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October 1, 2020

Noga Erez: “YOU SO DONE”

By: Jack Anderson

While you might not be all that acquainted with Israel’s hip-hop scene, if there’s one breakthrough rapper to keep an eye on, it’s Noga Erez. Born in the midst of the Gulf War and drawing equally from Björk and M.I.A. as she does Kendrick Lamar and Frank Ocean, Erez has never shied away from her political outspokenness.

Erez has a new album coming out right around the bend but you can tide yourself over with her most recent single, one with an in-depth visual counterpart and an electronic breakdown that’ll put you over the moon, “YOU SO DONE”!


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