Editing Turkish hip-hop (section)

== Controversies ==
In 2006, the members of Nefret broke up and Dr. Fuchs released the song "Hani Biz Kardeştik (Ceza Diss)" ("I thought we were like brothers") on his official website. The song claimed that Turkish rapper Ceza had abandoned his team for money and more fame. At the time, Ceza was one of the few rappers played on popular Turkish television stations such as [[Kral TV]]. In August, Turkish [[Rock music|Rock]] singer [[Kıraç (singer)|Kıraç]] explained in an interview that he believed Hip Hop should stay out of Turkish music. He believed that Hip Hop was only brainwashing music and that it took nothing to make a song. He criticized Turkish singers Tarkan and former members of Nefret during his interview and he believed that they should stop trying to make [[rap music]]. Ceza responded to this by performing a song about Kıraç which used a lot of explicit content. Kıraç later announced that he planned to sue Ceza in court. Afterwards, Ceza instantly apologized to Kıraç and he said that he will think twice in the future before doing something like this.

In 2007, Turkish rapper Ege Çubukçu released an underground diss single against Ceza titled "Cennet Bekleyebilir" ("Heaven Can Wait"). He accused Ceza of stealing beats from American rapper [[Eminem]]'s music. He claimed that Ceza's hit song ''Sitem'' had exactly the same beat as ''The Way I Am'' by Eminem. The single had little support and airplay.

While Turkish hip hop has been seen to be a form of expression of immigrant youth in areas such as Germany, its authenticity and credibility have been challenged. Artists such as [[Tarkan (singer)|Tarkan]], a Turkish pop star, has claimed that "Turkish hip-hop is not original, its something we really are not." While he also incorporates much western influence and electronic, he believes that pop is the form of music which protects the Turkish essence and that musical genres such as hip hop and rock have only been paid attention to as a result of pop music being overplayed on the radio.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120914172343/http://www.todayszaman.com/tz-web/detaylar.do?load=detay&link=137467 Tarkan: Turkish rock, hip-hop not original<!--Bot-generated title-->]</ref> The notion of the ''underground'' is prominent in Turkish hip-hop as it points to the marginalisation and censorship of rap within the music scene in Turkey and also connotes the rappers pursuit for authenticity in their music. <ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ejf_DwAAQBAJ&dq=Turkish+hip-hop+scene&pg=PA169 |title=Representing Islam: Hip-Hop of the September 11 Generation |last=Mohamed Nasir |first=Kamaludeen |date=2020 |publisher=Indiana University Press |isbn=9780253053053 }}</ref>