How Palestinian Rapper MC Abdul Rose from Gaza’s Refugee Camps to the World Stage
“Is it real?”
That’s the question MC Abdul kept asking himself when he arrived in San Francisco three years ago.
His journey began when he was 11 years old, after he uploaded a video of himself rapping at his school in Gaza. His verse, in self-taught English and full of hope that even the most dangerous environment couldn’t extinguish, went viral.
The baby-faced kid with determination in his eyes soon caught the attention of Ghazi, the Palestinian American founder of powerhouse San Francisco record label EMPIRE. MC Abdul signed a record deal in 2020, and EMPIRE began the process of bringing…
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