962 is the hip-hop movement and the name of the main hip-hop group in Jordan similar to the 961 in Lebanon and probably many others around the Arab World. It’s easily to tell but if you’re wondering what does 962 mean, it’s the country code for calling Jordan.
The Jordanian hip-hop scene manifesting in rap, break dance, beat-boxing, graffiti and underground hip hop music is blooming and it’s quite exciting to watch! Amer Al-Taher who has just released a new track by the way is one talent to keep an eye on. MC NiZ-R from TAJ adds a different flavor, and Fadi A.Ghazaleh AKA MC Maze is popular already! (some really good shit up there)
And it’s even more exciting to see that all of them have MySpace profiles and use Facebook to promote their work and communicate with their fans.
Female presence is still very limited if not non-existence actually. I can see why in a country like Jordan, street music is still catering to the male audience but I hope that this will not continue to be the norm and that soon enough we will see girls as band members and hip-hop enthusiasts such as myself (albeit I need to let go and stop being so aware of the male-oriented culture around me).
I’m very jealous of the Lebanese hip-hop scene by the way. Lebanese seem to know how to play the entertainment card I guess. I think that part of the reason why our hip-hop scene is still a shy one, in the sense that it is still a street thing, is that Jordanians are generally not variety seekers and are more traditional than say Lebanese or Egyptians. But that remains a personal assumption of course.
If you’re into Arabic hip-hop, here are some of the most remarkable Arabic hip-hop groups and rappers:
- The amazing DAM
- My favorite Arab female MC Malikah
- The very expressive Ramallah Underground
Hi 962,
I’m Ayman from Jordan, and I would love to join you or get some training in Hip Hop if it’s possible, actually many times I looking with my friends for any places in Jordan for hip hop but you know it’s to rarer, and the most one is interesting for hip hop is female if you consider it as good news so how can we contact you guys,
I addition I would like to apology about my bad English,
Best Regards,
Ayman Almaqussi
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Clay
That street, well more like alley is actually a few steps away from my house. Although not a hip-hop enthusiast, I say good for them for trying to create something new. But why the graffiti? There are 962 logos, if you may, sprayed on walls all over the neighbourhood, and even on some old car! That is neither artistic nor creative, it’s just visual pollution.
well, i’m a rapper, and a producer from 962 street..
i’ve been searching the web and i’ve found this topic, which i like by the way, and i would like to add somethings…
the hip hop scene has started a long time ago, i started back in late 2000, the problem we face is kinda oakward, we always say that we face a problem so we create one, people like arabic hip hop, but always say it’s hard to get exposed, which already did, most arabs or let’s say jordanian youth have listened to arabic hip hop and liked, so hip hop is getting somewhere…
a point to say is that TAJ and MC Niz-R are close friends of 962 and are not members of it, just to clarify things, plus, they had a female rapper with them but she has to leave the country to continue the studies, and there are many girl who do breakdance, so i dunno where from you got the idea that there are no girls in the hip hop scene…
another point to add, you talked in this topic about the existence of the crew, you haven’t talked about the message the crew tries to spread, and i could say it in short:
“We as arab youth want people to understand that we are mature, and we want other people to not be ignorant and be aware of what goes in the world around them”, this is in short, we truly want the arab youth to understand that we could be better, we could accomplish great things for ourselves and our society…
for Ayman:
you could contact me through my email: victorious_vision@hotmail.com or you could add me at facebook, just right ahmad puck al-khalidi and add me and i’d be glad to help anyone who is talented and addicted to hip hop…
for Farah:
Graffiti is an art itself, we made the Graffitis you see in Rabyeh for a video shooting for MC Maze, who was living there at that time, plus, we faced a lot of difficulties to find a wall that we could do Graffiti on, it’s against the “law” to write on walls.
I dunno about this car thing, i haven’t seen it, but i can assure you that we haven’t made it.
Thank you for this nice topic, and i would like to say music and art in general get more and more exposed in jordan and the middle east.
hi i was searchin on the web and i found this amazin topic its cool and thank u about this tobic
i just wanna say that i know m.c buck and he is right about what he said and i want to add somthin but befor that iam 1 of the guys who love hip hop eat hip hop rink hip hop lol i just love hip hop i wanted to say that here in the arabian side of world we the rappers cant make records or albums coz the people think that rap is just for fun like the great eminem said they dont know what we r doin if u want t know u have to be on it to understand what it is like like i said they just listen to the music and a guy whos speakin fast but the mater is thay just wont listen to the words he said thats the proplem we got
so any way thank u a gain about this topic and to the 962 groub
love ya …