title: Dayirman
text: # Dayirman
  
  Dayirman (Azerbaijani: Dəyirman) was the first Azerbaijani hip hop group, based in Baku and was founded in 1996 by four friends. The word Dayirman means windmill in Azerbaijani language. The group fuses hip-hop with elements of traditional Meykhana poetry.
  
  In 2010 Dayirman produced the video "Justice to Khojaly" with Toni Blackman to commemorate the victims of the Khojaly massacre.
  
  ## Discography
  
  * "Qurd" (2001)
  