Arab Hip Hop Palestinian Artist Mohammed Al Farra

Arab Hip Hop Palestinian Artist Mohammed Al Farra 1

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Countries in Yellow Defined by: -language -membership in the League of Arab States 3

Muslims Nation of Islam Nation of Gods and Earths Five Percent Nation of Islam S u n n I S Atheists Christians Jews Arabs 4

Key Terms from Maultsby • Imitation A process of production by which the intent is to reproduce expressions of cultural tradition. • Recycling Process The process of introducing new elements to a musical production that re-enters the market place as a new version, to which other innovations are added to produce yet another different version. • Reinterpretation The process of localizing foreign musical styles by introducing and intertwining new cultural values, resources, and familiar musical elements with those from foreign sources. • Transformation Involves replacing foreign resources and materials with those distinctive to the appropriating culture. 5

Border Crossings and Blendings This process of cross-fertilization has been codified in various disciplines as: • Diffusion • Creolization • Syncretism • Hybridization • Transculturalism • Transnationalism • Globalization 6

Globalization “The process of globalization has been described as the movement of music through various stages where components of the original form are negotiated and revised in ways that reflect the values and traditions of the appropriating culture. ” 7

Malikah, Lebanon 8

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Abu Yousef, Jordan Screenshot from “Zgort” music video, 1996. 10

Abu Yousef 2013 music video produced by Bath Bayakha 11

Qusai, MC from Saudi Arabia 12

Qusai aka Don Legend the Kamelion 13

Qusai’s “That’s Life” Patience is getting the best of me At this point, this is a story of me falling Branching up my arms humbleness fulfill my I thought that my strength is endlessly calling God looks through my heart. . . I wonder what Hopeless unmotivated potential figure he sees? Senseless with a lot of faith drowned in My confession is mercy but it steadily bleeds liquor I lived a mans dream that was trapped in the ﺗﻠﻌﺐ ﺑﻲ ﺍﻟﺪﻧﻴﺎ ﺗﺪﻭﺭ ﺗﻠﻒ ﺑﻴﺎ circle ﺑﺘﻀﺤﻜﻨﻲ ﻭﺑﺘﺒﻜﻴﻨﻲ ﻭﺗﻘﺴﻰ ﻋﻠﻴﺎ I was once sent to this earth exist to hurt [Life plays with me and spins me around, you It laughs at me and cries at me and toughens Admired courage hard worker turned my me up knuckles purple Down on my knees un nurtured [Life is beautiful] but we corrupted it, Now it's all gone burned on the inside You can see the heated flames in my eyes The gift of God, we abused the hell out of it Don’t know who to trust so I stay focus But I'm in disguise I'm the example Even the woman that I love betrayed me I But I'm tired of the sacrifices noticed You can have a sample But can fill these shoes? 14

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Slingshot Hip Hop 16

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Key Terms • diaspora a scattered population with a common origin in a smaller geographic area • hegemony influence or control over another country, group of people, etc. 18