G-Town the Palestinian Hip-Hop Makers

With the vast reach of the Hip hop culture in Palestine, this widespread phenomenon attracted the attention of Muhammmed al-Moughrabi a young Palestinian refugee from Shu'fat refugee camp located in Jerusalem in the occupied Palestinian territory who was deeply fond of this culture and waited too long to speak up and express his feelings and aspirations concerning the difficult circumstances of being a refugee in a creative way.
Thus, his dream was applied to the realm of reality in 2002 when he launched a hip hop band under the name refugee of Jerusalem - G- Town- where G stands for Ghetto – along with Fadi Amous. They played the first beat of Hip Hop music and released their first album in 2007 with the name Dardakeh and thus were the first to play hip hop music in Jerusalem and use this culture as a mean to express the feeling of being a refugee and their sentiments towards their homeland, enemy, world and the middle east in general.
One of their most well known songs was Sharq Awsat Jadeed (New Middle East). This song was known all over the world. Therefore, G- Town band can be taken as a great example of the success of the Hip hop culture in Palestine as its members have participated in many international festivals and tours, never to fail mentioning getting a MTV award, beside producing video shows, and taking parts in documentary films, composing music, and having the privilege of making soundtrack for an academy award (Oscar) nominated film.