The Shadow (rapper)

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The Shadow

Background information
Birth name Yoav Eliasi
Born November 21, 1977
Origin Safed, Israel
Genre(s) Rap
Years active 1999-present
Label(s) TACT Records/Helicon
Website TACT-Records.com

Yoav Eliasi (Hebrew: יואב אליאסי) (born November 21, 1977), commonly known by his rap name The Shadow (Hebrew: הצל), is an Israeli rap artist. He is part of the stable of artists on the label, TACT Records, who are the best-selling Israeli musical group of all time, with over 10 #1 hit singles in Israel and over 1 million records sold worldwide to date, and TACT Records is Israel's largest music label.

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[edit] Background

He was born in Safed; his family relocated to Tel Aviv two years later. By his teenage years he had formed a deep bond with Kobi Shimoni, and the two began performing together at hip-hop shows.

After finishing his mandatory service in the IDF, he decided to stay on. This is where is his rap name allegedly derived from. The official TACT Records profile says that Yoav Eliasi was in an elite undercover unit where he could not show his face, though in an interview with Yehoram Gaon on Channel 1, Eliasi claims that he was a Mifaked Mishmat.

He was featured with Kobi Shimoni and their protege, Tamer Nafar in the documentary Channels of Rage. He continues to work under the TACT label and has been quite successful.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Studio Albums

[edit] With Subliminal

  • Ha'Or Ve'HaTzel (Hebrew: האור והצל, "The Light and the Shadow") 2002

[edit] With TACT (Tel-Aviv City Team)

  • TACT All-Stars (Hebrew: תאקט אול סטארז, "TACT All-Stars") (2004)

[edit] Singles

[edit] With TACT

[edit] Non-album singles
  • Shir Shel Rega Ehad (Hebrew: שיר של רגע אחד, "Song of One Moment") (2005)

[edit] From TACT All-Stars
  • Hineni/Viens Ici (Hebrew: הנני/VIENS ICI, "Here I am") (2004)
  • Lama (Hebrew: למה, "Why?") (2004)
  • Prahim ba'Kaneh (Hebrew: פרחים בקנה, "Flowers in the Gun Barrel") (2004)
  • Peace in the Middle East (Hebrew: שלום במזרח התיכון, "Peace in the Middle East") (2004)

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