Hip hop music is a musical genre invented in the United States, mainly by inner-city African-Americans. It began to enter the American mainstream by the late 1980s, but remained an underground phenomenon in Israel for years after being imported in the mid-1990s; the first recording was by Shabak Samech, a crew whose debut LP was released in 1995. Perhaps the most famous Israeli rapper is Subliminal, known for his nationalist lyrics. Other Jewish rappers include the reggae-influenced Mook E. and Hadag Nahash, while Israeli Arabs like Tamer Nafer have identified the struggle of African Americans as similar to the struggles of Arab-Israelis. Most Israeli hip hop lyrics are in English, Hebrew, Arabic or Russian but Jeremy (also known as Jeremy Cool Habash), an Ethiopian Israeli rapper, also raps in Amharic. Known hip hop crews and rappers: Alon De Loco Kele 6 Hadag Nahash BOOSKILLS Fishi Ha-Gadol Jeremy (aka Jeremy Cool Habash) Mesika Mook E PR Troopers Shabak Samech SHI 360 Royal Subliminal Matisyahu Miri Ben Ari Remedy
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Subliminal and Karlo
