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Maor Ashkenazi (Hebrew: מאור אשכנזי; born 23 June 2000) is an Israeli rapper, singer, songwriter and producer. He co-wrote and produced the single "Noam's Song 2" with Noam Cohen. The song is about Cohen experience as a is a survivor of the Alumim Junction during of the Re'im music festival massacre on 7 October 2023. The song entered at number 33 on the Mako chart. At its peak, it reached number 26 on the Israeli charts.




Early life


Ashkenazi grew up in Rishon LeZion, his parents divorced when he was one year old. Ashkenazi, who started writing at age 13.
From 2016 to 2018, Maor Ashkenazi served in the Israel Defense Forces and received an honorable discharge once he completed his mandatory service in the IDF as a combat medic in Battalion 932. Towards the end of his military service, Ashkenazi participated in a rap and hip-hop course at the Rimon School of Music's foreign studies department, led by rapper Segol 59.




Career


In 2018, Ashkenazi released his debut single, "Fools and Young". Between 2018 and 2022, he released several singles from his debut album, called "Fools And Young", after the name of the debut single. The album was released on 11 November 2022, about four years after the release of the first single, and included a special appearance by singer Keren Crispil.
In November 2023, during the Israel–Hamas war, Ashkenazi and Noam Cohen, one of the survivors of the Re'im music festival massacre, released the song "Noam's Song 2". From Ashkenazi's debut album, the song deals with Cohen's experience during the massacre. The song peaked at number 26 on the Mako chart and tenth on the Mako chart. At its peak, it reached number 26 on the charts. In the official Galgalat parade, which resumed on 29 November after an eight-week hiatus following the onset of the Israel-Hamas war, the song entered in tenth place.




Discography






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2022: טיפשים וצעירים (Stupid and young)




See also


Israeli hip hop
Music of Israel
Ofer Levi
Jonathan Mergui




References






External links


Maor Ashkenazi on YouTube

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