Wednesday, July 6

Rap in a hard place

Aljazeera : "rap is finding a new voice as a group of young Palestinians sing about the frustrations of life under occupation in the Gaza Strip"

Now that is a slightly different ballgame than bragging about bling bling and living large - when the bad stuff is all about Apache gunships turning your neighbour into a puddle - or your house to a pile of rubble, or your best friend strapping a large chunk of plastics to his body to blow up other youths at a disco or cafe.

Talk about 'keeping it real' ...? Belive it.

More about the other acts at dam3rap and also a note from Belle&Seb

Or for some picture 'from the ground' head over to Gaza (warning: STRONG images, dead/wounded)