Commentator Aaron Freeman recently spent a couple of hours watching Arabic hip-hop videos. He says that hip-hop is an American form, but that U.S. rappers might do well to learn a lesson from their ...

JEDDAH — Arabian Knightz, Egyptian hip-hop musicians, are known to be the voice of youth today, amidst political crisis in the Arab world. Music has known to be the strength and a means of ...

Arab hip-hop has come a long way from underground cyphers and bedroom recordings to shaping cultural conversations across the region. Artists today are mixing hard-hitting beats with dialects, poetry, ...

If Bobby Deol had Jamal Kudu, Akshaye Khanna now has Fa9la. The song has unexpectedly become the heartbeat of Dhurandhar, thanks to Akshaye's fierce, arresting entry sequence that has taken social ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Rob Salkowitz is an Eisner-nominated comics journalist and author. Iconic rap stars Ice-T, Arabian Prince and Tommy the Animator ...

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 ...

Young Arab hip-hop artists are borrowing the sounds and styles of American rappers in order to express their experiences. But the message of the songs is strictly their own. Some Palestinians in the ...

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 ...

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 ...