Algerian hip hop music (Arabic:الراب الجزائري,romanized: Alrāb al-Jazāʼirī) as a genre includes theHip Hop music of both native Algerians and Algerians abroad. Algerians living abroad have contributed much to this genre,[1] especially inFrance, where they are also considered part of theFrench hip hop scene. Some of these Algerians have become prominent. Algeria also has a hip hop scene, which, while less well-known internationally, is among the most developed inAfrica and theArab world.
Algerian rap is said to have begun in the 80s.Takfarinas andFarid Ghaya Dual created the songAfen Imime in 1983.Cheb Hamidou wrote the songJawla Fi Lil in 1985. However, many consider the first group of rappers in Algeria to beIntik, who was founded in 1988, followed byHamma Boys. By 1990, Hip Hop was well known among the youth and in October that year thousands of schoolchildren and young adults rose up to fight against risingfood prices and neglect of the education system.[citation needed]
Youcef of the group Intik began writing "about the system, the government, because the more that you asked questions, the more you discovered... And as soon as you begin to reflect, you begin to have answers."[2] Algerian rap speaks about the reality of day-to-day life torn by "political injustice, terror, and war", its goal being to give hope to the younger generation.[3]
The Algerian crewMBS, founded in the late 1980s, is considered the most popular Algerian hip hop group. Another group isIntik, which mixes different type of music and languages.
