genre. They also disclose how Hip Hop music can be seen as an integral part of the democratic public sphere processes. Serbian political hip hop Political Hip-Hop developed in Serbia during UN embargo on FR Yugoslavia in 90's. Most popular Political Hip Hop crew in Serbia is Beogradski Sindikat. They made a controversial song named "Порука Шиптарима" (Translated to English: "Message for Albanians"), and it was the boom of Political Hip Hop in Serbia. During 2000s Political Hip Hop was at its peak, because of the Political situation in Serbia during the beginning of 2000s. In 2010s Political Hip Hop wasn't much popular in Serbia anymore, but it was still one of the most popular genres in the country. Year 2020 revived Political Hip Hop again because of the whole situation in the world. The 2020 Elections in Serbia, Corona, Masks, lockdown and other. Iranian political hip hop Due to the long history of Human rights violations by the Islamic Republic of Iran, there are a lot of Iranian rappers who are noted for addressing the contemporary social and political issues through their songs. Some well-known examples of Iranian political hip hop artists include Hichkas, Fadaei, Shapur, Quf, Yas and Toomaj Salehi. Since it is illegal to criticize the government and social issues in Iran, most of the Iranian rappers live abroad. Rapper Toomaj Salehi, who unlike the other rappers, lives in Iran, was arrested during the Mahsa Amini protests on October 30, 2022, for his social awareness activities on his social media and releasing two protest songs "Battleground" and "Omen" during the protests. On November 27, 2022, Iranian media revealed that Salehi was charged with "corruption on Earth", an offense which could carry the death penalty. Salehi became one of the well known faces of the revolutionary movement "Woman, Life, Freedom", denouncing the repression by the demonstrators' regime. He has since been reportedly in solitary confinement and under torture. See also Protest music List of political hip hop artists Jihadism and hip-hop Hip hop feminism Hip hop and social injustice References Bibliography Bogdanov, Vladimir; Woodstra, Chris; Erlewine, Stephen Thomas; Bush, John (2003). The Definitive Guide to Rap & Hip-Hop. Backbeat Books, . Hip hop genres 20th-century music genres 21st-century music genres American hip hop genres Political music genres