Michael Cohen (Israeli musician)

Michael Cohen
מיכאל כהן
Michael Cohen (right) in the radio station Kol Hakompus with Michael Moshonov
Background information
Also known as
  • Cohen Beats
  • Cohanov
  • Mentos
Born (1986-10-05) October 5, 1986 (age 40)
GenreHip hop
Occupations
  • Rapper
  • record producer
  • DJ
Years active2008–present
Labels

Michael Cohen (Hebrew: מיכאל כהן; born October 5, 1986[citation needed]), known by his stage name Cohen (Hebrew: כהן) or by his producer name Cohen Beats (stylized as CohenBeats or Cohenbeats), he was half of the duo Cohen@Mushon beside Michael Moshonov.

Biography

Born in Israel, the son of film director Avi Cohen [he] and actress Meirav Gary [he],[citation needed] the grandson of Pnina Gary and half-brother via the father of the TV editor Muli Segev. Michael Cohen began his musical career in collaboration with Michael Moshonov; the two founded the musical duo Cohen@Mushon, and after they produced music videos for their songs they signed to the record label Hed Arzi. In 2008 Hed Artzi released "Kosher Gufani" (Hebrew: כושר גופני), the debut album of Cohen@Mushon. After 3 years they released their second album "Machshev Lekol Yeled" (Hebrew: מחשב לכל ילד).

After the release of the second album Cohen flew to United States, first living in New York and then in Los Angeles. There, he performed under the name Cohen Beats (stylized as CohenBeats) mainly as record producer and DJ.

Discography

Studio albums

Title Year Label
Kosher Gufani

(Cohen@Mushon)

 2008 Hed Arzi
Machshev Lekol Yeled

(Cohen@Mushon)

 2011 Hi Fidelity
Serenadot FM

(with Ayatola)

 2016 Shigola
Yamim Arukim

(Cohen@Mushon)

 Unicell
Daily Affirmations

(as CohenBeats)

 2017 Stonesthrow
Lingua Franca

(as CohenBeats with Oliver the 2nd)

 2020 TBA
Ma She’Efshar Im Ma She’Nishar 2021 Shigola
Habaita 2024 Shigola

References

  1. ↑ "מחזירים ת'ראפ לרחובות: כהן@מושון לא מנסים לרצות אחרים". Frogi. 2017-06-26. Retrieved 2019-09-06.
  2. ↑ "כהן את מושון בהופעת השקה - סיקור וביקורת". Mako. 2011-09-25. Retrieved 2019-09-06.
  3. ↑ "החדשים של כהן ומושון, מאיה בלזימן, שממל, קולולוש". mako. 2011-06-25. Retrieved 2019-09-06.
  4. ↑ "בין חוף וניס לפרישמן: הראפר מיכאל כהן בליגה של הגדולים". Ha'aretz (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2019-09-06.
  5. ↑ Rogers, Shawn (13 March 2017). "Israeli hip hop artist Michael Cohen releases debut album". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 8 January 2020.