On bed sheets embroidered with the same oohs and aahs we chanted at the picket line." — “Tayf (Ghost),” Mashrou’ Leila I discovered Lebanese four-member indie rock band Mashrou’ Leila while studying ...

The Canadian rapper Drake has caused a storm on Twitter after he used Arabic lyrics in his latest “Only You Freestyle” with British rapper Headie One. Drake, real name Aubrey Drake Graham, is one of ...

Drake's Arabic lyrics translated have fans thinking he's talking about Rihanna. Picture: PA/Instagram/YouTube Drake released his new song ‘Only You Freestyle’ with Headie One, where he gave a shout ...

Love them or loathe them, love songs seem to be written into the DNA of just about every culture. One of the most private and personal of emotions is also, paradoxically, the most public. Despite the ...

No nation has a richer history of prosecuting hip hop than the genre's birth country does. From our perch in the U.S., the birthplace of hip hop and home of the First Amendment, the travails of ...

12 June 2016 Arab pop sensation The 5 are this summer offering four of their biggest fans the chance to write lyrics that will be included in their upcoming single. The group launched the ...

“If you look back on the 20th century, you’ll see that each artist made his own imprint in music, whether in muwashahat or qasaid, or by introducing new techniques altogether. Together, these ...