Here is an interesting piece about the Iranian hip hop artist Mehrak Golestan, aka Reveal, who is actually the son of the late famous photo-journalist Kaveh Golestan. In this piece, he shares with us his story of moving to London from Tehran while his father worked for the Times during the Iran-Iraq War. His music became all about revealing the truth and was heavy impacted by his father’s depiction of media censorship in Iran. With the current ban on rap music in Iran, there is much controversy on the intention of the music. For Mehrak, Persian rap isn’t about politics; it’s about the identity of being Persian in a post-revolution Iran.

This short documentary film is most definitely some well worth viewing with this fascinating story from Current.