The French-Kabyle artist (Algerian) raps with a well-informed mind.
Médine's songs cover mainstream's void.
He deftly breaks down topics
from Gaza to
Islamophobia, inequality and imperialist wars.
From Arabian Panther
Medine is vocal against France's structured poverty.
He makes it a point: stand up to the status quo!
"We’re standing up to denounce the prejudice and injustice we face." (TIME)
He "wrote first to keep the youth in the housing projects
from
losing hope and withdrawing from society." (New
York Times)
This is revolution's foundation: hope, self-determination and mass organization.
"One of the important things to note about that day
[January 7 2015] is
is that there were people
marching who you could describe
as terrorists, people who’ve been working
to restrict Arab
freedom of expression for many years.
World leaders like Netanyahu.
Journalists like Caroline Fourest who
claim they’re
in favour of freedom of expression." (x)
Medine headlined 2015's Who Is Malcolm X? party at Le Bataclan.
The nightclub had been targeted two years
before in Paris' terrorist attacks.
Disiz is another French-Muslim rapper, whose brainchild
Who
Is Malcolm X? funded a publication on the famous revolutionary.
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Rappers With African Roots Bridge Hip-Hop Divide (The New York Times, 03-13-19)
Giving Voice to France’s Poorest Youth, With Rhymes and Beats (The New York Times, 01-20-16)
Hip-Hop Diplomacy (Foreign Affairs, 04-16-14)
