Rapmusiker Hip-Hop Arabische Musik Libanon Algerien Netzwerk Twitter
Schlagwörter (Englisch)
This article discusses border-crossing interconnections and processes of glocalization in Arab(ic) hip hop culture. It is based on an analysis of collaborative networks among Lebanese and Algerian rappers and their Twitter networks. This approach is grounded in relational sociology which assumes that culture is the product of interactions between individuals. Here two interactions are modeled and analyzed as networks. At first featurings as a form of artistic collaboration are examined. Secondly Twitter followings as an important form of online communication are focused on. By analyzing network-structures like clusters and node properties like the number of connections to other nodes (degree) this article takes a quantitative viewpoint on a subject matter usually analyzed by qualitative tools. The article’s findings indicate the parallel existence of an Algerian and an Eastern Arab(ic) hip hop community excluding the Maghreb region. Both communities have social media connections to the US-American hip hop scene while French hip hop seems to only play a bigger role in Algeria.
