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Shadia Mansour , also known as " The first lady of arabic hip hop ", is a British -born Palestinian singer and MC .1Mansour started singing at the age of five, appearing on various Arabic , British, American TV and radio shows. Mansour has become one of the leading female Arab MCs worldwide. She has also been featured on tracks with “The X-Vandals”, DAM (band) - a Palestinian Rap group , Olkinary (French Rapper) and many more… Mansour has opened up for Busta Rhymes and Mobb Deep at the Palladium Club in New Rochelle , NY. Mansour toured the US and received a positive welcome in Chicago , Milwaukee, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Mansour also took part in the Annual Pre Black August Concert in NYC with DJ Johnny Juice (PUBLIC ENEMY) alongside her giving her performance an authentic New York touch. Mansour went to Holland to perform in a 4 city tour (all of which – sold out) with an orchestra of 200 people and a children’s choir of 50. Mansour opened this year's Annual Black August Benefit for Political Prisoners alongside major hip hop legends such as Q-Tip, EPMD, Bilal, Blackmoon, Smif N Wessun and Immortal Technique. Mansour also headlined the Arab World Fest in Milwaukee. Mansour was asked back to Holland for a Gala Dinner event hosted by Music In Me beginning of November. Mansour is also featured in the AAlikes documentary coming out titled “Ballot or the Bullet”. v t e2
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Musical artist Shadia Mansour ( Shādiyah Manṣūr , born 1985), also known as "the first lady of Arabic hip hop " is a British Palestinian singer and MC who sings and raps in Arabic and English.Much of her music focuses on Middle East politics.BBC News Online . 7 September 2010 .See also "Palestinians, Israelis boogey ecstatically together in West Bank as 70s band belts out its nostalgic disco tunes at open-air concert" .
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Musical artist Shadia Mansour ( Shādiyah Manṣūr , born 1985), also known as "the first lady of Arabic hip hop " is a British Palestinian singer and MC who sings and raps in Arabic and English. Much of her music focuses on Middle East politics. BBC News Online . 7 September 2010 . See also "Palestinians, Israelis boogey ecstatically together in West Bank as 70s band belts out its nostalgic disco tunes at open-air concert" .
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British-Palestinian musical artist Not to be confused with Shazia Manzoor . Musical artist Shadia Mansour ( Shādiyah Manṣūr , born 1985), also known as "the first lady of Arabic hip hop " is a British-Palestinian rapper who performs in Arabic and English . Much of her music revolves around Middle Eastern politics. BBC News Online . 7 September 2010 . See also "Palestinians, Israelis boogey ecstatically together in West Bank as 70s band belts out its nostalgic disco tunes at open-air concert" .
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British-Palestinian musical artist (born 1985) Not to be confused with Shazia Manzoor . Musical artist Shadia Mansour ( Arabic : شادية منصور , romanized : Shādiyah Manṣūr ; born 1985), also known as "the first lady of Arabic hip hop " is a British-Palestinian rapper who performs in Arabic and English . Much of her music revolves around Middle Eastern politics. See also "Palestinians, Israelis boogey ecstatically together in West Bank as 70s band belts out its nostalgic disco tunes at open-air concert" .
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british-palestinian rapper who performs in arabic and english
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