Israeli rappers often feature vulnerability in their texts and performances. In so doing they deliberately challenge a long tradition of hyper-masculinity in both hip hop and Israeli culture. This strategic deviation, I claim, enables Israeli rappers to exhibit a sense of authenticity and hence to claim legitimate participation in the global field of hip hop which sacralizes the ethos of “being real.” In examining texts produced by two generations of Israeli rappers I will illuminate the negotiations whereby global stylistic tropes acquire original local meanings. It is argued that while cross-cultural dialogue has the capacity to destabilize gender regimes at the local level, new perceptions of masculinity generate artistic intertextuality that is the infrastructure of cultural globalization.

以色列说唱歌手经常在他们的文本和表演中表现出脆弱性。在这样做的过程中，他们有意挑战嘻哈文化和以色列文化中由来已久的超大男子主义传统。我声称，这种战略偏差使以色列说唱歌手能够表现出一种真实感，从而声称合法参与全球嘻哈领域，这使“真实”的精神神圣化。在研究两代以色列说唱歌手创作的文本时，我将阐明全球风格的谈判比喻具有原始的地方意义。有人认为，虽然跨文化对话有能力在地方层面破坏性别制度的稳定，但对男性气质的新看法会产生艺术互文性，这是文化全球化的基础设施。