Kollegah and Farid Bang's lyrics have prompted a number of musicians to return their Echo awards Germany's music ... award to a rap duo with lyrics denounced as anti-Semitic. German rappers ...

How bizarre that hip hop has been stigmatized since the get-go and yet in 2021 it accounted for 19.4 per cent of total sales in the German music industry. Which makes it the second biggest market in ...

Not only that, but each seeks to set itself apart from the others: fans manifestly identify with their music through a preferred fashion or sartorial style, brands, colours and slang. For example, I ...