Maor Ashkenazi

Maor Ashkenazi (Hebrew: מאור אשכנזי; born June 23, 2000) is an Israeli rapper and composer.

He became famous after creating the song השיר של נעם 2 with Noam Cohen, a survivor of the Re'im music festival massacre on October 7, 2023.

The song was a hit on streaming and entered at number 33 on the Mako chart.

At its peak, it reached number 26 on the charts.

Ashkenazi grew up in Rishon LeZion in Central District, Israel.

His parents divorced when he was one year old.

From 2016 to 2018, Maor Ashkenazi served in the Israel Defense Forces and received an honorable discharge once he completed his mandatory service in the IDF as a combat medic in Battalion 932.

Towards the end of his military service, Ashkenazi participated in a rap and hip-hop course at the Rimon School of Music's foreign studies department, led by rapper Segol 59.

In 2018, Ashkenazi released his debut single, "טיפשים וצעירים", which received sympathy and millions of streams on music platforms.

Between 2018 and 2022, he released several singles from his debut album, called "טיפשים וצעירים", after the name of the debut single.

The album was released on November 11, 2022, about four years after the release of the first single, and included a special appearance by singer Keren Crispil.

In November 2023, during the Israel–Hamas war, Ashkenazi and Noam Cohen, one of the survivors of the Re'im music festival massacre, released the song "השיר של נעם 2".

From Ashkenazi's debut album, the song deals with Cohen's experience and feelings during the massacre.

The song was a hit and peaked at number 26 on the Mako chart and tenth on the Mako chart.

At its peak, it reached number 26 on the charts.

In the official Galgalat parade, which resumed on November 29 after an eight-week hiatus following the onset of the Israel-Hamas war, the song entered in tenth place.