Monday
Aug062012
Syria Feature: Finding a Hip-Hop Voice Amid the Conflict (Mohajer/Rajput)
LaTlateh is a Damascus-based three-piece hip-hop outfit comprising Al Sayyed Darwish, Watar and Abu Koulthoum. They perform alongside producer Dab Snakkr, whose music documents the day-to-day struggle of the Syrian uprising.
"The situation in Syria is what motivates us to write. How can we sit by and watch all the pain and suffering that is going on around us and not speak out?"
tagged Abu Koulthoum, Al Sayyed Darwish, BBC, Dab Snakkr, Fay Rajput, LaTlateh, Samer Mohajer, Syria, The Third Line, Watar