Dayirman
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Dayirman
| caption =
| origin = Baku, Azerbaijan
| genre = Hip Hop, Political Rap
| years_active = 1996–2012
| website =
| label =
| past_members = Miri Yusif
Anar Abdullah
L-Mir
ABD Malik
}}
Dayirman ({{langx|az|Dəyirman}}) was the first Azerbaijani hip hop group, based in Baku and was founded in 1996 by four friends. The word Dayirman means windmill in Azerbaijani language.{{cite web |last=Blair |first=Betty |title=Dayirman: Rap Music for New Generation |publisher=Azer.com |date=19 March 2001 |url=http://www.azer.com/aiweb/categories/magazine/91_folder/91_articles/91_dayirman.html|accessdate=20 April 2009}} The group fuses hip-hop with elements of traditional Meykhana poetry.{{cite journal |last=Rustamova |first=Narmina |date=25 February 2004 |title=Dayirman: Combining Rap, Tradition and Frustration in Azerbaijan |journal=The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst |publisher=Johns Hopkins University }}
In 2010 Dayirman produced the video "Justice to Khojaly" with Toni Blackman to commemorate the victims of the Khojaly massacre.{{cite news |title=Creative staff of rap song "Justice to Khojaly" created in Azerbaijan signs appeal to U.S, European and OIC parliamentarians |url=http://en.trend.az/news/society/rights/1621007.html |work=Trend |date=18 January 2010 |accessdate=25 May 2011 }}
Discography
- "Qurd" (2001)
References
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Category:Musical groups established in 1996
Category:Musical groups disestablished in 2012
Category:Azerbaijani hip-hop groups
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