Category Archives: Rap

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

Posted on August 4, 2011 by iPouya

See the interview here.

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FBI files on Tupac Shakur murder show he received death threats from Jewish gang

Posted on April 14, 2011 by iPouya

Haaretz: Files released Thursday by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur state that the star had received death threats from the Jewish Defense League, an organization that has been characterized as terrorist group. … Continue reading →

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Lowkey and Finkelstein Rap

Posted on May 12, 2010 by iPouya

Here we have Lowkey and Finkelstein breaking it down behind the mic. For those of you who don’t know who Dr. Finkelstein is… he’s a leading academic critic of Israel.  His parents are Holocaust survivors and he has applied the … Continue reading →

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Lowkey and Hichkas Free Palestine track (part 2)

Posted on May 6, 2010 by iPouya

The more I listen to both Lowkey and Hichkas, the more I like them.  This “Long Live Palestine” track is a remix featuring a variety of MCs who rap in English, Arabic, and Persian (only Hichkas). Remember, rap was revolutionary … Continue reading →

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Hichkas – Ye Rooze Khoob Miad (and the origins of rap)

Posted on April 7, 2010 by iPouya

This is by far one of the best Persian rap songs I’ve heard (thanx Milad).  I should tell you that I am one of those who thinks that mainstream rap is dead, DEAD. Most commercial rappers today rap about nothing. … Continue reading →

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Rapper LowKey Speaks…

Posted on April 6, 2010 by iPouya

I don’t know if this is freestyle, but whatever it is, it’s good. I think I’ve watch this clip a dozen times in the past few days. It was posted in August of ’07 back when the Bush Regime was … Continue reading →

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Rapper LowKey

Posted on March 25, 2010 by iPouya

I recently discovered this underground rapper and I must say, I’m glad to have done so. Actually, I didn’t really discover him per se, but rather someone posted one of his music videos on my blog’s comments section, which reminded … Continue reading →

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Iranian Rap

Posted on February 19, 2009 by iPouya

So I just watched this documentary on Iranian Rap featuring one of the most prominent Iranian rappers of today, Yas. See it here. There are some things about the video and the interview that I liked and disliked at the … Continue reading →

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