Hip-Hop in Georgia (The Other One)

Nice to read an international hip-hop piece without the standard spin, "unlike American hip-hop that's all bling-bling now, in this country it's the true and righteous voice of oppressed peoples" and so on.

Beating the Rap in Kutaisi and Tbilisi

Since its debut in the early 1990s as underground music, rap has become a leading mainstream genre for Georgia, a country better known for the intricate melodies of polyphonic choirs than the pulsating rhythms of the hip-hop beat...