“At the very least, you don’t have to give them nightmares.” Dmitry Kiselev stood up for rappers on the air of “Russia 1” - as briefly as possible

Rap is a modern genre when the author reads a recitative to a musical rhythm. Some don't like it, some are crazy. Rappers have a huge audience. It's an alternative subculture. The texts contain obscenities and unacceptable plots. But it's normal for the internet. The forerunner of the Russian poetic tradition is Mayakovsky. Here, listen ( reads excerpts from the poem "Good" ). The themes of rappers today are sex, drugs, luxury. And Feis about bad America. Talented? You can argue. Popular? Definitely yes.

Rappers are not alien to patriotism. For example, Basta. Or Husky. Concerts are being cancelled . In Krasnodar they were locked up for 12 days. Disproportionate punishment. in support of the prisoner A concert was held . The rappers were supported by Naryshkin and Shvydkoy. But rappers are cats that walk on their own, and organizing them into a pack is not easy. At the very least, you don't have to scare them. They are just people with different views. There are few talents. If someone uses drugs, then this is his own business, but if drugs are promoted from the stage, this is impossible. Here the criteria of evil and the law that reflects them should work. We need a peaceful dialogue. Do I need to turn the entire rap community into enemies with my own hands? No. Should we over-politicize the usual teenage protest? Also no. Maybe this is a banter, and we are here with all animal seriousness? Rappers are not for everyone, but after all, they are all ours, Russian.

You can listen to Dmitry Kiselev's speech in full on page on YouTube. the Vesti Nedeli

Photo in the announcement: "Russia 24" / Youtube