Long before streaming platforms, short-form algorithms, and industry-backed playlists pushed Arabic hip-hop toward mainstream visibility, rap culture across the Gulf region existed almost entirely ...

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 ...

Looking into the Arab world, there has been a constant and gradual rise in artists taking the hip-hop route. From North Africa to the Middle East talents are steadily exploring global sounds to match ...

Bahraini rapper Flipperachi has made history by entering the Guinness World Records after his Arabic hip-hop track “Fa9la” achieved the most No. 1 placements by a single song on the Billboard Arabia ...

A Syrian American poet and singer whose music is informed by classical Arab poetry and contemporary American hip hop highlights this week's offerings at the Mondavi Center, as the month of April nears ...