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"Ten hip-hop tracks that demand freedom for Palestine

Commercially successful rock and pop stars have tended to be silent about the oppression of Palestinians.

There are exceptions, of course. Roger Waters, formerly of Pink Floyd, and the Primal Scream frontman Bobby Gillespie have both been speaking out against Israel’s crimes for quite a few years.

Other high-profile artists like Madonna, Elton John and The Rolling Stones have shamefully performed in Tel Aviv, ignoring calls for a cultural boycott of Israel.

The summer of 2014 might be remembered as the time when the music industry started to wake up.

Two weeks after Israel’s latest offensive against Gaza began in July, Massive Attack used a festival in Dublin to convey a simple and poignant message. A graphics and lighting display during the band’s performance emphasized that more than 400 Palestinians had been killed.

As that death toll rose further, several celebrities expressed their solidarity with the people of Gaza.

Zayn Malik from the boy band One Direction tweeted “#FreePalestine,” receiving a hostile response from many Israelis. The Canadian singer-songwriter Bryan Adams denounced the Ottawa government for supporting Israel. Nick Cave, an Australian musician living in the UK, declared his support for activists who broke into an Israeli-owned weapons factory in the English county of Staffordshire.

Despite these big steps, we still have a long way to go. Brian Eno referred to an “unwritten rule” when he wrote his “letter to America,” published on fellow musician David Byrne’s website: criticizing Israel remains something of a taboo in the entertainment business, especially in the US.

Fortunately, we have hip-hop music, where this reticence is far less pervasive. A striking number of songs for Palestine have come from hip-hop artists.

Hip-hop is more of an attitude than a genre with strict rules. KRS-One of Boogie Down Productions stressed this point when he said: “Rap is something you do, hip-hop is something you live.”

Rafeef Ziadah, a Palestinian activist and poet, has taken this message to heart. The rhythms of the poetry on her spoken word album Hadeel are clearly influenced by hip-hop.

Rap, by definition, disseminates knowledge through rhyme. In the words of Tamer Nafar of DAM, Palestine’s best-known rap group: “Real rap criticizes anyone who denies freedom.”

Hip-hop has long been an international art-form. So it’s fitting that hip-hop artists from Bosnia, Chile and South Africa have all recorded tracks in solidarity with Palestine.

Here, then, is a ten-song soundtrack of struggle."

[see link for the list along with videos]

https://electronicintifada.net/content/ten-hip-hop-tracks-demand-freedom-palestine/13828