Turkish Rap Music

‘I’m not particularly sorry I’ve not heard it before’

Jill Edmunds is a retired piano teacher.

Without knowing anything:

I wish I wasn’t so old because I feel as though that hindered my experience of the music. Yes, I really just said I didn’t enjoy it because of my age… But I’m not particularly sorry I haven’t heard it before. I couldn’t relate to any of the content in the video and I couldn’t understand the words so I found it incredibly difficult to find any enjoyment in the music. I became so focused upon the gun, wondering whether he’d shot anyone… But there was also a focus on the boxing ring and strength, it just seemed to be confused by itself. I wish it had been in English actually because he didn’t speak too fast and if it had been I probably would have understood it, which is rare for me when I listen to rap music… Let me rephrase; when I’m forced to listen to rap music. I assume you can tell that I didn’t like it then? Not because of where it was from or who it was by, but because I don’t like the genre, I can’t listen to that kind of music because I can’t find enjoyment in it… It’s really that simple.

After being informed:

Turkey, it makes sense. It had that sound to it. It still doesn’t change my view… But it gives the video more of a social meaning which I didn’t see before. Kajmer is perhaps a man of the people, talking of their experiences and of their lives. His fame and large number of views give me hope and I wish him luck. It is so important for music to be politically charged in times where people are afraid to speak up.