American Hip Hop had a decisive influence on the production of revolutionary Hip Hop that was used as an appeal for political change in the course of the arab spring. Hip Hop came back to his roots as grassroots movement that gives the oppressed their votes back. At the same time this form of Arab Hip Hop encouraged American artists to express their personal opinions about the Arab spring. There are fascinating parallels to the civil right movement with Martin Luther King. A presentation with music examples by Anne Hack, Berlin.