Timz

Thomas Hanna, known by his stage name Timz, is an Iraqi-American rapper of Chaldean descent best known for his song "Iraq".[1] His debut album is entitled Open for Business.

Timz
Birth nameThomas Hanna
Born1985
San Diego, California, United States
OriginSan Diego, California, United States
GenresHip hop
Occupation(s)Rapper, producer, musician, songwriter
Years active2006–present
Websitetimzonline.com

Born in San Diego, California[2] to Iraqi parents from Baghdad, Iraq, he has gained recognition through the political messages in his music. He has also been featured on Fox News,[3] MTV News,[4] and Al-Jazeera, as well as being nominated for "Best Hip-Hop Album" at the 2006 San Diego Music Awards.[5]

He has recorded a theme song for the San Diego Chargers football team, although the team hasn't accepted it.[6]

His music video "Iraq" won the 2007 Hollywood Film Festival Music Video of the Year. It also won MTVu's "The Freshman" in 2007.

In 2011, Timz co-operated with DJ Outlaw and many other Arab rappers and performers in a rap song "Arab World Unite" representing his mother country, Iraq, in the project. The track released on 2seas Records features Qusai and Ayzee (Saudi Arabia), Timz (Iraq), Rush (Egypt), Murder Eyez (Syria), Balti (Tunisia), Flipp (Bahrain), Talal (Palestine), Vico (Lebanon). The song was uploaded to YouTube by DJ Outlaw and has over 90,000 views.

Discography

Albums
  • 2006: Open for Business

EPs
  • 2011: Future History EP

Videography
  • 2008: "Iraq"
  • 2011: "Refugee" (feat. Majid Kakka)
featured in
  • 2011: "Arab World Unite"
gollark: So I guess if you consider license costs our terrestrial TV is *not* free and costs a bit more than Netflix and stuff. Oops.
gollark: - it funds the BBC, but you have to pay it if you watch *any* live TV, or watch BBC content online- it's per property, not per person, so if you have a license, and go somewhere without a license, and watch TV on some of your stuff, you are breaking the law (unless your thing is running entirely on battery power and not mains-connected?)- it costs about twice as much as online subscription service things- there are still black and white licenses which cost a third of the priceBut the enforcement of it is even weirder than that:- there are "TV detector vans". The BBC refuses to explain how they actually work in much detail. With modern TVs I don't think this is actually possible, and they probably can't detect iPlayer use, unless you're stupid enough to sign up with your postcode (they started requiring accounts some years ago).- enforcement is apparently done by some organization with almost no actual legal power (they can visit you and complain, but not *do* anything without a search warrant, which is hard to get)- so they make up for it by sending threatening and misleading letters to try and get people to pay money
gollark: Hold on, I wrote a summary ages ago.
gollark: TV licenses aren't EXACTLY that, they're weirder.
gollark: The UK does free terrestrial TV, I don't think satellite is much of a thing here.

References
  1. Press release: San Diego-Based Rapper TIMZ Launches His American Dream with "Iraq," the Incendiary, Politically Charged First Single From His Autobiographical, Stereotype-Busting Indie Debut 'Open for Business'.
  2. Interview by Chuck Norris. chaldean -American Rapper Faces off Prejudice. Fox News interview via The America's Intelligence Wire.
  3. Fox News interview with Timz by Chuck Norris on YouTube.
  4. Kaufman, Gil. "Where Is The Anti-War Movement? Activists insist movement is working online and behind the scenes instead of marching." MTV News. Mar 7 2007
  5. San Diego City Beat: Locals Only article
  6. San Diedo City Beat article: Super Charger Redux
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