Iraqi-American rapper TIMZ has released a politically charged music video that is getting
Iraqi-American rapper TIMZ has released a politically charged music video that is getting international attention since its debut on YouTube.com.
Winner of the 2007 Hollywood Film Festival Music Video of the Year
Winner of MTVu's "The Freshman" in 2007
Winner of TheBeat.fm Summer Contest "Iraq" is destined to be a true rallying cry during these difficult political times. TIMZ's background allows him to give a unique perspective of the war. "My parents are from Iraq but I was born in the United States. I feel like I'm able to connect to both sides of this war a little more than the average person. That's why I wrote the song the way I did; the first verse is written from the perspective of an Iraqi while the second verse is written from the perspective of an American. The third verse is a history lesson!"
"Dear Mr. George Bush," TIMZ raps. "Why do you insist to make a fool of us? For over 200 years... we stood for what's good, now we despised by our peers; And what do you...but add fuel to the fire and send in more troops. Oh the troops God save the troops; it wasn't their war their lies their fault. America the beautiful what did they do to you, they used you its so indisputable!" On his fiery and autobiographical debut CD, TIMZ—aka Tommy Hanna, an American born rapper of Chaldean and Iraqi descent--gets right up in our faces, mixing explosive, Middle Eastern tinged beats with incendiary rhymes in an effort to shatter those ugly stereotypes that have plagued people who look like him since 9/11 and the start of the Iraq war.
Make no mistake, the title of TIMZ powerful, outspoken and heavy grooving 14- track collection—a nominee for Best Hip-Hop Album at the 2006 San Diego Annual Music Awards—says it all: the San Diego born and bred artist is Open For Business.
"Iraq" was directed by Ron Najor at TheBuzzLA.com
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Iraqi-American rapper TIMZ has released a politically charged music video that is getting
Iraqi-American rapper TIMZ has released a politically charged music video that is getting international attention since its debut on YouTube.com. "Iraq" is destined to be a true rallying cry during these difficult political times. TIMZ's background allows him to give a unique perspective of the war. "My parents are from Iraq but I was born in the United States. I feel like I'm able to connect to both sides of this war a little more than the average person. That's why I wrote the song the way I did; the first verse is written from the perspective of an Iraqi while the second verse is written from the perspective of an American. The third verse is a history lesson!"
"Dear Mr. George Bush," TIMZ raps. "Why do you insist to make a fool of us? For over 200 years... we stood for what's good, now we despised by our peers; And what do you...but add fuel to the fire and send in more troops. Oh the troops God save the troops; it wasn't their war their lies their fault. America the beautiful what did they do to you, they used you its so indisputable!" On his fiery and autobiographical debut CD, TIMZ—aka Tommy Hanna, an American born rapper of Chaldean and Iraqi descent--gets right up in our faces, mixing explosive, Middle Eastern tinged beats with incendiary rhymes in an effort to shatter those ugly stereotypes that have plagued people who look like him since 9/11 and the start of the Iraq war.
Make no mistake, the title of TIMZ powerful, outspoken and heavy grooving 14- track collection—a nominee for Best Hip-Hop Album at the 2006 San Diego Annual Music Awards—says it all: the San Diego born and bred artist is Open For Business.
"Iraq" was directed by Ron Najor at TheBuzzLA.com
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This music video was aired on Cox Cable Channel 4's Chargers Preview.
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Iraqi-American rapper TIMZ has released a politically charged music video that is getting
Iraqi-American rapper TIMZ has released a politically charged music video that is getting international attention since its debut on YouTube.com. "Iraq" is destined to be a true rallying cry during these difficult political times. TIMZ's background allows him to give a unique perspective of the war. "My parents are from Iraq but I was born in the United States. I feel like I'm able to connect to both sides of this war a little more than the average person. That's why I wrote the song the way I did; the first verse is written from the perspective of an Iraqi while the second verse is written from the perspective of an American. The third verse is a history lesson!"
"Dear Mr. George Bush," TIMZ raps. "Why do you insist to make a fool of us? For over 200 years... we stood for what's good, now we despised by our peers; And what do you...but add fuel to the fire and send in more troops. Oh the troops God save the troops; it wasn't their war their lies their fault. America the beautiful what did they do to you, they used you its so indisputable!" On his fiery and autobiographical debut CD, TIMZ—aka Tommy Hanna, an American born rapper of Chaldean and Iraqi descent--gets right up in our faces, mixing explosive, Middle Eastern tinged beats with incendiary rhymes in an effort to shatter those ugly stereotypes that have plagued people who look like him since 9/11 and the start of the Iraq war.
Make no mistake, the title of TIMZ powerful, outspoken and heavy grooving 14- track collection—a nominee for Best Hip-Hop Album at the 2006 San Diego Annual Music Awards—says it all: the San Diego born and bred artist is Open For Business.
This news clip is from January 29th, 2007
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TIMZ on the Riz Khan Show
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TIMZ gets intervied by E-Low, the host of the Grimmie Wreck Show. TIMZ is an Iraqi-America
TIMZ gets intervied by E-Low, the host of the Grimmie Wreck Show. TIMZ is an Iraqi-American (Chaldean) rapper from San Diego, California. More info on TIMZ at www.timzonline.com and for the Grimmie Wreck Show at www.myspace.com/grimmie
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TIMZ on Russian National TV
Get the album at www.TIMZonline.com
TIMZ on Russian National TV
Get the album at www.TIMZonline.com
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Where Is The Anti-War Movement? (March 7th 2007)
By Gil Kaufman
These protesters gen
Where Is The Anti-War Movement? (March 7th 2007)
By Gil Kaufman
These protesters generally have little kind to say about Bush, but few flame the president as hard as Timz (a.k.a. Tommy Hanna), an American-born rapper of Iraqi descent who eviscerates the war and the commander in chief in the clip for his song, "Iraq." Wearing a black hoodie and rapping in front of a background that shifts from the desert to quick-cut images of dead bodies, exploding shells and prisoner abuses at Abu Ghraib, the smooth-flowing MC raps, "Dear Mr. George Bush, why do you insist to make a fool of us?/ For over 200 years we stood for what's good, now we're despised by our peers/ And what do you do but add fuel to the fire and send in more troops."
The song, which bumps on a Middle Eastern groove, features the ready-for-radio refrain, "There's a war goin' on outside/ No birds 'round here, just bullets that fly/ There's a war goin' on outside/ There's death everywhere but I feel so alive."
Timz said he was inspired to record the song more than a year ago because of his ethnic heritage, as well as his anger as an American over the way the war was being conducted. "Ever since the beginning of the war, my heart wasn't into it, I didn't agree with it ... Looking at everything, you kind of feel helpless," he said.
"What ever happened to WMD's? What happened to all of that stuff that our soldiers are risking their lives for?" he continued. "So it's like, 'How can I get my voice heard, how can I say something and make a difference?' So naturally, being a musician, if you're making music, you put a lot of feelings and thoughts and emotions into your song, and I have plenty of thoughts and emotions and feelings about the war, so it's just natural that I'm gonna put my message out through music."
The rapper said that he's hoping that by using hip-hop as his medium he'll inspire more young people to get involved.
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From the upcoming mixtape: 'Thinking in Color' due out August 2008.
Look for Timz's new
From the upcoming mixtape: 'Thinking in Color' due out August 2008.
Look for Timz's new album 'The World is Watching' later this year.
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