Refugees Of Rap (Arabic: لاجئي الراب; French: "Les Réfugiés Du Rap") is a Syrian - Palestinian hip-hop group.
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| Background information | |
| Born | Damascus, Yarmouk Camp, |
| Origin |  Syria,  Palestine |
| Genres | Arabic Hip Hop, Trap, Rap |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Labels | Refugees Of Rap |
| Members | Yaser Jamous Mohamed Jamous |
| Website | http://www.facebook.com/refugeesofrap |
Career
editBrothers Yaser and Mohamed Jamous created the group Refugees Of Rap in 2007 while settled in a Palestinian refugee camp in Yarmouk, Syria. Their texts offer a glimpse of life in the camp and denounce the situation in Syria.[1] They were forced into exile in 2013 and become refugees in France the same year.[2][3]
From their collaboration came several artistic projects. From 2007 to 2012 the band performed concerts and performs in Syria in Egypt and Lebanon.[citation needed] At the same time, two albums were released in 2010 and 2014 and are the result of various collaborations such as Tamer Nafar(DAM), Tarabband, and Linda Bitar. After their 2010 album, "Face to Face," was released, they got their own recording studio.[4]
The two rappers knew, while preserving their identity, evolve to more sonorities trap in their latest album (Insomnie) 2018.
Since their arrival in Europe until today, the group has given more than 155 concerts and several festivals and participated in several artistic projects and associations (France, United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Luxembourg, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Norway)
During their career, Refugees Of Rap has attracted the interest of several media such as (Rolling Stone magazine, The World, The Guardian, BBC, ARTE, Vice, Konbini, Radio France, TV5 ... etc)
Refugees of Rap also organized a “rap writing” workshop.[5]
Discography
editAlbums
- Face 2 Face (2010)
- The Age of Silence (2014)
- Insomnia (2018)
References
edit- ^ Tahiat Mahboob (June 20, 2017). "Refugees of Rap to Country for Syria: 6 musical acts without borders". cbcmusic.ca. Retrieved January 16, 2019.
- ^ "The sound and the fury: how Syria's rappers, rockers and writers fought back". The Guardian.
- ^ "Les beats de l'exil". konbini.
- ^ "The Syrian refugee bands who just want to rock". esquireme.com. April 18, 2017. Retrieved January 16, 2019.
- ^ "Syrian duo Refugees of Rap taught French schoolchildren how to compose their own raps". unhcr.