Sound and Fury

“Turkish Rap will explode” has been the common motto of all rappers since the beginning of Turkish Rap music in the early 1990s. However, it was not easy for the motto to turn into reality.

While other genres of music mostly talked about love, affection, having fun and reveling, rap music makers preferred to tell their listeners other stories, to be the voice of rebellion against injustice.

How did rap music go from being an alternative music genre in terms of its starting point, target audience and narrative to surpassing mainstream music genres in our country?

The birth of Turkish rap happened outside the borders of the country. How did the movement that started in Germany enter Turkey, where did it find a home and where did it develop?

Anger is one of the most prominent features of Rap music, and throwing DISS is indispensable. At the point reached today, the economic size of rap music now emphasizes friendship as much as enmity.

Turkish Rap has now formed its generations due to its age. How did the newschools of the past become oldschool? Do the three generations of Turkish Rap get along with each other?

When Turkish Rap became the biggest player in our country's music industry, did it start to give up its rebellious nature? In the world of Turkish Rap, do principles now speak, or does money have the last word?

The stories of Ezhel, Ceza, Gazapizm, Fuat and many more of the most respected names of Turkish Rap, and their beginnings in rap music.

We talk to those who dream of making it to the league of giants, those who say they will continue to make this music under the stairs, and the masters who share their experiences and advice with them.