“Rappers defining the new Georgia” - BBC reports from Georgia
29 June, 2013
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Georgia has seen much change since the collapse of the Soviet Union and the new generation has a very different outlook and experience of life to those who went before.
BBC’s Rajan Datar meets a group of rappers who look more to the United States than Russia for inspiration and who want to make the most of the party atmosphere of Tbilisi.

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