Turkish Versus German Hip Hop
Although being most prominent in Germany, Turkish hip hop is placed in opposition to German hip hop. Timothy Brown in “ ‘Keeping it Real’ in a Different ‘Hood: (African-) Americanization and Hip-Hop in Germany,” described Turkish hip hop as the product of a language and source material innovation. According to an article about German hip hop in The Bomb Hip-Hop Magazine, Germany is full of immigrants, and consequently, everyone raps in the language they prefer. Turkish hip hop artists rap in their own Turkish language and sample Turkish folk music as opposed to American or German songs. This musical sub-genre is therefore seen as a counter nationalism movement marking the Turkish ethnicity within the German nationalism as a whole. It became a weapon against racial chauvinism and ethnic nationalism in Germany. Instead of rallying for integration within the Germany culture, Turkish hip hop created a form of ethnic resistance against the dominant society.
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