Tamer Nafar

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Tamer Nafar (Arabic: تامر النفار‎), is an Arab-Israeli rap artist.

Tamer was born on June 6, 1979 in the city of Lod, Israel. He began writing and making rap music in 1998 and in 2000 his brother Suhell and their friend Mahmoud Jrere joined him to start the first Palestinian-Arab or Arab Israeli rap group, DAM. DAM band writes and sings in Arabic language, DAM has become a popular Palestinian rap crew in recent years. The members of DAM compose their lyrics and music by themselves. DAM's work and art are influenced by the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the struggle for equal rights for Palestinians or Arab Israelis inside Israel. The group's songs deal with social, political and personal issues.

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[edit] Relationship with Subliminal

In 2000 following the collapse of the Camp David 2000 Summit and the beginning of the Second Intifada the pair's relationship collapsed due to highly divergent political beliefs, with Subliminal being more right-wing and a Nationalist, in contrast with Nafar's sympathy for the Palestinian cause.[1]. The bitter end of their musical relationship is chronicled in the documentary Channels of Rage.

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[edit] External links and References

  1. ^ Joshua Mitnick, “Israeli Hip-Hop Takes on Mideast Politics,” USA Today, November 6, 2003. http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2003-11-06-hiphop-usat_x.htm.

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