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TIMZ

Hip Hop Meets the Middle East

About Me


On his fiery debut CD, TIMZ—aka Tommy Hanna, an American born rapper of Chaldean and Iraqi descent--gets right up in our faces, mixing explosive, Middle Eastern tinged beats with incendiary rhymes in an effort to shatter those ugly stereotypes that have plagued people who look like him since 9/11 and the start of the Iraq war.
Make no mistake, the title of his powerful, outspoken and heavy grooving 14- track collection—a nominee for Best Hip-Hop Album at the 2006 San Diego Annual Music Awards—says it all: the San Diego born and bred artist is Open For Business. “The concept of the album is a day in the life,” TIMZ says. “That’s what I am, open for business all the time. I am at work and if I wasn’t at work I was at school and if I wasn’t at school I was in the studio rapping.
TIMZ is on an intense mission to help Americans understand that Chaldeans, who are Catholic by faith, date back to Iraq since the ancient times of Mesopotamia and the flourishing times of Babylon. “The only remnants from that Iraq and the Iraq that we see now are the rivers. “That’s it, everything else has changed,” he says.
While TIMZ—a recent graduate of University San Diego-- has been the pride of his hometown’s 20,000 Chaldean community for years, the reaction to “Iraq” across the country is giving him some well deserved cred as a national artist.
In 2007, TIMZ released the politically charged video for the critically acclaimed single “Iraq.” In less than a week, the controversial music video was garnering national media attention from the likes of MTV News, FOX News’ Hannity & Colmes, Mancow’s Morning Madness, Russian National TV and over 10,000 internet and blog sites.

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Member Since: 11/23/2004
Band Website: timzonline.com
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Iraq (The Music Video)

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FOX News (Hannity & Colmes)

MTV News

Al Jazeera English

Russian National TV

KGTV's Channel 10 News

TIMZ - Super Chargers 2006 Video

Detroit's Channel 95.5 FM (Part 1)

Detroit's Channel 95.5 FM (Part 2)

The Grimmie Wreck Show

Nike - Quick is Deadly

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My Blog

8.04.07 - Anaheim, CA

Rescheduled to August 4th!...
Posted by TIMZ on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 06:30:00 PST

6.10.07 - Los Angeles, CA


Posted by TIMZ on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 06:30:00 PST

04.28.07 - Detroit, Michigan

I'll be performing in Detroit at Club Elysium on April 28 with Stevie B.  Come out and show your support.
Posted by TIMZ on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 07:56:00 PST

04.18.07 - San Diego State University

I'll be performing at San Diego State University on April 18th, 2007 at 12 PM.  This event is right on campus so you can't miss it
Posted by TIMZ on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 07:52:00 PST

03.24.07 - Make Hip Hop Not War National Tour

I was just added to the "Make Hip Hop Not War" National Tour started this week.  Check to see if we're coming to your town! 3/24/2007 - New York, New York 7:00pm - 10:00pm, Doors @ 6:00pm We...
Posted by TIMZ on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 12:31:00 PST

03.20.07 - Al Jazeera

I'll be getting interviewed on the Riz Khan Show on Al Jazeera English this Tuesday, March 20th.  The program airs at 2 PM EST.  Check aljazeera.net to find out how to get the Al Jazeera Eng...
Posted by TIMZ on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 04:39:00 PST

03.08.07 - MTV News

MTV News will be featuring me in a story called "Where is the Anti-War Movement?"  Here are the airing times of the segment:MTV Thurs 3/8:  2:50am, 4:50am, 5:50am, 6:50am, 7:50am, 8:50am, 9...
Posted by TIMZ on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 05:59:00 PST

02.18.07 - Russian National TV

Russian National TV will be airing a special segment on me and my music video today.  This will only be broadcasted in Russia but I'll put it up on my website as soon as I get a copy.  Russi...
Posted by TIMZ on Mon, 19 Feb 2007 05:16:00 PST

02.15.07 - The Visual Underground

The music video for Iraq will be played today at The Casbah in Downtown, San Diego as part of their Visual Underground Event....
Posted by TIMZ on Mon, 19 Feb 2007 05:15:00 PST

02.12.07 - Mancow's Syndicated Radio Show

I'll be getting interviewed on Mancow's Syndicated Radio Show Monday morning.  This program is #1 in the U.S. among males 18-34 and pulls in 17 millions listeners a day.  Listen in&...
Posted by TIMZ on Mon, 19 Feb 2007 05:14:00 PST