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Now on bbc news. The last torch singing for afghanistan since Retaking Power in 2021, the taliban have imposed severe restrictions on everyday life in afghanistan. Limiting freedoms for women and banning non religious music. And the consequences for those who dare to defy them are dire. But women are fighting back. Using the power of their voice to resist a regime which the un says could be committing gender apartheid. Gunfire. In this amount of darkness, there is a light still burning. Still we...

imagine what it was like back when the rolling stones would shock parents everywhere. my, how times have changed. >> i see hustling. i see killing. thats what i rap about. >> you can take me out of the ghetto, but you cant take the ghetto up out of me, though. >> its a tough time to grow up in. and nirvana and kurt cobain in particular reflect the angst. >> i learned how to write for myself, and its pretty ironic that most people related to it. >> boom, there it is, platinum record. >>...

>> you can take me out of the ghetto, but you cant take the ghetto up out of me, dog. >> its a tough time to grow up in. and nirvana and kurt cobain in particular reflect the angst. >> i learned how to write for myself, and its pretty ironic that most people related to it. >> boom, there it is, platinum record. >> country music has taken over the airwaves and the record charts. >> the honeymoons over. now were getting down to real commerce. >> arent these girls just crazy? >> yeah, the...

>> yeah, they are. ♪ ♪ ♪ you may think of it as the channel that rattles your china, occasionally your teeth, and hypnotizes your children. but what you may want to know is that mtv is responsible for a complete revolution in the music business in this country. ♪ unskinny bop just blows me away ♪ >> mtv makes the hits. its as if there were just one national radio station for new songs. >> ending the 80s in terms of rock music, youre getting a lot of hair bands. youve got po...

My, how times have changed. I see hustling, i see killing. Thats what i rap about. You can take me out the ghetto but you cant the ghetto up out of me, though. Its a tough time to grow up in. Nirvana and kurt cobain particularly reflect the angst. I learned how to write for myself, and its pretty ironic that most people related to it. Boom there it is, platinum record. Country music has taken over the airwaves and the record charts. The honeymoon is over. Now we are down to real commerce. Arent ...

A look at the diverse music of the 1990s, from Nirvana to Dixie Chicks to Tupac. Songwriter with an ability to scream almost in tune. It just gave an intensity that was really unique. I kill you, im not gonna crack nirvana gave the record industry a wakeup call and said, here is your new audience. So, start looking for the people with the clothes with the holes in the knees and you better run to those clubs to buy up the next one. I would go to the clubs and see bands like cat butt and bands lik...

Who is this one?" she raps. all i remember wasjust being shocked when she started rapping. i was shocked. ijust wanted to listen to her. i was like, "who is this?!" my name eno means mother�* in my native language, twi. thats the name my dad gave to me. and somehow, some way, divine intervention, im like the mother of rap in ghana. raps in twi. mzbel shot to fame in 2007 with a ground—breaking hiplife album, 16 years. every girl i knew at that time was dressing like mzbel. # face off yi wani...

And thats what birthed hiplife. # girl, your love is spiritual. # oh, my god, oh. # girl, your love dey be. # i want to shower you kisses. # to live all over you. # when you give me chance... and we had now hiplife and we got highlife, we had two things now. now, the question is where do we go from here? # some honey. # buy some prada, gucci louis v, giorgio armani. # my momma needs a house. # my brother needs some shoes. # i had to get the family right before i lost my granny. # im from the ghe...

Or wear a low-cut blouse. it changed the way we viewed things. ♪ >> to me, the best two female emcees to come out of the 90s are missy elliot and lauryn hill. ♪ three weeks youve been looking for your friend ♪ ♪ never called you again ♪ >> you see the role of women in hip-hop, is it changing? like yourself? >> something thats always been there. whether or not they got the, you know, the acknowledgement they should have, theyve always been there. and just now maybe theyll truly be ackno...

♪ been three weeks never called you again ♪ >> you see the role of women in hip-hop, is it changing? like yourself? >> something thats always been there. whether or not they got the, you know, the acknowledgement they should have, theyve always been there. and just now maybe theyll truly be acknowledged. ♪ guys are only ♪ ♪ about that thing that thing that thing ♪ >> she sings, she raps. theres heartache involved. its all encompassed in one amazing piece of art. >> "the miseducation ...