The Hope of Burma

Burmese youth
Photograph by TIME

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Young Burmese attend a hip-hop concert at a hotel in Rangoon. A featured performer was J-Me, a 25-year-old rapper/MC. His lyrics are designed to slip past Burma's tough censors, and include lines such as "I'm gonna put Burma on the map/With a girl in my lap."

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