Palestinian producer and rapper Al Nather is one of the most unique and challenging voices in the region’s music industry. Having produced six albums—that were released on Spotify this year—the rapper could garner the public’s attention through his sheer output alone.

At his home in Ramallah, Al Nather is a member of leading Palestinian independent digital record label BLTNM. Pronounced “blatinum”, the label’s name is a reference to Dubai’s popular music institution Platinum Records, with the swapped consonant an ironic joke referencing how there is no “p” sound in the Arabic language.

Founded by Al Nather, rappers Shabjdeed, Shabmouri and artist Faris Amin, BLTNM is testament to the burgeoning underground Ramallah rap scene, rising to global attention with Boiler Room’s documentary on Palestinian Underground. Other artists have since contributed to the platform such as El Rass, Synaptik, Haykal and female producer, vocalist and DJ Makimakkuk. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.