In a compelling interview on Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D speaks with Suhel Nafar, a visionary in Arab hip-hop and head of Empire Records’ West Asia, North Africa, and Diaspora division. As a ...

The 25-year-old has become a streaming star without releasing a full album. He just wrapped his first shows in the United States, and hopes to take his music even further. By Danny Hajjar Reporting ...

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BOSTON - Two Israeli artists are working together to create a different reality in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. "Creating together is the most radical thing you can do" "In a place where ...

The sounds and beats of Arabic hip-hop are being introduced to U.S. audiences through a new Universal Arabic Music (UAM) project that unites Egyptian rap star and actor Mohamed Ramadan with ...

Digging for Gold is HYPEBEAST’s monthly playlist series that highlights regions across the world and the genres that come out of them. By putting together a mix of essentials and hidden gems, we hope ...

The first few seconds of Marwan Moussa’s song “3AMEL EH” open with an interaction between the rapper and a voice that seemingly belongs to his therapist. The therapist can be heard asking the ...

Arabic hip-hop sensation Hussein Atout, whose latest single tracks have claimed the top spots on national music charts, is inspiring the next generation of artists and breaking barriers with his ...

The Middle Eastern Studies Students’ Association hosted University graduate student Rami Nashashibi in a talk on the emergence of hip-hop as a vehicle for political expression in the Palestinian ...

Months after unveiling his English collaboration EP "Terminal" with the rapper Chyno, his first album “Om Al Mawjat" or "Mother of all Waves," debuted to fan fare in Jordan. After spending the summer ...

They strutted onstage much as any hip-hop artists would, two buff young men sporting the requisite bandanas, baseball caps, jerseys and baggy pants. “Are you wearing a Star of David proudly on your ...

In a compelling interview on Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D speaks with Suhel Nafar, a visionary in Arab hip-hop and head of Empire Records’ West Asia, North Africa, and Diaspora division. As a ...