Jewish hip hop

Jewish hip hop
Stylistic origins	Jewish music, hip hop, klezmer, reggae, world music
Cultural origins	Early 2000s, North America, Israel, and Europe
Typical instruments	Rapping, turntabling, beatboxing, sampling
Other topics
Jewish rock, Israeli hip hop

Jewish hip hop is a genre of hip hop music with thematic, stylistic, or cultural ties to Judaism and its musical traditions.

Jewish hip hop artists have come from a wide variety of countries and cultures. Elements of reggae, klezmer, and other world music are often incorporated alongside traditional hip hop production techniques like cutting, scratching, sampling, looping, and beatboxing. Many Jewish rappers are also multilingual, rapping in English, Hebrew, Yiddish, Aramaic, Ladino, and other languages, depending on their background.

From its commercial golden age in the 1980s and early 1990s, Jewish artists, producers, and executives played a significant role in the hip hop industry. These included N.W.A. manager Jerry Heller, producer Rick Rubin, and former Def Jam Recordings CEO Lyor Cohen, as well as majority-Jewish rap groups like 3rd Bass, The Whooliganz, and most prominently, the Beastie Boys. Josh Noreck of Hip Hop Hoodíos later stated that "before Eminem, pretty much the only white rappers were Jewish." In Israel, Jewish rappers like Shabak Samech's Mook E, Sagol 59, Subliminal, The Shadow, and helped pioneer the country's hip hop scene in the late '90s and early 2000s. Despite this, few of these acts acknowledged their Jewish heritage in their music, with some exceptions being Hip Hop Hoodíos, the parody group 2 Live Jews, and Ruthless Records signees Blood of Abraham.