Moroccan hip hop
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Moroccan rap music is a Moroccan musical style, related to rap and Hip hop culture. It nevertheless stand out from American rap or French rap by its locality, by its proximity of Moroccan youth (by the themes it treats), and also by the relative influence it undergo from Moroccan culture.
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Moroccan rap music dates back to the 1980s with the group Out-life.[citation needed]
Rap and urban music have conquered Moroccan big cities. Using a blunt street dialect (urban darija), Moroccan rappers claim social and politic protest messages. They hope for a better Morocco and regularly denounce corruption, misery and unemployment. Rap, which appeared like a new musical style, became quickly a favorite for many Moroccans, especially the youth.
[edit] Some notable Moroccan rappers and rap groups
[edit] Documentary Film about the hip hop in Morocco
Morocco Street Life is the title of the first documentary one devoted to the Moroccan scene hip-hop, carried out by Dj Key, one of the precursors of the kind.
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- (French) RAP marocain: Quand la Jeunesse se rebelle, un dossier à propos du rap marocain paru dans Le Journal Hebdomadaire.
- (French) RAP marocain: Rap marocain, portail musical qui répertorie les musiques favorites des marocains.
- (French) Rap marocain sur Wikimusique - author Mario Scolas - GFDL
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