21 Facts About Nissim Black

Nissim Baruch Black was born on Damian Jamohl Black; December 9,1986 and is an American-Israeli rapper, songwriter, and record producer.

Nissim Black retired in 2011 to focus on his conversion to Orthodox Judaism, but soon returned under his new legal name Nissim Black and began focusing on Jewish hip hop.

Nissim Black appeared on Shtar's song "Rabbit Hole" and has since released the mixtapes Miracle Music and Love Notes, as well as the studio albums Nissim, Lemala, and Gibor.

Nissim Black's grandparents had been musicians, playing alongside Ray Charles and Quincy Jones.

Nissim Black grew up in Seattle's Seward Park neighborhood and was raised in his grandfather's Sunni Islam faith, but was non-practicing and converted to Christianity at age 14 after attending an evangelical summer camp.

Nissim Black's parents divorced when he was two years old, and his mother took him with her and remarried shortly thereafter.

Nissim Black began rapping in his preteens, recording under the name Danger.

In 2004, the 18-year-old Nissim Black was selected by his stepfather to replace him as co-CEO of Sportn' Life, together with his father's partner, DeVon Manier.

On May 24,2005, Nissim Black released his first Sportn' Life mixtape Behind the Dirt, which featured appearances from J Smooth and Darrius Willrich of Maktub.

Nissim Black started listening to artists like Common and Lauryn Hill; both developments began to strongly influence his music.

Six months after the album's release, Nissim Black renounced his belief in Jesus and Christianity.

Nissim Black subsequently moved to Seward Park's Jewish community and began studying for conversion with Rabbi Simon Benzaquen at the Sephardic Bikur Holim Congregation.

Nissim Black officially announced his return to music in September 2012.

Nissim Black closed out the year with "The Black Miracle", a Hanukkah single produced by Aish.

Nissim Black returned in July 2018 with the single "King of the World", announced as the lead single of an upcoming fifth album entitled Gibor.

In February 2020, Nissim Black released a new standalone single, "Mothaland Bounce".

Since Love Notes, Nissim Black has released a string of singles and collaborated with artists including Yosef Daniel, Kosha Dillz, Shlomo Katz, and Levi Robin.

In October 2020, Nissim Black was a guest on conservative commentator Ben Shapiro's podcast The Ben Shapiro Show, where he defended hip hop against Shapiro's previous critiques of the genre.

That same month, Nissim Black launched his own whisky brand, the Israeli-based Hava Whisky.

Nissim Black contracted COVID-19 in July 2020 and was hospitalized at Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem; he and his family remained in quarantine until Tisha B'Av.

Nissim Black has been critical of the Nissim Black Lives Matter movement, accusing them of promoting division and denouncing their characterization of police officers as racists, their calls for abolishing the police, and what he called their "support [of] Palestinians over the Jews".