KYIV -- A rosary with five bullet casings interspersed among the beads is the first lot to draw bids. "What I really like is how here we've got a weapon remade into art," says the auctioneer, a big, ...

Kazakh anti-war activist Maria Kochneva told RFE/RL on July 15 that Almaty city police summoned her over performing a rap song online that was critical of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Kochneva said ...

Since the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq decades ago, young Iraqis have been using hip-hop to voice protest and pain. NPR's Leila Fadel talks to journalist Dalia Al-Dujaili about her piece in The Guardian.

Drake is in the middle of an all-out war against Kendrick Lamar (and half the rap game) right now, and diss songs are getting lobbed back and forth. Since Kendrick’s explosive verse on “Like That” ...

In Russia, a rap war is raging, but it's not between battling MCs. Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has previously commended rappers for bringing societal issues into the limelight and invited a ...

The rap war between Drake and half of the rap game is underway, and the memes are flying. Drake is generally a pretty unserious guy (anybody who labels themself the “Petty King” in a song knows a ...

What's the most effective way to express trauma, dissent, protest, community organizing? Quite a few young Iraqis are choosing rap. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "P.H.A.T.W.A.") NARCY NARCE: (Rapping) Some ...