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CairoScene
09-08-2025
- Entertainment
- CairoScene
Palestinian Collective BLTNM to Host Showcase in Amman Sep 19th
Brought by events giant Al Wahida, the show will feature a series of electrifying live performances from BLTNM's roster. Aug 09, 2025 Ramallah-based hip-hop collective and independent record label BLTNM is set to host a showcase in Amman, Jordan, on September 19th. Brought by events giant Al Wahida, the show will feature a series of electrifying live performances from BLTNM's roster, including the long-time collaborators Shabjdeed and Al Nather, alongside Daboor, Fawzi, Smokaholic and Touch. Since its inception, BLTNM has quickly become one of the most respected collectives in the region's hip-hop scene, for the way they managed to push trap music into a new, uncharted territory, presenting an honest vision of the young Palestinian living experience under the occupation. They carved out a distinctive sound that is political and revolutionary in a natural, unforced way, and considerably innovative. The show will take place at the Madboun venue in Amman. Tickets are now available via the tzkrti website.
CairoScene
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- CairoScene
R3D, Shabjdeed & Al Nather Drop Music Video for 'Umro2'
The animated music video, helmed by Rony Karkar, is steeped in subterranean aesthetics that mirror the track's themes of resistance, inner conflict and unfiltered social commentary. Jul 02, 2025 Palestinian rapper R3D has just released the official music video for 'Umro2', his joint single with fellow BLTNM mates Shabjdeed and Al Nather. The animated music video, helmed by Stereo studios and directed by Rony Karkar, is steeped in subterranean aesthetics that mirror the track's themes of resistance, inner conflict and unfiltered social commentary. It opens in an ominous game-like location, an industrial or underground backdrop, before cutting to snapshots of Shabjeed inside a prison cell followed by airstrikes, reflecting the ongoing Israeli genocide in Palestine. The video transitions into visuals of an incognito commander on a motorbike - which later turns out to be R3D - naviating a futuristic metropolitan city with soaring skyscrapers and gleaming towers. The scenes sharply contrast with visuals of Gaza reduced to a rubble-strewn wasteland by the Israeli attacks, highlighting the unprecedented level of destruction and the apocalyptic reality Palestinians continue to endure. The juxtaposition lays bare the violence of erasure and the resilience that persists in its wake. Towards the end of the video, R3D gets exiled into a desert where he comes face to face with a transformer-like creature in a seemingly autobit battle - a visual metaphor for the enduring defiance of Palestinians even in displacement and exile. Originally released in 2024, 'Umro2' contrasts Shabjdeed's introspective lyricism on Palestine and his internal struggles, with R3D's rapid-fire flows and critical commentary-driven delivery, against Al Nather's ominous production and nostalgic samples.
CairoScene
09-06-2025
- Entertainment
- CairoScene
Shabjdeed & Al Nather Reclaim the Crown on New Track ‘MLKRAP'
BLTNM heavyweights Shabjdeed and Al Nather reunite for 'MLKRAP,' a brutal drill track with a glitched-out visual twist. Jun 09, 2025 Palestinian rapper Shabjdeed just dropped a sonic uppercut. Titled 'MLKRAP', and produced by longtime collaborator Al Nather, the track marks a brash, unfiltered return to BLTNM's signature sound: raw, politically defiant, and uncompromising in energy. Released via BLTNM Records, the track came with a video game-inspired visual designed by Legbone, known for his dystopian digital aesthetic. Backed by Al Nather's drill beat, Shabjdeed delivers a fiery monologue that blends street poetry, biting social commentary, and a kind of dark humour. 'ملك لفلو انا ملك الراب' ('My flow is royal, I'm the king of rap'), Shabjdeed growls, delivering the line like a threat and a prophecy. The track moves between personal stakes and national rage, with bars that refuse to be softened. In the music video, Legbone's 3D animation plunges Shabjdeed into a glitchy, game-like world. With digital avatars, collapsing architecture, and surreal symbolism, the video echoes the track's themes of resistance through chaos.
