El Meswy
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El Meswy is a hip hop
artist originally from Alcorcon, Spain. He presently resides in Brooklyn, NY.
, Kool G. and Kane
, El Meswy taught himself to rap, and is today one of the most listened to artists throughout Spain.
El Meswy has publicly rejected the violence inherent to his music: “rap is like a sport, or so to say, the violence inherent in rap should not leave the microphone, because it’s a competition, you throw your lyrics out to show that you’re strong, that you have skill on the mike, but it should never pass from there. It’s a metaphor and should never transfer to the streets. It just shouldn’t.”
El Meswy considers hip hop to be used as a platform for contact with others: “simply to be able to apply the knowledge in rap, which is a way of communication that we utilize as a place to speak to each other, as a newscast of the people, of the neighborhood, what is really happening and what they don’t show in the news.”
Hip hop
Hip hop is a form of musical expression and artistic culture that originated in African-American and Latino communities during the 1970s in New York City, specifically the Bronx. DJ Afrika Bambaataa outlined the four pillars of hip hop culture: MCing, DJing, breaking and graffiti writing...
artist originally from Alcorcon, Spain. He presently resides in Brooklyn, NY.
Biography
Introduced to Spanish hip hop in 1985, he became interested in the graffiti movement that was unfolding in his neighborhoods, and taught himself how make his individual mark through graffiti. Later influenced by American hip hop artists RakimRakim
William Michael Griffin Jr. , known by his stage names Rakim , Rakim Allah, R.A.K.I.M., and The Master, is an American rapper. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential and most skilled emcees of all time. Eric B...
, Kool G. and Kane
Big Daddy Kane
Antonio Hardy better known by his stage name Big Daddy Kane, is an American rapper who started his career in 1986 as a member of the rap group the Juice Crew. He is widely considered to be one of the most influential and skilled MC's in Hip Hop...
, El Meswy taught himself to rap, and is today one of the most listened to artists throughout Spain.
El Meswy has publicly rejected the violence inherent to his music: “rap is like a sport, or so to say, the violence inherent in rap should not leave the microphone, because it’s a competition, you throw your lyrics out to show that you’re strong, that you have skill on the mike, but it should never pass from there. It’s a metaphor and should never transfer to the streets. It just shouldn’t.”
El Meswy considers hip hop to be used as a platform for contact with others: “simply to be able to apply the knowledge in rap, which is a way of communication that we utilize as a place to speak to each other, as a newscast of the people, of the neighborhood, what is really happening and what they don’t show in the news.”