The music industry kills artists': Damso, Belgium's biggest rap
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With multi-platinum No 1 albums confronting edgy topics that other rappers shy away from, the Congolese-Belgian MC has carved his own lane with total determination
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Romário plans to regulate Brazil's hip-hop industry, Music
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Damso: Belgium drops rapper's World Cup song after sexism row
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Washington, D.C. Rapper Active Balla Releases 'Top Opp
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Discussion] Belgian rapper dropped from World cup anthem. : r/hiphopheads
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The music industry kills artists': Damso, Belgium's biggest rap star, Rap
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Baloji: 'I want to make music that is very African and very modern', Rap
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