Shneur Hasofer is a

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musician known as DeScribe. Hasofer's musical style has been characterized as "Hasidic hip-hop," "Hasidic rap" and "Hasidic R&B".

Background

Hasofer was born to a

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family in Melbourne, Australia. Hasofer began his music career taking the stage name "DeScribe" and has been characterized as a "Hasidic rapper." Hasofer's music career began in New York in the late 2000s, releasing an EP called Harmony, and began collaborations with

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and

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(son of

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). Hasofer released a duet with Matisyahu titled “Pure Soul” as part of a fundraising effort for the Friendship Circle, a non-profit Jewish organization which assists children with disabilities. Hasofer also collaborated with ex-Hasidic hip-hop artist Y-Love. Hasofer's music also took on an activist bent in promoting racial harmony between the Chabad Hasidim and African-American and Afro-Caribbean communities in

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. Hasofer released a song and music video titled “Harmony” with Rohan Marley, successfully recruiting local neighborhood leaders to participate in the video and a neighborhood campaign. The music video for Hasofer's song "Harmony" was dubbed "a groundbreaking tool for unity and racial harmony" by Brooklyn Borough President

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in commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Crown Heights riots. Hasofer's other activities included teaching music recording and video editing to at-risk Hasidic teens in Crown Heights through a joint project with the ALIYAH Center in Crown Heights.

Family

In 1998, Hasofer's family immigrated to the city of

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in Israel while he was young. Hasofer's mother is a religious singer as well.

Notes

:1.The name Hasofer translates to "The Scribe".

References

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