A cultural conduit between LA’s Iranian community and Iran has apparently seen young Iranianians trying to replicate the accents and subject material used by many US artists while rapping in Farsi, which doesn’t fly with the authorities. An official at Iran’s Culture and Islamic Guidance Ministry said, There is nothing wrong with this type of music in itself. But due to the use of obscene words by its singers this music has been categorized as illegal.

What about the internet? They’re working on it.