Hip-hop, drill, trap-shaabi - in all of its various forms, rap continues to conquer hearts and charts across the Middle East. What was once a dirty word has now seeped into the mainstream, as rappers from Morocco, to Egypt, to Palestine, step forward as the voices of their generation and the superstars of the next. As usual, we've gathered our favourite rap releases from the Arab world and diaspora, for not other reason than to shamelessly and revel in the gluttony of rap. Feast.

MOUSV - Zaghaba

Fawzi - Kilmeh

Abyusif - Maalesh Ana Toht

TiiwTiiw Ft. ElGrandeToto - PAPA

Samara - Mois 12

EL KHAYAL - Mayleen

Didine Kalash - POUTINE X

Karim Enzo - Mahma

Esserpent - Berrasmi


Arsenik - Narcos 

Tchiggy - En Place