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By: Scott Lashinsky
August 24, 2017[/cs_text][cs_text class=”cs-ta-center”]
Nasser Shorbaji, aka Chyno, is a bit of an anomaly. The son of a Syrian-Filipino couple from Damascus, Chyno—whose mother tongue is English— works as a hip-hop artist based out of Beirut, Lebanon. His feeling as a sort of outlier in the various environments he has found himself in throughout life is what originally drew him to hip-hop. Hear Chyno share about the genre’s rich diversity, its power to express self and reflect one’s environment, and how the Syrian hip-hop scene’s freedom of expression has expanded since the Syrian revolution.[/cs_text][x_audio_player src=”http://traffic.libsyn.com/storiesofmycity/Chyno_MASTER.mp3″ advanced_controls=”true” preload=”none” autoplay=”false” loop=”false”][x_line style=”border-top-width: 1px;”][x_feature_box title=”” title_color=”hsl(0, 0%, 100%)” text_color=”hsl(0, 0%, 100%)” graphic=”icon” graphic_size=”50px” graphic_shape=”circle” graphic_color=”#ffffff” graphic_bg_color=”hsl(250, 7%, 16%)” align_h=”center” align_v=”top” side_graphic_spacing=”20px” max_width=”none” graphic_icon=”video-camera” style=”color: hsl(0, 0%, 100%);”]Learn more about one of Chyno’s latest projects in this short documentary by Noisey, a division of VICE News. [/x_feature_box][x_video_embed no_container=”true” type=”16:9″][/x_video_embed][x_line style=”border-top-width: 1px;”][x_feature_box title=”Check out Chyno's music @” title_color=”hsl(0, 0%, 100%)” text_color=”hsl(0, 0%, 100%)” graphic=”icon” graphic_size=”50px” graphic_shape=”circle” graphic_color=”#ffffff” graphic_bg_color=”hsl(250, 7%, 16%)” align_h=”center” align_v=”top” side_graphic_spacing=”20px” max_width=”none” graphic_icon=”music” style=”color: hsl(0, 0%, 100%);”]www.itunes.com
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