It was 1996 when the young poet Tugsjargal Munkherdene heard American hip-hop for the first time. Four years earlier, Mongolia’s Soviet-aligned government had fallen, opening the country to a fresh ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Forget nomads, heavy tents and epic songs chanted after a long day of herding across vast grasslands. These days, Mongolian young people are entranced by rap. Born on the mean ...

ULAANBAATAR (Reuters) - Ulaanbaatar's urban music scene is buzzing with a new vibe created by a hip-hop duo mixing into their sound the traditional art of throat singing, or "Khoomei", as Mongolians ...

I was having lunch at Pizza-Rama, a Mongolian place in Oakland the other day, and noticed a flyer for a Black Rose concert at Kimball's Carnival. Google tracked down a BBC story that says their music ...

I was doing full-time radio when hip hop started gaining popularity with artists like Grandmaster Flash, Kool Moe Dee, Run DMC, and the Sugar Hill Gang. Major labels were initially reluctant to issue ...

BEIJING, March 4 (Reuters) - Forget nomads, heavy tents and epic songs chanted after a long day of herding across vast grasslands. These days, Mongolian young people are entranced by rap. Born on the ...