Salome: straight outta Tehran

Iran's rulers have declared war on rap. So how did this woman become the country's first hip-hop MC? Homa Khaleeli meets the unstoppable SalomeIt's not often you hear about rappers from Iran – and it's even rarer to hear of female MCs – but 25-year-old Salome is used to being an exception. While hip-hop is increasingly popular with Iran's youthful population (two-thirds of whom are under 30), the theocratic regime that controls the release and performance of music in Iran have never been fa...

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