SAINT LEVANT DEDICATES COACHELLA PERFORMANCE TO GAZA
April 17, 2024Jerusalem-born rapper Saint Levant dedicated his debut set at Coachella, the world’s largest music festival, to Gaza prompting widespread support online.
The 23-year-old @saintlevant spent several years in the Gaza Strip during his childhood. In 2007, his family was forced to relocate to Amman, Jordan.
Saint Levant’s comments sparked an outburst of support online, with fans and Palestinian activists lauding the artist for using his platform to talk about Gaza.
Palestinian flags and keffiyehs were raised and “Free Palestine” chants were heard throughout the crowd, AFP reported.
Israel’s assault on Gaza, which began after the 7 October Hamas-led attacks on southern Israel, has killed more than 33,000 people, including 14,500 children.
Some 1.5 million people have taken refuge in the southern city of Rafah, while Israel plans a military assault on the city. The UN says Israel is blocking vital food supplies into the territory.
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English Script:
Saint Levant: My name is Saint Levant and I was born in Jerusalem and raised in Gaza and as I hope all of you are aware the people of Gaza have been undergoing a brutal, brutal genocide for the past six months, and the people of Palestine have been undergoing a brutal occupation for the past 75 years.
I hate that I’m more comfortable in English but every day I tell myself that it’s a privilege cause I can talk about the way my people living and I’ll do it on his beat cause I know you wanna listen. I see children with a vision. Yeah, turn the numbers on your TV screen. I see dreams and hopes of a college degree. Turn the dust to get buried up under all this debris uh our biggest weapon is our family trees yeah We didn’t choose to live in this life overseas. I hear the sounds of the bombs in my sleep, but I never in my life heard the sound of the defeat. Cause we are a nation, a displaced dreamer, heritage keepers, overpaid leader, by definition we are overachievers underpaid teachers of life can you hear us
