Hadag Nachash are known for the leftist political statements they make in many of their songs. They have seven members; their lead rapper and founder is Shaanan Streett.
The group's name literally means "The Snake Fish" ("Ha" meaning "the", "Dag" meaning "fish", and "Nachash" meaning "snake"). It is also, however, a Hebrew pun. In Israel, people who have only recently gotten their driver's licences place a tag on their back window with the words "Nahag Chadash" Hebrew: נהג חדש ("new driver"). The anagram "HaDag Nachash" therefore indicates the group's ambitions: a voice for the youth in Israel.
The band's icon, depicting a child urinating, comes from the Hebrew idiom, loosely translated as, "how the fish pisses" (מאיפה משתין הדג) meaning something akin to, "How it's done". (As in, "That amateur thinks he can beat me - I'll show him how the fish pisses").
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