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beatboxing Beatboxing (also, and sometimes, called beat boxing) is a form of vocal percussion primarily involving the art of mimicking drum machines (usually a Roland TR-808, TR-808), using one's mouth, lips, tongue, and voice.Siepmann, p. 389 Many Jewish rappers are also

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, rapping in English,

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,

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,

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,

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, and other languages, depending on their background.Siepmann, p. 390-393

History

1980s through 1990s

From its commercial

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in the 1980s and early 1990s, Jewish artists, producers, and executives played a significant role in the hip hop industry. These included

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manager

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, producer

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, and former

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CEO

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, as well as majority-Jewish rap groups like

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,

The Whooliganz The Whooliganz were an American 1990s hip hop music duo consisting of Scott Caan and Alan Maman (the latter of whom is known now as hip hop producer The Alchemist). The duo went by the names Mad Skillz and Mudfoot, respectively. Caan and M ...

,

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, and most prominently, the

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. Josh Norek of Hip Hop Hoodíos later stated that "before

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, pretty much the only white rappers were Jewish." In Israel, Jewish rappers like

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's Mook E,

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,

Sagol 59 Khen Rotem, known by his stage name Sagol 59 (; born on October 1, 1968), is an Israeli rapper, singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is best known for being a Jerusalem-based hip-hop MC and has been hailed as the "Israeli godfather of hip hop."T ...

,

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,

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, and SHI 360 helped pioneer the country's hip hop scene in the late '90s and early 2000s. Despite this, few of these acts acknowledged their Jewish heritage in their music, with some exceptions being Hip Hop Hoodíos, the parody group 2 Live Jews, and

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signees

Blood of Abraham Blood of Abraham was an American hip-hop duo composed of Benyad (Benjamin Mor) and Mazik (David Saevitz). They debuted in 1993 with the release of the LP '' Future Profits'' on Ruthless Records. A key characteristic of the group was their ...

. During this time, Jewish religious music occasionally incorporated hip hop, although largely for

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and

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, such as Craig Taubman's "Chanukah Rap" and

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's songs with rapper Etan G.

2000s to present

The Jewish label

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, founded in 2002, was one of the first to promote explicitly Jewish rap artists, with its roster including

Sagol 59 Khen Rotem, known by his stage name Sagol 59 (; born on October 1, 1968), is an Israeli rapper, singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is best known for being a Jerusalem-based hip-hop MC and has been hailed as the "Israeli godfather of hip hop."T ...

, Canadian klezmer-rapper

Socalled Joshua Dolgin (born December 28, 1976), better known by his stage name Socalled, is a Canadian rapper and record producer, known for his eclectic mix of hip hop, klezmer, and other styles such as drum & bass and folk music. A pianist and accordio ...

, the Ethiopian-Israeli duo

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, and the

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-inflected group

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, whose song " Hermetico" was later sampled for the international hit " Talk Dirty" by

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and

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. That same year, Hip Hop Hoodíos released their debut EP ''Raza Hoodía'' and found success in the Latino media, with several videos going into rotation on

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and the group collaborating with members of

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-winning Latin bands like

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, Jaguares, and

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. In 2004, as part of his ''Celebrate'' series, Craig Taubman co-produced with music video director Jeremy Goldscheider the first Jewish hip-hop compilation album, ''Celebrate Hip Hop: Jewish Artists From Around the Globe''. Contributing artists included Hip Hop Hoodíos, Sagol 59, Blood of Abraham, Socalled, Mook E, Etan G, and

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of the

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, as well as lesser known artists like the

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group iSQUAD and the

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groups Antithesis and Emunah. Nosson and matis

In the mid-2000s, Hasidic reggae rap artist

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, who had been signed to JDub, experienced mainstream success; his albums '' Live at Stubb's'' (2005) and ''

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'' (2006) were certified gold, while his single " King Without a Crown" became a

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hit.

Following Matisyahu's success, a number of Hasidic rappers emerged, including Y-Love, DeScribe,

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, Eprhyme, and

Nissim Black Nissim Baruch Black (born Damian Jamohl Black; December 9, 1986) is an American-Israeli rapper, songwriter, and record producer. Under the stage name D. Black, he released the albums '' The Cause & Effect'' (2006) and '' Ali'yah'' (2009) and was ...

. Many of these were ''

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'', and many of them were promoted through American Yemenite Jews, Yemenite producer Diwon's label Shemspeed Records, alongside non-Hasidic artists like rapper Kosha Dillz and Middle Eastern-inspired hip hop/electronic group

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. In Israel, a number of Orthodox rappers have become popular in both religious and secular circles. The

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band

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, formed at the

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yeshiva in Israel by

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rapper

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and British guitarist

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, appeared on the reality singing competition ''

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'' performing

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's "

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".

