Hyderabad: Taking on social issues through Hip-Hop and protest poetry
Hyderabad, June 25 -- Artists have always been relevant in social movements and revolutions throughout history. Music and poetry are often used to organize crowds, and sometime also accompany movements when tyrants are overthrown.
For example, the Italian song 'Bella ciao' was used by revolutionaries in Italy against the dictator Muussolini-led fascists.
And not far behind are our Hyderabadi rappers or Hip-Hop artists, who are now coming up with new and creative songs to raise their voices against various injustices in society. The movement here particularly gained steam along with the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and anti-National Register of Citizens (NRC) protests.
"Har koi Hindustani aur khoon sabka lal, phir bhi yahan naag...
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