▁French ▁styles ▁popular ▁at ▁the ▁time , ▁and ▁Ra ï , ▁a ▁popular ▁music ▁style ▁from ▁Northern ▁Africa . ▁French ▁hip - h op ▁rose ▁to ▁popular ity ▁partly ▁because ▁of ▁Franc oph one ▁radio ▁broadcast ing ▁requirements , ▁begun ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 4 , ▁that ▁established ▁quot as ▁for ▁all ▁stations ▁of ▁ 4 0 % ▁of ▁daily ▁broadcast s ▁to ▁be ▁in ▁French . ▁ ▁Gr oups ▁began ▁to ▁emer ge ▁in ▁Palest ine ▁in ▁the ▁mid - 9 0 s , ▁including ▁popular ▁group ▁D AM . ▁DJ ▁L eth al ▁Sk ill z ▁was ▁prom oting ▁new ▁local ▁groups ▁" such ▁as ▁A ks ▁El ▁Se ir " ▁at ▁around ▁the ▁same ▁time . ▁In ▁Egypt , ▁hip - h op ▁was ▁less ▁popular , ▁but ▁a ▁small ▁bu zz ▁led ▁to ▁an ▁emer gent ▁b - boy ▁population . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁the ▁first ▁hip - h op ▁show ▁took ▁place ▁there ▁when ▁the ▁R Z A , ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Wu - T ang ▁Cl an , ▁performed ▁in ▁the ▁Si ag ▁Hotel ▁in ▁C airo ▁alongside ▁Kin etic ▁ 9 ▁of ▁Kill ar my , ▁a ▁Wu - T ang ▁Cl an ▁affili ate , ▁C il var ing z ▁( a ▁Mor oc can - D utch , ▁and ▁the ▁first ▁Arab ▁to ▁get ▁signed ▁by ▁an ▁American ▁rap ▁group ) ▁and ▁S ale h ▁Ed in , ▁an ▁Arab ▁Mor oc can ▁ra pper . ▁ ▁In ▁