Stories of cute furry animals that manage to find moments of joy while doing crushing jobs are bringing some solace to a generation of burnt-out workers.
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Zed Beats artists aren’t known for political songs, but they’ve become so popular that they’re used to mobilise voters during elections.
It’s not unusual in the social media era for young people to become famous. But fame is complicated – especially when you’re still growing and forming your identity.
Is China winning over Western youth through its cinema, video games and TikTok.
Hip-hop and youth culture have long been intertwined, creating an awkward situation for rappers who want to continue practicing their craft into their 50s, 60s and beyond.
It’s about more than wasteful destruction; it’s a way of restoring dignity to marginalised young lives.
Taffy Theman and Bustop TV are YouTubers who use comedy to criticise the ruling elite.
Hip-hop traveled far after being birthed by Black Americans in US cities. The journey hasn’t always been smooth.
The beats are fresh but the performances are second rate and lacking star quality.
Gangs have changed in the decades since ‘West Side Story’ first came out – they are deadlier, and their demographics are different – as are the means law enforcement use to control them.
Sang celebrates self-deprecation and negative emotions, its followers catapulted the unlikely and unenthusiastic singer to the finale of a Chinese boy band show.
Young people from both East and West Germany congregated in nightclubs which were hastily thrown up in the spaces where the Wall had dominated.
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