years_active notable_instruments birth_place label name background instrument genre article_title birth_name occupation
???? - present voice sfax , tunisia independent el général solo_singer vocals rap hamada ben amor
 hamada ben amor rapper , singer-songwriter
hamada ben amor

hamada ben amor -lrb- -rrb- , better known by his stage name el général -lrb- -rrb- , is a tunisian rap musician .
his song `` rais lebled '' , released in december 2010 , has been described as the `` anthem of the jasmine revolution '' .
ben amor has been making mainly political rap songs for about two years .
the songs were previously kept underground by the strict censorship of the autocratic regime of tunisian president zine el abidine ben ali .
on december 24 , 2010 , two days after his second famous protest song `` tunisia our country '' was released on youtube and facebook and one week after the protests in tunisia began , he was arrested by tunisian police .
three days later , ben amor was released , after being forced to sign a statement to no longer make any political songs .
after the overthrow of ben ali , his songs enjoyed enormous popularity in tunisia , particularly `` rais lebled '' which became known as the anthem of the revolution and gained him international recognition .
