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Above the Fold The weird history of (surprisingly good) state-sanctioned music in Russia Vladimir Putin recently proposed the government take control of rap music—and it's hardly his first hip hop rodeo. by Caroline Christie Above the Fold Russia continues to crackdown on dissent Two members of Pussy Riot were detained by police in Moscow, as a music industry insider revealed he was paid $30,000 to start a rap... by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold The weird history of (surprisingly good) state-sanctioned music in Russia Vladimir Putin recently proposed the government take control of rap music—and it's hardly his first hip hop rodeo. by Caroline Christie
Above the Fold Russia continues to crackdown on dissent Two members of Pussy Riot were detained by police in Moscow, as a music industry insider revealed he was paid $30,000 to start a rap... by Caroline Christie