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Jewish hip hop is a genre of hip hop music with thematic, stylistic, or cultural ties to Judaism and its musical traditions. Artists in the genre often blend reggae and klezmer influences with standard hip hop production techniques and rap in languages including English, Hebrew, Yiddish, Aramaic, and Ladino.
N.W.A. manager Jerry Heller, producer Rick Rubin, and former Def Jam Recordings CEO Lyor Cohen were Jewish figures central to hip hop's commercial golden age. Majority-Jewish rap groups from the same era included 3rd Bass, The Whooliganz, The High and Mighty, and the Beastie Boys.
JDub Records was founded in 2002 as one of the first labels to promote explicitly Jewish rap artists. Its roster included Sagol 59, klezmer rapper Socalled, the Ethiopian-Israeli duo Axum, and the group Balkan Beat Box.
Matisyahu, a Hasidic reggae rap artist signed to JDub, had his albums Live at Stubb's, released in 2005, and Youth, released in 2006, both certified gold. His single "King Without a Crown" became a Top 40 hit.
Rabbinic authorities have condemned the mixing of secular musical styles with religious life. The Committee for Jewish Music, led by Rabbi Ephraim Luft, published 2008 rules prohibiting secular styles like rap, and Orthodox rabbis condemned the 2007 album Rap in Yiddish in a full-page ad in Hamodia, calling for a boycott.
Notable artists connected to Jewish hip hop include Matisyahu, Hip Hop Hoodíos, Blood of Abraham, Socalled, Y-Love, DeScribe, Nosson Zand, Eprhyme, Nissim Black, Kosha Dillz, Shtar, Rinat Gutman, and Darshan.