Friday, March 21, 2008

Journal # 13 - Persian Hiphop music


Hiphop is one of the most popular genres of music around the world.included Rap,Reggae,R&B and etc, . Hiphop in Iran is a music that singers can say whatever they want about their lives.they sing about problems of people and society. Although the the government used to punish them since there is no freedom of speech in Iran. Otherwise some persian rappers sing about nasty things like using drugs,sex and night parties. So many people specially adults are not interested in persian rap music. In Iran persian rappers broadcasts their music online in persian rap websites. Some of rappers are very popular and make much money from their popularity and their musics. Yas is one of the most popular rappers that sings about persian society in Iran,patriotism,poverty and ancient persian poets such as Maulana. He has performed in Dubai,New York city and London. His voice is like a drug on peoples scars. Also CNN had an interview with him recently. Amir Tataloo is the king of persian R&B and who invented persian R&B for the first time. He sang with some popular rappers such az Hichkas(father of persian rap) , Pishro,Tohi,2afm & Rezaya,Zakhmi & Tighe.

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