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French hip hop artists of Muslim origin

How many artists of French hip hop are Muslim? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.31.19.106 (talk) 00:43, 12 February 2014 (UTC)

See French hip hop. It's impossible to give actual numbers (how do you count who is a hip hop artist and who is just a wannabe ?), but the music is sociologically closely tied to the "banlieues" (low-income suburbs of major cities, whose population are largely made-up of immigrants from Africa) where Muslims form a much larger percentage of the population than in the country overall. This is reflected in hip-hop circles. A number of the most prominent artists in the genre are of Muslim background (they may or may not be practicing Muslims though), starting with pioneers such as MC Solaar and the members of IAM all the way to today. You can click on the name of artists mentioned in the article and see what their background is. --Xuxl (talk) 08:59, 12 February 2014 (UTC)

Does this count? Cheb Khaled - "Alech Taadi" μηδείς (talk) 21:38, 12 February 2014 (UTC)

He's not French, he is proudly Algerian. And his musical genre is raï, very different from hip hop. --Xuxl (talk) 08:19, 13 February 2014 (UTC)

Thanks. I thought maybe it wasHip Hop because it seems more spoken than sung. Of course I suspect my other favorite in Arabic, Umm Kulthum is way out. Inta Omri. μηδείς (talk) 17:18, 13 February 2014 (UTC)

"How many" is really hard to answer. Even giving a percentage estimate is problematic, unless you take a defined category such as French record charts or French music awards (some of them include individual mentioning for "Rap/Hip-Hop" etc, but it still will remain a time-consuming effort with a result that may not be representative ). I took the arbitrarily defined categories of Muslims and French hip hop musicians, performed a WP:CATSCAN (depth = 5), and got: Abd al Malik, Akhenaton, L'Algérino, Diam's, Disiz, Kenza Farah, Kery James, LIM, Médine, Rim'K, Sat, and Sinik (not all of which are "of Muslim origin" as phrased in this question's title, and of course not all who fit the question, for example those suggested by Xuxl, have been tagged according to the categories I selected). ---Sluzzelin talk 08:51, 13 February 2014 (UTC)

NORAD RTS computer game?

Is there any real-time strategy computer game out there which is based on the NORAD air-defense network (that is, in which the player has to select air-defense fighters and missiles on a map and direct them to intercept waves of enemy bombers)? 67.169.83.209 (talk) 10:40, 12 February 2014 (UTC)

Though it's much more based off the movie WarGames, you might want to checkout DEFCON (video game). 8.17.117.40 (talk) 15:58, 12 February 2014 (UTC)

That's what I had in mind and then some. Thanks! 67.169.83.209 (talk) 02:25, 13 February 2014 (UTC)

Does that mean you can never win? How about a nice game of chess instead? Clarityfiend (talk) 11:02, 13 February 2014 (UTC)

You can "win" in game terms by killing the most people. The game is pitched just right (especially the music, and the slowdown of the sounds during large attacks) to make that equal parts satisfying and horrifying if you think about it too much. I recall a joke suggestion for an acheivement for the game, which would be obtained by installing the game and then not playing it for over a year, with the acheivement titled "You win!" MChesterMC (talk) 16:34, 13 February 2014 (UTC)