Lebanese Hip-Hop

Lebanese hip hop has had a huge impact on Lebanese youth and they were the first to be effected by hip hip culture. Also considered Lebanese hip hip is the output of palestinians living in refugee camps in Lebanon and they add to the Lebanese hip-hop culture. "AKS'SER", an Arabic hip-hop group from Lebanon, was formed by two Beirut based rappers whose music is a discourse about a society marked by civil war. The act is currently signed with EMI, Rayess Bek, one of the AKS'SER members, has gone on with a solo career, releasing a widley acclaimed album. Another solo Lebanese rap artist by the name of 'Ramez" signed to an independent producer reaches the highest rap sales at Virgin Megastores in 2007 and became the first Lebanese rapper to hit the top charts on NRJ with the Lebanese rap song "Leich Heik Balade" (Why is my country this way). Later on he aired in 2008 on "Lebanon's number one" radio one with "Is it too much asking" a controversial song and video calling for Peace widely viewed on Youtube throughout the world. In 2009 Ramez creates his own company RAMEZ Productions (RAP) and continues to promote Lebanon in a positive way for after 10 years of international work on radio. He said "I have a voice through rap and it's different for my people but through rap I stand by what I say". This made me think about how b-boys talk about expressing their selves through dance. Ramez is expressing his self through rap!