Iranian hip hop
Iranian hip-hop refers to hip-hop music from Iran .
The first attempt at creating Iranian rap was made by the Los Angeles-based group Sandy in the early 1990s, but their music was considered pop music by the majority . The first Iranian rapper whose lyrics and beats attracted attention was Deev , whose aggressively political piece Dasta Bala ("Hands Up" or "Everyone Clap") , published in 2003, was the first full-length hip-hop piece was played out. After the first piece was soon published by Hītsch-kas ("Nobody") and later by Zedbazi , the movement made a decisive development by the summer of 2004. By this point, a Persian rapper and hip-hop scene had emerged on the Iranian- popular social networking site Orkut . Despite the minimal support from the traditional media, Persian hip-hop is growing in popularity among Iranian youth as a result of a large Internet following and a steady increase in the quality of the music.
history
With the introduction of satellite television in Iran in the early 1990s and the worldwide recognition of hip-hop and its American artists such as 2pac , NWA and Eminem , this style of music found popularity among the Iranian youth, mostly born after the Islamic Revolution of 1979. They eagerly absorbed the beats and rhythmic lyrics and eventually began to create this genre of music in Persian themselves. Soon they went from rap fans to poets and producers, bringing to light how they saw life as Iranians and what they wanted from the world. They used music as a means of self-expression and eventually produced artists like Daad, Deev, Hich Kas, Pishro, Farid Sargon, Zedbazi, Yas , each of whom made their own contribution to Iranian hip hop. (aka: Persian rap).
See also
Web links
- PersianHipHop.com (English)