In a move that caused a nationwide outcry and attracted international condemnation, Kollegah and Farid Bang received the ECHO award for best hip hop/urban album at a ceremony in Berlin.

Photo: DPA Berlin authorities barred a planned appearance Wednesday by two rappers during a pro-Palestinian rally at the Brandenburg Gate on the grounds of "anti-Semitic messages" in their lyrics.

Kingston has reggae, New York has hip-hop and Berlin has techno. This throbbing, electronic music style became the soundtrack of liberation following the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and has ...