ced ▁or ▁community ▁enfor ced , ▁generally ▁fall ▁under ▁two ▁categories ▁– ▁political ▁or ▁religious . ▁Vis - a - vis ▁state ▁control , ▁satellite ▁TV ▁has ▁done ▁much ▁to ▁restrict ▁the ▁state ▁mon opol y ▁on ▁television ▁programming . ▁This ▁has ▁directly ▁impact ed ▁the ▁space ▁allowed ▁for ▁hip - h op ▁music ▁and ▁culture . ▁ ▁In ▁religious ly ▁conserv ative ▁Arab ▁states , ▁such ▁as ▁Sa udi ▁Arab ia , ▁" sing ing ▁and ▁dan cing ▁can ▁be ▁viewed ▁as ▁shame ful ," ▁therefore ▁enfor cing ▁somewhat ▁of ▁a ▁social ▁c ensor ship ▁( en for ced ▁as ▁a ▁" tab oo ") ▁on ▁hip - h op ▁and ▁other ▁art ▁forms . ▁As ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 8 , ▁concert s ▁and ▁night cl ubs ▁were ▁non - ex istent ▁in ▁the ▁Kingdom , ▁and ▁local ▁radio ▁and ▁TV ▁played ▁mainly ▁Arab ic ▁pop ▁music ▁( all ▁state ▁enfor ced ▁policies ). ▁T amer ▁Far han , ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Sa udi ▁rap ▁group ▁Dark 2 Men ▁that ▁appeared ▁on ▁H ip H op Na , ▁said ▁that ▁rapp ers ▁in ▁Sa udi ▁Arab ia ▁are ▁forced ▁" under ground ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁wrong ▁impression ▁people ▁have ▁of ▁them ". ▁Even ▁soci ally ▁c aut ious ▁acts ▁are ▁subject ▁to ▁c ensor ship . ▁This ▁phenomen on ▁is ▁not ▁restricted ▁to ▁Sa udi ▁Arab ia ▁however , ▁as ▁relatively ▁liberal ▁K uw ait ▁joined ▁them ▁in ▁b anning ▁the ▁group ▁Des ert ▁He at ' s ▁first