Under 30 Forum. "ʻAʻole maopopo ka hapalua o ka poʻe i ka ʻōlelo Pelekane, akā maopopo lākou i ka ikaika a me nā vibes."
ʻO SAZ he mea hoʻokani pila hip hop pro-peace, e paipai ana i ke kamaʻilio ʻana a me ka maluhia me ka mea pena kiʻi ʻAmelika ʻo Matisyahu, he Iudaio, a me ka Israeli hip hop sensation Shaanan Street. "ʻAʻole mākou he mau kaikunāne," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia me ka ʻoliʻoli i ka The Media Line, "Akā, no ka makuahine hoʻokahi mākou."
Ma kekahi o nā panela o ka Forum, ua hoʻomanaʻo ʻo SAZ i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā hakakā he nui me nā mākaʻi ʻIseraʻela i kona wā ʻōpio.
"I koʻu lohe ʻana (ka hui hip hop ʻAmelika) ʻōlelo ʻo NWA 'F*ck the police,' ʻōlelo wau, 'ʻO wau nō,'" wehewehe ʻo ia. "Ua ʻoi aku koʻu manaʻo like me nā ʻAmelika ʻAmelika ma mua o ka ʻIseraʻela e noho ana ʻelua mau poloka mai oʻu aku ... Hoʻololi ia i koʻu ola. "
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Yes, we talk about the occupation and in a way everything we do will be political because it's a reflection of our daily lives, but for us art is a sort of escapism, so we do not feel the need to go on about violence.
- ʻO ka moʻopuna o ka hip hop ʻōlelo Arabic ma kēia ʻāina ʻo DAM, he hui i hoʻokumu ʻia e nā kaikunāne ʻo Tamer lāua ʻo Suhell Nafar a me kā lāua hoaaloha ʻo Mahmoud Jreri, ka mea i pahū i ke kahua mele ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Lod i hui ʻia e ka Iudaio-Muslim Israeli ma 1999.
- They always put us on the news, but we are always presented in a political rather than in a musical framework, so I just do Arabic—I feel there is more demand for hip hop in Arabic.
