Posted on June 21, 2010 - by mira

“S O M A-ALIA”

“S O M A – ALIA
Hope they hear us up in Africa
We here in Arabia
Hope you listening in America”

Yemeni-American rapper Hagage “AJ” Masaed performs the song “Somalia” along with Ricky, BD, and Mo50, during a show at the National Museum organized by UNHCR to mark World Refugee Day in Sanaa. Hip hop is a growing subculture among teenagers in the Yemeni capital.

(Click here to listen to AJ’s “No Terrorists Please” and here for more information on Somali refugees in Yemen).