Dayirman () was the first Azerbaijani

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group, based in

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and was founded in 1996 by four friends. The word ''Dayirman'' means ''windmill'' in

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. The group fuses hip-hop with elements of traditional

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poetry. In 2010 Dayirman produced the video "Justice to Khojaly" with Toni Blackman to commemorate the victims of the

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Discography

*" Qurd" (2001)

References

Musical groups established in 1996 Musical groups disestablished in 2012 Azerbaijani hip-hop groups {{hiphop-band-stub