Danny Hajjar
@dannyghajjar.bsky.social
🇱🇧
Journalist covering Arabic music
Co-host of the Shik Shak Shook Ones podcast
Bylines: NYTimes, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Spin, NPR, The Grammys, Billboard Arabia, GQ Middle East
https://www.dannyhajjar.com
Journalist covering Arabic music
Co-host of the Shik Shak Shook Ones podcast
Bylines: NYTimes, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Spin, NPR, The Grammys, Billboard Arabia, GQ Middle East
https://www.dannyhajjar.com
I really truly loved everything about Around The Horn. It exposed me to so many journalists I now admire. Wild that it’s gone, I’m really going to miss it
May 24, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I really truly loved everything about Around The Horn. It exposed me to so many journalists I now admire. Wild that it’s gone, I’m really going to miss it
Lol the Knicks! We’re going to sweep them ☘️
May 6, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Lol the Knicks! We’re going to sweep them ☘️
Omg No Other Land!!
March 3, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Omg No Other Land!!
I spoke extensively with Palestinian-Algerian artist Saint Levant on achieving so much at a young age, the support of his father, and Palestine www.grammy.com/news/saint-l...
How Palestinian Star Saint Levant Is Helping Uplift & Support His People | GRAMMY.com
With a rapidly growing global audience, Saint Levant is helping Arab music reach new listeners. On the heels of releasing his new EP 'Love Letters,' the rapper and activist details the importance of m...
www.grammy.com
February 26, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I spoke extensively with Palestinian-Algerian artist Saint Levant on achieving so much at a young age, the support of his father, and Palestine www.grammy.com/news/saint-l...
Since the start of the year I moved away from streaming platforms and went back to listening to/buying CDs. It’s been an incredible feeling to rediscover that physical relationship with music and really take time to process albums in their entirety
February 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Since the start of the year I moved away from streaming platforms and went back to listening to/buying CDs. It’s been an incredible feeling to rediscover that physical relationship with music and really take time to process albums in their entirety
I’m rooting for Kendrick Lamar and Abbott Elementary
February 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I’m rooting for Kendrick Lamar and Abbott Elementary
Yeah, I don’t know if I want to live in this country anymore if I’m being honest
February 8, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Yeah, I don’t know if I want to live in this country anymore if I’m being honest
Reposted by Danny Hajjar
here's a much better piece on the issues Chappell raised re: healthcare and musicians. written by @ethanmillman.bsky.social, feat conversations with @umaw.bsky.social, @futureofmusic.bsky.social and more. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Chappell Roan's Grammy Speech Raises Questions on Healthcare in the Music Industry
Chappell Roan used her Grammy Best New Artist speech to demand that labels give artists healthcare. Activists and organizers are working on it
www.rollingstone.com
February 6, 2025 at 4:29 PM
here's a much better piece on the issues Chappell raised re: healthcare and musicians. written by @ethanmillman.bsky.social, feat conversations with @umaw.bsky.social, @futureofmusic.bsky.social and more. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Reposted by Danny Hajjar
Irv Gotti, best known as the founder of Murder Inc. Records, has died
Irv Gotti, Murder Inc. Founder Who Worked With Ashanti and Ja Rule, Dies at 54
The cause of death is as yet unknown.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
February 6, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Irv Gotti, best known as the founder of Murder Inc. Records, has died
I want to be more active here but I fear the convo is still mostly happening on Twitter—a place I’m trying not to engage anymore. But should I?
February 6, 2025 at 4:19 AM
I want to be more active here but I fear the convo is still mostly happening on Twitter—a place I’m trying not to engage anymore. But should I?
Kendrick Lamar, I am loving this
February 3, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Kendrick Lamar, I am loving this
Reposted by Danny Hajjar
Chappell Roan takes home the Grammy Award for best new artist.
Reading her acceptance speech, she took the opportunity to make a call for the music industry to provide a living wage and health insurance for developing artists. wapo.st/4aQ2ZEf
Reading her acceptance speech, she took the opportunity to make a call for the music industry to provide a living wage and health insurance for developing artists. wapo.st/4aQ2ZEf
February 3, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Chappell Roan takes home the Grammy Award for best new artist.
Reading her acceptance speech, she took the opportunity to make a call for the music industry to provide a living wage and health insurance for developing artists. wapo.st/4aQ2ZEf
Reading her acceptance speech, she took the opportunity to make a call for the music industry to provide a living wage and health insurance for developing artists. wapo.st/4aQ2ZEf
I do love RAYE a lot too
February 3, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I do love RAYE a lot too
Reposted by Danny Hajjar
“I think sometimes genre is a code word to keep us in our place as artists, and I just want to encourage people to do what they’re passionate about” - Beyoncé after winning Best Country Album for “Cowboy Carter”
February 3, 2025 at 2:18 AM
“I think sometimes genre is a code word to keep us in our place as artists, and I just want to encourage people to do what they’re passionate about” - Beyoncé after winning Best Country Album for “Cowboy Carter”
Doechii deserves everything
February 3, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Doechii deserves everything
AND NOW LUKA IS A LAKER???? WHAT IS HAPPENING?!
February 2, 2025 at 5:23 AM
AND NOW LUKA IS A LAKER???? WHAT IS HAPPENING?!
Reposted by Danny Hajjar
we should all be talking about what this administration is trying to do to trans people, and doing everything we can to stop it.
If you cannot call it what it is when all in a week: a government removes every mention of a group of people, destroys information about them en masse, bans their discussion in schools, restricts their ability to travel and starts seizing and refusing their official identification, when will you?
February 1, 2025 at 4:51 PM
we should all be talking about what this administration is trying to do to trans people, and doing everything we can to stop it.
Good thing we’re all hosting the World Cup together next year 🙃
February 2, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Good thing we’re all hosting the World Cup together next year 🙃
Dystopian what’s happening
January 31, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Dystopian what’s happening
Reposted by Danny Hajjar
Mo Amer’s second season of “Mo” is hilarious and profound. And damn — this guy created a humane and irreverent comedy in impossibly fraught times. Kudos.
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
'Mo' goes from Mexican border to the West Bank in Season 2
Palestinian-Texan comedian Mohammed "Mo" Amer spoke about Season 2 of his eponymous series, depicting the U.S. immigration system and the Israel-Hamas war.
www.latimes.com
January 31, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Mo Amer’s second season of “Mo” is hilarious and profound. And damn — this guy created a humane and irreverent comedy in impossibly fraught times. Kudos.
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
Mo is the best show on television. Full stop.
January 31, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Mo is the best show on television. Full stop.
Wrote about Egyptian rapper Marwan Moussa for Rolling Stone www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Marwan Moussa Already Defined Egyptian Rap. He Wants to Go Even Further
Marwan Moussa has become one of the biggest names in Arabic rap. Now, he's getting vulnerable and setting his sights even higher
www.rollingstone.com
January 27, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Wrote about Egyptian rapper Marwan Moussa for Rolling Stone www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...