Artists
Updated 2024-07-15
“MASTER CLEANSE” – OldBoy Rhymes x Sage Francis x Rituals of Mine x Alxndrbrwn [official video] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uz2cT9RunCs
2024-06-09-Free Palestine Song Singer? https://www.facebook.com/reel/1117479432643431
2024-05-21 The role of music in the Palestinian resistance movement· What role do music and musicians have in the fight for liberation? This episode explores how music is interwoven with liberation struggles, particularly in the current war on Gaza. Through a conversation with prominent artists such as rapper and activist Saul Williams, Arab-American singer Leila Hegazy, and Lebanese-Palestinian singer Anees – who have been raising their voices for Palestine – we look at why they think art has historically played an important role in shifting global consciousness. We also hear from Rahaf, a singer from Gaza, about her hopes and how vital music is in the midst of despair.
Presenter: Myriam Francois, Guests: Anees – Lebanese-Palestinian singer, Saul Williams – Rapper and activist, Leila Hegazy – Arab-American singer https://www.aljazeera.com/program/the-stream/2024/5/21/the-role-of-music-in-the-palestinian-resistance-movement
2024-02-23 Palestine Talks | Mohammed el Kurd gives an insight into growing up in Occupied East Jerusalem Poet and writer Mohammed el Kurd and his twin sister Muna became globally famous in 2021 when the Israeli state tried to evict them from their home in Sheikh Jarrah, Occupied East Jerusalem. Mohammed speaks to TRT World and sheds light on how Israeli settlers have used religion and the power of the state behind them to displace indigenous Palestinians. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4Byer9suho&list=PLUW304lJeu3Vg_nM0WQfWDZTDyu6h6PlD&index=11
2024-02-19 “The Scream of Gaza” by Tunisian artist Omar Esstar. https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=676236711163526&set=a.430267379093795
2024-02-04 Forefather of Indie Rap Movement on Gaza, US Complicity – Palestine Chronicle Interviews Sage Francis After more than four months of intense Israeli bombardment and shelling, over 100,000 Palestinians have been killed, wounded or are still missing. Despite the harrowing figures and equally horrific images and videos that we receive from Gaza on a minute basis, Western leaders and mainstream media are relentless in their manipulation of the truth. They remain committed to their dehumanizing narrative, which depicts Palestinians as terrorists and Israel as the epitome of civilization and democracy.
Unlike the case of other wars, where artists are encouraged to take a principled stance in defense of and to speak on behalf of the victims of war, speaking out for the Gaza victims hardly earns an artist any accolade or even a mere nod of approval in mainstream society.
Sage Francis, American artist, the forefather of the indie rap movement and the CEO of Strange Famous Records, about his latest song ‘Master Cleanse’, featuring Old Boy Rhymes and Rituals of Mine. (See video below) The song and the video constitute a powerful attempt at raising awareness regarding the horrific events underway in the besieged Gaza Strip. The song and its poignant lyrics also serve as an unabashed criticism of the American political system, which continues to fund the devastating war using US taxpayers’ money. “I’m having lucid dreams of gruesome scenes; Things that human beings do when we become too extreme; Pursue our pray like wolverines, we root for teams; But some see troops as a means to an end,” part of the song’s lyrics read. The rest of the song is an equally courageous confrontation, not just of war itself, but of the collective complicity that allows such genocidal wars to go on. https://www.palestinechronicle.com/forefather-of-indie-rap-movement-on-gaza-us-complicity-palestine-chronicle-interviews-sage-francis/
2024-02-01 Palestine Talks | British rapper and activist Lowkey unravels the UK’s Israel lobby British rapper and pro-Palestinian activist Lowkey exposes the extent to which the Israel lobby is integrated within the highest levels of the UK’s political establishment and gives TRT World an insight into how he dealt with Israel lobbyists trying to cancel his music. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGIXd1QmGq4&list=PLUW304lJeu3Vg_nM0WQfWDZTDyu6h6PlD&index=14
2023-12-05 Palestine Talks | Roger Waters speaks to TRT World about Israel’s war on Gaza Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters, who faced a censorship campaign and hotel ban during his Latin America tour due to his pro-Palestine stance, spoke to TRT World in Santiago, Chile in an exclusive interview. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEdNEb8_20o&list=PLUW304lJeu3Vg_nM0WQfWDZTDyu6h6PlD&index=15
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