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You might not know it, but Nepal is in its golden age of hip-hop. More artists than ever before are heading to the studio, to Youtube, and to the battle arena to create and showcase their skills. Nepali hip-hop—called Nephop by fans—is receiving a lot of online attention from Nepali fans at home and abroad, promoting a new generation of artists, many who have gained exposure through the online series Raw Barz.

Raw Barz was created in 2010 in part by rapper Yama Buddha and was inspired by similar battle leagues in North America like Toronto’s King of The Dot. The competition has two rappers prepare verses to playfully insult each other, using familiar rap stereotypes. In its five years of existence Raw Barz has offered a platform for emerging artists but has faced criticism for representing Nephop in a bad light, by using cheap and vulgar jokes where poetry and music could be.

Raw Barz, however makes up only a small portion of the genre in Nepal, and while it Settings.