Many lyrics are also homophobic and degrading to women — issues in rap music that transcend Germany’s borders. In one song, the rapper Shindy says that his openness to having sex — described in an ...

The recording industry association had criticized lyrics by Farid Bang and Kollegah but defended its choice in the name of artistic freedom You can save this article by registering for free here. Or ...

The German Music Industry Association BVMI has apologized for allowing a controversial rap duo to both win an award and perform at last week's ECHO Awards, despite at least one of their songs having… ...

Do we want separate rap for women and men? That’s a rhetorical question, says Taiga Trece: No way! She takes this opportunity to set a few things straight and makes the case for more women in the rap ...

Hip hop is now both a big business and a subculture, at once acclaimed and taboo. Our new columnist Taiga Trece looks at these contrasts and rap’s rebellious and creative potential. Music speaks. In ...

"My body is more defined than those of Auschwitz inmates" and "commit another Holocaust" are among Kollegah and Farid Bang's notorious lyrics. After a scandalous award ceremony, prosecutors are ...

Reporting from Berlin — A nationwide controversy has erupted in Germany over a taboo-breaking rap duo that won one of the country’s most important music industry awards for a bestselling album and ...

Kollegah and Farid Bang's lyrics have prompted a number of musicians to return their Echo awards Germany's music industry is abolishing its prestigious Echo prize, after an outcry over its award to a ...

Germany's hip-hop scene is not the only one dominated by men - including rappers with openly chauvinistic lyrics about women. DW reviews some of the female outsiders who have made the genre their own.

Tupac vs The Notorious B.I.G. Jay-Z vs Naz. The Game vs 50 Cent. If you thought those hip-hop rivalries weren’t tense or entertaining enough, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has found himself at ...

The ECHO awards' choice to award rappers with lyrics about the Holocaust in their songs has less to do with the ideology of the organization that runs the ceremony than the confusing process used to ...