Ημισκούμπρια

[b]Imiskoumbria[/b] (Greek: Ημισκούμπρια), also known as [b]Imiz[/b] is a hip-hop group formed in 1994 in Athens, Greece.

The group's roster has been the same since its inception in 1994, constisting of rapper [b]Dimitris Mentzelos[/b] (Greek: Δημήτρης Μεντζέλος), [b]Mithridatis[/b] (born Mithridatis Hatzoglou/Greek: Μιθριδάτης Χατζόγλου) and [b]DJ Pritanis[/b] (born Kostas Kostakos/Greek: Κώστας Κωστάκος). They are widely credited for the establishment of hip-hop as a force to reckon within the Greek music.

Disbanded in 2017.

Ημισκούμπρια has been translated as semi-mackerels.

[i]Σκουμπρί[/i] is the Greek word for the fish mackerel (cmpr Scombridae) and is sometimes used in slang for elusive persons.

The first element [i]ημι-[/i] is analogous to the formal prefix "semi-" (in contrast to the colloquial [i]μισό[/i] "half").

Hence the name refers to half-elusive guys. The combination of these two elements is used mainly for comedic effect rather than being meaningful.