We7 - Boys Of Da Hood

“We7 – Wlad el 7ara” are a Palestinian Hip Hop group from the city of Nazareth and has been since 2001, group members are “Adi Krayem (1986), Alaa Bishara (1987) and Anan Qssem (1985)”. We7’s musical style is a cultural mixture combining western Hip Hop beats and eastern melodies – sounds of O’ud, Qannun and eastern violent take a leading part in the band’s productions. We7’s lyrics convey street wisdom as they address the social and political problems they face as a minority of Palestinians living inside Israel. We7 became one of the leading groups in the local scene through taking part in most of the Palestinian hip hop projects – concerts, websites and musical releases, they reached local mainstream in 2007 when they released there first demo album entitled “Music to all my people” which was distributed for free across Palestine – over 5000 copies, the album was produced and recorded in the band’s studio in Nazareth “The Underground Studio”. We7’s international breakthrough is anticipated; they premiered in Amsterdam, Tunis, Greece, Cypress, Jordan and Oslo and have been a part of the documentary “Sling Shot Hip Hop” which is being viewed in film festivals around the world and has already taken an award in Sundance film festival in the USA. We7 took part in Kayaan Project which is the first project worldwide to combine Rap over Jazz music, the project's album is called "Wednesday" released at November 2010. The group is currently working on their first international album “Voice Of the Silence” and a self entitled movie by Palestinian director Anwar Hassan, both are to be released in fall 2011.