A 38-year-old Burmese hip-hop artist has been found guilty of criticizing Myanmar's military-controlled government and sentenced to 20 years in prison, a family member said Thursday. The sentence ...

BANGKOKBANGKOK — A 38-year-old Burmese hip-hop artist has been found guilty of criticizing Myanmar’s military-controlled government and sentenced to 20 years in prison, a family member said Thursday.

Myanmar rappers have found ways to use their art to protest the oppressive military junta, which grabbed power in February 2021. Aside from joining rallies, rappers have penned songs condemning the ...

His story has become the stuff of legend. In mid-November 2021, 400 Myanmar military soldiers went on a mission to arrest one man in Yangon: a hip-hop star named Zeya Thaw. Over the last 10 years, ...

"Myanmar hip hop will never be silenced. We come together, not because we are the same but because we are united as one." ...

YANGON (Reuters) - A hip-hop star in military-ruled Myanmar has been jailed for six years for being part of a political group, the latest in a string of hefty sentences handed down on dissidents, an ...

BANGKOK (AP) — A 38-year-old Burmese hip-hop artist has been found guilty of criticizing Myanmar's military-controlled government and sentenced to 20 years in prison, a family member said Thursday.