page_title: Jewish hip hop
section_title: 2000s to present
hierarchical_section_title: Jewish hip hop / History / 2000s to present
caption_attribution_description: English: Diwon performing in Melbourne, Australia. Photo taken by Andrew Harris (www.andharris.com).
context_page_description: Jewish hip hop is a genre of hip hop music with thematic, stylistic, or cultural ties to Judaism and its musical traditions.
context_section_description: The Jewish label JDub Records, founded in 2002, was one of the first to promote consciously Jewish rap artists, with its roster including Sagol 59, Canadian klezmer-rapper Socalled, the Ethiopian-Israeli Akum, and the Middle Eastern-inflected Balkan Beat Box.
  In 2004, as part of his Celebrate series, Craig Taubman co-produced with music video director Jeremy Goldscheider the first Jewish hip-hop compilation album, Celebrate Hip Hop: Jewish Artists From Around the Globe. Contributing artists included Hip Hop Hoodíos, Sagol 59, Blood of Abraham, Socalled, Mook E, Etan G, and Remedy of the Wu-Tang Clan, as well as lesser known artists like the Russian group iSQUAD and the British groups Antithesis and Emunah.
  In the mid-2000s, Hasidic reggae rap artist Matisyahu experienced mainstream success; his albums Live at Stubb's (2005) and Youth (2006) were certified gold, while his single "King Without a Crown" became a Top 40 hit.
  Following Matisyahu's success, a number of Hasidic rappers emerged, including Y-Love, DeScribe, Nosson Zand, Eprhyme, and Nissim. Many of these were baalei teshuva, and many of them were promoted through Yemenite producer Diwon's label Shemspeed Records, alongside non-Hasidic artists like Kosha Dillz and Electro Morocco.
  In Israel, a number of Orthodox rappers have become popular in both religious and secular circles. The rap rock band Shtar, formed at the Aish HaTorah yeshiva by Seattle rapper Ori Murray and British guitarist Brad Rubinstein, appeared on the reality singing competition HaKokhav HaBa performing Linkin Park's "In the End". Rinat Gutman, the country's first religious female rapper, gained attention in 2015 for her song "Shirat Ha'asavim Hashotim", a darkly humorous song addressing the sexual harassment committed by a number of Orthodox rabbis and other authority figures.
caption: Diwon performing in Melbourne in 2009.
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