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title: Hip Hop’s New Mecca Exposed on ‘Mongolian Bling’
author: Andrew Hazard
published: 2012-11-26
modified: 2012-11-26
section: News
tags: Benj Binks, Black Rose, hip hop news, Mongolian Bling, Mongolian hip hop
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# Hip Hop’s New Mecca Exposed on ‘Mongolian Bling’

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 One of the current hotbeds for hip hop is not in the streets of New York but in Ulaanbaatar, the cultural heartland of **Mongolia**. Rich in musical history, hip hop’s new home is the subject of ***Mongolian Bling***, a documentary from Australian filmmaker and former tour guide **Benj Binks**.

“I guess I rocked up expecting herders and nomads and this ancient lifestyle, but stumbled into Ulaanbaatar, which is modern … I heard the hip-hop and thought it was cool,” he told the ABC in a recent interview.

Over a five year period, he tracked the legacy of hip hop in Mongolia and followed some of the key players around, including the country’s first female rapper **Gennie** and flamboyant duo **Black Rose**.

“We just started interviewing people, and every single time we would interview someone, they would say ‘you need to speak to this person, and this person, and this person’,” Binks said.

***Mongolian Bling*** screened on ABC2 this past Sunday and is currently making the film festival rounds. For screening info visit the [Mongolian Bling](http://www.mongolianbling.com/) site.

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