Michael
"MC Serch" Berrin and Greensboro, North Carolina DJ Waleed Coyote will
collaborate on a compilation titled Peace in the Middle East, a new album
made up of Arab and Jewish artists.
Serch, a Jewish rapper and member of famed ’90s rap group 3rd Bass and DJ Waleed
Coyote, an Arab DJ on Greensboro’s 102 Jamz and Othaz Records executive, announced
the project, which aims to bring awareness to issues in the Middle East and to
begin a peace process between the two cultures utilizing Hip-Hop music."I
am very excited about this project," MC Serch told AllHipHop.com. "I
am very proud of all of the artists that are involving their time and energy to
talk about peace, talk about the importance of living together, being peaceful
together, and coexisting together. Hopefully through hip-hop, our word and our
music, we can spread a positive message that will be heard."Rappers
already attached to the project include Ill Bill, Yatty, Noose, Abnormal, Moxberg,
whuthisname and others. DJ Waleed Coyote compared to album to 1990’s Stop The
Violence Movement’s historic recording "Self Destruction."According
to DJ Waleed Coyote, a portion of the proceeds will go toward benefiting millions
of children refugees in Palestine, Iraq and Israel and Lebanon, where millions
more were recently displaced during a war between Israel and Lebanon-based political/religious
group Hezbollah.DJ
Waleed Coyote, born Waleed Hanhan, is particularly close to the situation because
his father is Palestinian and his mother is Lebanese. The DJ lived in Lebanon
until he was eight-years-old, when he moved to the United States. "I
was a fan of 3rd Bass since I saw them as I was watching Yo! MTV Raps!" DJ
Waleed Coyote told AllHipHop.com. "Their videos would play and I was a real
fan. I always knew he was just like me, but he belongs to another religion and
culture. And that religion and culture that I’m supposed to beef with. But there
wasn’t any, it was like meeting a cousin, because we both love Hip-Hop. For me
to be able to work with him was a big look and it’s something people really need.
My father is still in Beirut to this day, and he [Serch] has people in Israel
so with the situation going on it’s a big look."Peace
in the Middle East
is scheduled to hit stores in 2007. For more informationvisit www.othaz.com.
