Y-LOVE AND DIWON

Y-Love and Diwon are part of the new guard of hip hop revolutionaries. Y-Love's rhymes seamlessly intertwine English, Arabic, Hebrew, Aramaic, and Latin, combining ethereal scripture with gritty social consciousness; Diwon's beats fuse electro hip hop with traditional Yemenite and Sephardic music. They have performed with luminaries as varied and respected as Lou Reed, Anthony Coleman, Idan Raichel, DJ Spooky, Matisyahu, Steinski, and Immortal Technique. Together, Y-Love and Diwon create "global hip hop" that aims to promote unity and tear down social boundaries.

"...a linguistic mystic with a style all his own" - Dap Mag, on Y-Love

"Y-Love is like Talib Kweli and Saul Williams in a yarmulke...finally making hip hop Kosher" - XXL

"(Diwon) as producer and DJ is among the most adventurous and banging on the new Jewish music scene;" -Village Voice

Forward listed Diwon as one of the Top 50 "most influential Jews of 2007" and The Jerusalem Post dubbed him, "Jewish music's multimedia mogul."

Y-Love and Diwon appear in conjunction with Spertus Museum's exhibition Twisted Beyond Recognition: Cliches of Jews and Others on view until January 18, 2009.