Mark Espiner
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/ 26 October 2004

Hip-hop on the Arab-Israeli frontline

Unites States hip-hop has had many messages beyond the current lyrical obsessions for bling and gangster lifestyles: the good-time party spirit of the Sugarhill Gang’s Rapper’s Delight, the social comment of Grandmaster Flash’s The Message, the black politics of Public Enemy’s Fight the Power or the inclusivity of Eric B and Rakim’s anthem I Know You Got Soul.