Overview

• Ghali posted a lengthy Instagram message on October 4 accusing charting rappers of staying quiet on Gaza and equating nonalignment with complicity in a genocide.
• He outlined three reasons for silence—disinterest, tacit support or fear of losing sponsors—and said political leaders are lying to the public.
• He praised nationwide pro‑Palestine demonstrations and the Global Sumud Flotilla, calling them concrete actions deserving protection.
• Rapper Clementino issued a separate, scathing post the same day telling top‑selling peers to speak up or stop invoking hip‑hop, a message that quickly went viral.
• Responses began surfacing hours later, with Guè sharing screenshots of donations to Palestinian relief and urging peers to give money, while Artie 5ive cautioned against division and Inoki attacked Ghali’s stance.