Tonight’s Art & DJ Night at Gallery Bar was the second event as part of Shemspeed’s Summer Music & Art Fest and was amazingly fun. People of all ages and backgrounds came to view and buy art which expanded existing notions of what Jewish “looks” like. The evening was presented by Be’Chol Lashon [...]

DeScribe (pictured on the right) will be performing at this years Shemspeed Hip Hop Festival on August 2nd at NYC’s Le Poisson Rouge! The evening will be in celebration for the release of “A Tribe Called Tes” by Brooklyn’s own Tes Uno as well as Y-Love & Diwon’s new single, “Move On”. If that [...]

We love them so much that we are throwing an audio-fundraiser for them. The track features DeScribe, Dennis & Beniton the Menace.
Listen below and drop some grivny:
RAJE Song (audio fundraiser) by Shemspeed

Different Strokes is what they should be calling the CW! How times have changed…

Shmoo is another MC who takes his art very seriously, infusing it with meaningful messages. “Les Enfants d’Israel” has been our go to Shmoo track around the office, it starts off with a rare sample of the legendary Serge Gainsbourg from the little known track that he made for Israel called, “Le sable & le [...]

Young Money - “Roger That” Remix feat. Y-Love, Nicki Minaj & Lil Wayne
I don’t even think this post needs words! It’s the hottest track on the radio now.
Just download it and pass it on!

Some of you all remember our previous post on Kutiman’s ThruYou which blew up. Well, he is back with a new project, this time cutting up Maroon 5’s tour video blog footage from their recent U.S. tour. ch-ch-ch-eck it out:

JPost reports: Missy Elliott arrived in Israel on Wednesday ahead of her Thursday concert at the Tel Aviv Exhibition Grounds. Elliott reportedly arrived a day early to travel in the country, including a visit to the Western Wall where she left a note, and trip to Masada with her entourage. The Canadians for Justice and [...]

The Middle East’s Electronic duo Onili teams up for International Remix Contest with Laroz “Why Did You Go”. We are now looking for submissions.
The Deadline is August 15th-
The judging/listening session will be live streamed on Justin.Tv and
There will also be celebrity judges TBA.
Submission is simple, click this Download Link
and download the A-Capalla and [...]

We are now gearing up for the release of “Move On”, the much anticipated single by Y-Love off his forthcoming, “This is Unity” album produced by Diwon. “Move On” will be released globally on August 3rd, but as always, you could check it out on the Shemspeed Audio Player now! We have also [...]

Hello good people! Shemspeed is looking for short or long term marketing people to join a historic PR campaign for racial Harmony which will include NYS Senator, Brooklyn Borough President and Marley Coffee run by the legendary Marley family. Be in touch ASAP as we blast off this next week. Join the team, the [...]

Today the NY Times wrote about the new movement of Semitic rappers, our brothers, sisters and cousins who rap in Hebrew, Arabic and Aramaic. Through Shemspeed’s Hip Hop Sulha , artists such as Y-Love & Diwon have played with many Palestinian groups such as Saz and Dam who are listed below. The Hip Hop Sulha [...]

There is nothing like summer, we are pumping the new Big Boi, Roots, Cool Kids mixtape, M.I.A., Nas & Damien Marley & Darkcho albums in the office and getting all psyched up for Shemspeed’s Summer Music Fest. Of course there are shows all over the globe with Shemspeed artists all the time, but here [...]

Identity crisis doesn’t mean a thing to Vanessa Hidary, whose journey to her eclectically-gathered Jewish roots took her through the world of hip-hop and spoken word. A self-described “culture bandit,” she does not want you to tell her that she doesn’t look Jewish, because this Syrian-American Nuyorican-reppin’ Jewess most certainly is Jewish. She’ll even go [...]

Wallpapers are so 80’s, but we figured if the radio started playing songs like La Roux’s “Bulletproof”, than we could start hitting you all with our wallpapers for your personal computers. Now, run don’t walk to, Shemspeed Wallpapers

We have heard songs sung about the Canaanite city of Luz before, but never in this way and fronted by someone dressed as Matisyahu circa 2004. The track by the newest Alt Jewish Band, Atzmus, is catchy in a 90’s rock style way, but the singing and music sound very contrasting, maybe that is what [...]