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, the country's first religious female rapper, gained attention in 2015 for her song "Shirat Ha'asavim Hashotim", a darkly humorous song addressing the

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committed by a number of Orthodox rabbis and other authority figures. Around the same time, America saw the arrival of Ephryme's

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collective

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and the

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-language group Los Serenos Sefarad.

Reception

The combination of Jewish music and hip hop has occasionally faced criticism, with rabbinic authorities condemning the use of secular styles and hip hop fans viewing it as a

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and inauthentic. Blogger

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included "Chabad hip hop artists" on his list of "The Most Annoying

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Jews" in 2011, saying "I have no idea what happened, but all of a sudden there are dozens of

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BT hip hop artists, and I think the market is a bit saturated, don’t you think?"

Rabbinical perspectives

In 2007, two

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musicians from

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, Chaim Shlomo Mayes and Dudi Kalish, released ''Rap in Yiddish'', an album of Yiddish-language Jewish parody covers of American pop and rap songs by artists like

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. While the album was moderately successful, a group of Orthodox rabbis published a full-page ad in ''

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'' that condemned the album for its "foreign" melodies "under Yiddish and Hasidic cover", calling for a boycott of the album and praising distributors who had already refused to sell it. In a 2010 interview, rapper Yitz " Y-Love" Jordan recalled the Committee for Jewish Music, led by Rabbi Ephraim Luft, whose 2008
Rules for Playing Kosher Music
included a prohibition on secular styles like rap music, even without lyrics. In response, Jordan stated, "Music can't be ''

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''; the only thing that can be ''treif'' is the content in the music. There's no style of music which is automatically anti-Torah."

Notable artists

*

Nissim Black Nissim Baruch Black (born Damian Jamohl Black; December 9, 1986) is an American-Israeli rapper, songwriter, and record producer. Under the stage name D. Black, he released the albums '' The Cause & Effect'' (2006) and '' Ali'yah'' (2009) and was ...

*

Blood Of Abraham Blood of Abraham was an American hip-hop duo composed of Benyad (Benjamin Mor) and Mazik (David Saevitz). They debuted in 1993 with the release of the LP '' Future Profits'' on Ruthless Records. A key characteristic of the group was their ...

*

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* DeScribe *

Electro Morocco Electro Morocco were an Israeli American electronic music band from Brooklyn, New York. Formed in 2007 by members of Nanuchka, they released two EPs, ''Electro Morocco'' (2008) and ''Low Ride'' (2010) and were featured on the Shemspeed compilatio ...

* Eprhyme * Etan G *

Rinat Gutman Rinat Gutman (Hebrew language, Hebrew: ; born 1980) is an Israeli Orthodox Judaism, Orthodox Jewish rapper, singer, and songwriter. One of the first religious female rappers in Israel, she has also performed in the United States, England, and In ...

* Hebro * Hip Hop Hoodíos * Kosha Dillz * Ari Lesser * Los Serenos Sefarad *

Matisyahu Matthew Paul Miller (born June 30, 1979), known by his stage name Matisyahu (; ), is an American singer, rapper, beatboxer, and musician. Known for blending spiritual themes with reggae, rock and hip hop beatboxing sounds, Matisyahu's 2005 sin ...

* Prodezra *

Moshe Reuven Moshe Reuven Sheradsky (), known professionally as Moshe Reuven, is an American rabbi, musician, entrepreneur and public speaker. Early life Sheradsky was born and raised in Hollywood, Florida. In high school, he began making music with his fr ...

* SHI 360 *

Shtar Shtar (, "contract") is an Israeli Jewish rap rock band based in Beit Shemesh. Formed in 2006 by American rapper Ori Murray and English guitarist/songwriter Brad Rubinstein, the band released their debut album, ''Infinity'', in Israel in 2010 a ...

*

Shyne Moses Michael Levi Barrow (born Jamal Michael Barrow; November 8, 1978), best known by his stage name Shyne, is a Belizean politician and former rapper. He served as Leader of the Opposition in the Belize House of Representatives, and the lead ...

*

Socalled Joshua Dolgin (born December 28, 1976), better known by his stage name Socalled, is a Canadian rapper and record producer, known for his eclectic mix of hip hop, klezmer, and other styles such as drum & bass and folk music. A pianist and accordio ...

* Y-Love *

Nosson Zand Nathan Isaac Zand (born December 11, 1981), also known as Nosson Zand, is an American Chasidic rapper from Boston, Massachusetts. Biography Zand was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, on December 11, 1981. He is best known by his Hebrew name N ...

* BLP Kosher

References

Bibliography

* {{Hip hop Jewish music Hip-hop genres Jewish music genres

Characteristics