The combination of Jewish music and hip hop has occasionally faced criticism, with rabbinic authorities condemning the use of secular styles and hip hop fans viewing it as gimmicky and inauthentic [REF].
In 2007, two Haredi musicians from Bnei Brak released Rap in Yiddish, an album of Yiddish-language Jewish parody covers of American pop and rap songs by artists like 50 Cent.