There are more parallels between the streets of 1970's Bronx, USA and Kathmandu than you can imagine?ethnic conflict, dissatisfaction with the state and a population of frustrated youth with little to ...

Nepal, July 10 -- Yodda, whose real name is Shanam Gurung, is a Nepali hip-hop artist. His most popular song 'Kharab Bani' ...

The global music industry is increasingly becoming borderless, allowing talent from every corner of the world to influence mainstream charts. Among the most notable success stories in recent years is ...

In the opening act of Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, Duke Orsino famously muses, "If music be the food of love, play on." It is a line that frames melody as a gentle indulgence—a soft, ethereal balm ...

Shah is better known to Nepal's music-lovers by his stage name, Balen. | Credit: Prakash Mathema / AFP / Getty Images Although he's still only 35, Balendra Shah has already lived many different lives, ...

Jay Electronica has grown to become one of Hip-Hop’s most elusive figures of recent memory; dare we say borderline mythical. Fans have been patiently waiting for the New Orleans MC’s proper debut, Act ...

Balen Shah just made history by becoming the first rapper-turned-politician to arrest a sitting ex-prime minister, and Nepal’s political landscape will never be the same. The 35-year-old Hip-Hop ...

Balendra (Balen) Shah’s first Facebook post in 2012 was a rap song about his school days. In many other YouTube videos, a younger beardless Shah raps in expletives-ridden X-rated perfornances.

Pretty much every headline that has heralded Nepal’s new prime minister, Balendra Shah, has referred to him as a “rapper”. This is not inaccurate – he owed his early prominence to his prowess on the ...

DJ Rekha, MC Kabir, Yogi B and Natchatra, Chee Malabar, Abstract/Vision: They might not be familiar to most American music fans, but in some pockets of the United States-say,Devon Avenue - they are ...