Laos

Yo bro! Laos youth hip-hop to a local beat

December 13th, 2007  |  by Ben Herson  |  published in Global Hip-Hop Blog, Laos

By Margareta Astaman
VIENTIANE (Reuters Life!) - Usher’s "Can U Handle It" fills the hall where the teenagers in baggy pants, chains jingling from their necks, greet each other with "Yo" and "Whazz-up". Lao youth have embraced hip-hop with a passion, turning the gritty urban music associated with African-Americans into their own.
Radio stations playing hip-hop and […]