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Subliminal (rapper)

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli rap artist”. Today it says “israeli rapper”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Musical artist Ya'akov "Kobi" Shimony ( Hebrew : יעקב "קובי" שמעוני, born November 13, 1979), generally known by his stage name”. It now reads “Israeli rapper (born 1979) Musical artist Ya'akov "Kobi" Shimony ( ; born November 13, 1979), generally known by his stage name”.
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The opening as it read in 2005

Subliminal is an Israeli rap artist . He and his former protege, Palestinian rapper Tamer Nafar , are the subjects of a documentary film , Channels of Rage , featured in both the Arab Film Festival , and the Jewish Film Festivals . v t e1

This is Wikipedia's own text, saved in our repository. Their copy of it is revision 16280839.
Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “israeli rap artist”. Today it says “israeli rapper”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Musical artist Ya'akov "Kobi" Shimony ( Hebrew : יעקב "קובי" שמעוני, born November 13, 1979), generally known by his stage name”. It now reads “Israeli rapper (born 1979) Musical artist Ya'akov "Kobi" Shimony ( ; born November 13, 1979), generally known by his stage name”. Read the current article and compare.
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What Wikipedia says this is

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Then

israeli rap artist

Now

israeli rapper

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