While the majority of Konstancy’s work has seen him use English, the Palestinian rapper has, on occasion, turned to Arabic as a means to more personally reflect and dig deeper into his native culture.

“Arabic is my mother tongue, but it was always easier for me to express myself in English, and I’m more comfortable constructing all my rhymes and metaphors because of that,” the Cyprus-based artist told SceneNoise in a 2019 interview. “Recently, I’ve been challenging myself and mixing both languages in my songs, and the feedback has been great, so there’s definitely going to be more of that.”

That was off the back of two singles, ‘Fallen’ and ‘Tayer’, in which the rapper experimented with Arabic. This time round, Konstancy has recruited Ramallah-based rapper, 7orz, for new track, ‘Sudfeh’, which represents Konstancy’s unique positioning and evolution as a rapper – possibly more so than any pf his previous work. Having grown up in Jerusalem with the music of everyone from Nas to Big L in his ear, the rapper has one foot in Palestine and one in New York.


The beat uses a sparse but impassioned trumpet sample, which really gives it that NYC flavour and, overall, it would comfortably find a spot on the kind of mixtapes that did the rounds on the streets of the Bronx and Queens in the late 80s and early 90s. The rap – from both artists – is peppered with clever rhymes, while the delivery has an almost continuous, shifting free-flow. Konstancy even works in a few English lines that he incorporates seamlessly and that don’t disturb his flow one bit. “Flow too hot, ana estawaa2y (I’m equatorial),” he raps. “Entoo bas manzar zay gawazy (You’re all show just like my passport)/I came from the dirt, zay agdaadee (like my grandparents).

What the track ultimately proves - once more - is that Konstancy can hold his own in his native tongue. It also draws him closer to the Palestinian rap scene, where he can stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the likes of Shab Jdeed and Muqata’a – two figures he admires for portraying the Palestinian experience.

Get to know Konstancy better in his interview with SceneNoise.

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