Hip-hop

Sean 'Diddy' Combs cleared of most serious charges, to remain jailed for now

In a partial win for the former hip-hop star, he was only convicted of transportation to engage in prostitution.

 Defense lawyers comfort Sean "Diddy" Combs while discussing how to handle a note sent by jurors that they had reached a verdict on four of the five counts against him, during Combs' sex trafficking trial in New York City, New York, U.S., July 1, 2025 in this courtroom sketch.
 Music video Nekudot

'Nekudot' dance by DJ Raphi spreads light amid darkness of war

 Rappers Kendrick Lamar (L) and Drake are pictured in Inglewood, California, U.S., on August 27, 2017 and in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, September 9, 2017 respectively in this combination photo.

The Drake-Kendrick Lamar ‘Great Rap War’ is a battlefield of race, identity and Jewishness- opinion

 Shakur is seen at the MTV Music Video Awards in New York in this Sept. 4, 1996 file photo.

Police arrest suspect in 1996 shooting of US rapper Tupac Shakur


He’s only human: Rag 'N' Bone Man to play TA

British soul hip hop sensation Rag ‘N’ Bone Man will be making his Israel debut next May.

British Sensation Rag ‘N’ Bone Man.

Winter is coming, but Israel’s concert scene is still heating up

Peaches, The Pretenders, Cliff Richard, Bryan Adams and more still to hit the stage this year.

Canadian rock star Bryan Adams is performing three shows in Israel in December.

Sean Paul sweats it out in Rishon

Many of Paul's biggest hits came out before some audience members were born, but the crowd at the Live Park in Rishon Lezion skewed decidedly young.

Sean Paul at a hip-hop festival in Rishon Lezion, August 22, 2017.

Sean Paul to headline Rishon hip hop festival

Joining Paul on the bill will be an array of rappers and hip hop artist including Vin Vici, Warriors and Talisman.

Sean Paul

Jewish-American music mogul: Jay-Z's lyrics not antisemitic

Madonna and U2's manager says Jewish wealth was treated with "wrong sentiment" in the past, "but not by Jay-Z."

American rapper Jay-Z performs at Bercy stadium in Paris, October 17, 2013.

Unstoppable Flow

Local rapper Nechi Nech is poised to put Israeli hip hop on the map.

THIS IS Israel, we don’t rap about big houses, fancy cars, and girls!... We’re Israelis; we’re not trying to be America’s shadow. Our destiny is to make our tribute to this nation through music,’ says local hip hop artist Nechi Nech

Controversial Israeli rapper survives assassination attempt

HaTzel is associated with radical right wing groups and has an active social media presence by which he spreads his views, which have been criticized by many as racist and inciting.

Israeli rapper Yoav "HaTzel (The Shadow)" Eliasi

Rapper EZ shoots music video in ‘young and hip’ Jerusalem

The song and video, he said, will be rotated extensively on MTV Israel and then parlayed to other MTV stations in Europe, as well as YouTube.

DANCERS OUTSIDE the Tower of David in the capital are filmed yesterday as part of a hip hop video that hopes to portray the city as a cool place to visit. (

Hamilton and hip-hop have a message for Jerusalem

Hamilton and hip-hop have a message for Jerusalem.

English rapper Little Simz (left) with Palestinian rapper Saz

New rap crew keeps it ‘old school to the future’

The True Jeruz collective stakes its claim as the new generation of Jerusalem hip-hop.

'True Jeruz' rap crew.