Junior Hassen - Oussama & Saddam ｜ أُسامة & صدّام

Name: Junior Hassen - Oussama & Saddam ｜ أُسامة & صدّام
Uploaded: 2023-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
Description: Released October 14, 2023, 'Oussama & Saddam' arrives at a moment of acute geopolitical tension in the Arab world — weeks after the escalation of conflict in Gaza — and builds on Junior Hassen's established pattern of invoking iconic figures of Arab resistance and defiance. The title references Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein as…

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Junior Hassen - Oussama & Saddam ｜ أُسامة & صدّام music video

2023North African Rap Emergence (2023)Tunisian street rap / North African politically engaged hip-hop (2020s)

What this video is

Released October 14, 2023, 'Oussama & Saddam' arrives at a moment of acute geopolitical tension in the Arab world — weeks after the escalation of conflict in Gaza — and builds on Junior Hassen's established pattern of invoking iconic figures of Arab resistance and defiance. The title references Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein as politicised symbols within street-level Arab popular imagination, consistent with…

Why it matters

Represents a significant document of the 2023 wave of Tunisian political rap, which distinguished itself from earlier Maghrebi hip-hop by embracing maximally controversial Arab-world iconography. Junior Hassen's rapid accumulation of over 126 million YouTube streams from a standing start in 2023…

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