Palestinian rapper MC Abdul is ready to focus on his career after reuniting his family
is in Cairo on a Monday night when I connect with him over Zoom. “I just got my family out ofthree days ago,” the Palestinian rapper says. “It’s the first time that I reunited with them in five months.”
During those trying months, he turned to music as a lifeline. Born out of necessity and nurtured by passion, it’s been his refuge since he can remember. In December, he released “,” a track that cuts deep. There’s a rawness to lines like “I want to call my momma, I hope she charged her phone/Hope my brother’s not alone,” set against the melody from the Fugees’ “Ready or Not.” There’s gravity in phrases like “I can calculate the distance of the airplane engine.
His talent didn’t go unnoticed, with the U.S. label Empire wasting no time in signing him. He went on to release “,” Abdul’s personal favorite and his most-viewed video to date. “Last night, I couldn’t sleep and when I did, I could hear bombs in my dreams,” he pours out on the track. “There’s nothing I can do in this case to stay safe/I’m brave even though this house could be my grave.”
In a place where education isn’t a given, the power of music has a way of shining through, especially with a gift like MC Abdul’s. “I just had my phone and my speaker,” he recalls. Everyday comforts, like therapy and public parks, are distant dreams for many, but music is a readily available tool for healing even in the most neglected corners of the world.
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