Thứ Tư, 1 tháng 7, 2015

5 Ways This Iraqi Hip-Hop Artist Is Changing The Narrative Around Arabs

Narcy = Neo-Arab Rebel Called Yassin

Yassin Alsalman, artistically known as Narcy, formerly The Narcicyst, is a hip-hop and multimedia artist of Iraqi origin, who grew up in the UAE and Montreal.

Yassin Alsalman, artistically known as Narcy, formerly The Narcicyst, is a hip-hop and multimedia artist of Iraqi origin, who grew up in the UAE and Montreal.

Hassan Hajjaj

His goal is "to humanize our experience as Arabs, as Muslims, or as Others... because a lot of times when people present us, they present us in an extreme, polarized version."

His goal is "to humanize our experience as Arabs, as Muslims, or as Others... because a lot of times when people present us, they present us in an extreme, polarized version."

Tamara Abdul Hadi for The Medium

Through hip-hop (or as he defines it: "Highly Intelligent People Hovering Over Politics").

His music reflects his reality as an Arab and Muslim growing up between cultures, in a post-9/11 world. He just released his new album, World War Free, which he described as a "narrative-based record, best listened to in its entirety."

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