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Tekashi 69

The number one rule of being a gangster? You never, ever rat out your friends. And yet that's exactly what Tekashi 69 did when he betrayed the Nine Tray Bloods. The entire world of hip hop turned its back on him, and he even got death threats.

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The number one rule of being a gangster? You never, ever rat out your friends. And yet that's exactly what Tekashi 69 did when he betrayed the Nine Tray Bloods. The entire world of hip hop turned its back on him, and he even got death threats. <br /><br /><br /><br />

The number one rule of being a gangster? You never, ever rat out your friends...

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In the 1990s Marilyn Manson got a kick out of upsetting American society. His videos and stage shows were designed to provoke and force the USA to face its cultural contradictions.

In the 1990s Marilyn Manson got a kick out of upsetting American society.

TAPE: Marilyn Manson

Old and young, everyone seems to agree that Kate Bush is amazing. TAPE looks into the success of the most discrete and the most creative star in pop. 

Kate Bush

Old and young, everyone seems to agree that Kate Bush is amazing. TAPE looks into the success of the most discrete and the most creative star in pop.

TAPE looks at the relationship between the Red Hot Chili Peppers and on-again-off-again band member John Frusciante, a toxic love affair.

Red Hot Chili Peppers

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At a party organized by GQ magazine, Noel Gallagher admitted it: the Oasis secret sauce for success is good old-fashioned plagiarism

Oasis

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Hardwired…to Self-Destruct, TAPE revisits the history of a music group that became a global movement. 

Metallica's 35-year career is still going strong: they are timeless

TAPE: Metallica

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Korn

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Since his birth, Keith Richards has been burning the candle at both ends, and yet he's still fighting fit

Keith Richards

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Iron Maiden

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Lou Reed

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Nick Cave

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Missy Elliott

The music industry tried to break Miss Elliott - but she changed the game instead. 

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TAPE: Queen

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Jay-Z

Sting was an ecologically-conscious yogi hipster before it was even a thing. He's always been fighting for our right to enjoy a better future than the one we are making for ourselves. Perhaps a strange mission for someone with punk musical roots?

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Sting was an ecologically-conscious yogi hipster before it was even a thing

Sting

To accompany the release of their first album in 1967, the Doors send their biographies to the press. The bio of their singer Jim Morrison is worth a second look. Full name: Jim Douglas Morrison. Eye color: blue. Parents: dead. Hmm… Really?

The Doors

Why did Jim Morrison lie to the press about his parents being dead?

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ABBA

When it was up to Sweden to host the Eurovision, the counterculture mobilised big time in a bid to take down ABBA

Miles Davis made his comeback on the stage of the very prestigious Montreux Jazz Festival in 1984. In his tracklist, the trumpeter includes Time After Time, a cover of a slow song by Cyndi Lauper. And that, for jazz purists who considered Miles Davis a living God, was an act of high treason.

Miles Davis

How the God of jazz, Miles Davis, shocked jazz purists

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Daft Punk

What if everything that critics hated about Daft Punk was precisely what made the band so successful?

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What annoys Snoop Dogg so much about the Migos rap style?

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Phil Collins

Patrick Bateman, the anti-hero of American Psycho, is a Phil Collins fan

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Lil Nas X

What is the meaning of Lil Nas X's satanic twerking?

United States, Gabon, Bahamas... Serge Gainsbourg wasn't just an artist, he was also a traveller. The wanderings of this icon led him to Jamaica, the Mecca of musical renewal.

United States, Gabon, Bahamas... Serge Gainsbourg wasn't just an artist, he was also a traveller

Serge Gainsbourg

Apple launched its streaming service in 2015, and to celebrate, the company made their customers an offer they couldn't refuse: three months free subscription. The problem: during these three months, the artists streamed will not receive a penny. But that was without reckoning for Taylor Swift, who published an open letter to the firm on her Tumblr detailing why refusing to pay artists for their work was unacceptable. Apple backtracked. 

Taylor Swift

In 2017, Justin Bieber attended the Hillsong Church conference with his pal Carl Lentz, the star pastor of this powerful evangelical church. Thanks to him, and after going through an existential crisis, the pop star said he was finally saved. But their close relationship wasn't to last...

Justin Bieber was close to star pastor Carl Lentz, member of a powerful evangelical church

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At first glance, nothing connects Lil Wayne to Donald Trump: one is an African-American rapper from the poor neighborhoods of New Orleans, the other a rich white heir turned President of the United States. And yet without Donald Trump, Lil Wayne could have gone to prison for up to a decade. TAPE tells you all about this surprising relationship.

Lil Wayne

Without Donald Trump, Lil Wayne could have gone to prison for over a decade

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Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley had a bone to pick with the Beatles

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Johnny Cash won a Grammy but only after a decade of being given the cold shoulder

Johnny Cash

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Nicki Minaj

Nicki Minaj says down with the dictatorship of skinny pop stars, and make way for XXL shapes and XXX speech

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Kanye West started off as a megalomaniac hip-hop star who transformed himself into a modern-day messiah

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Portugal’s most famous singer of the twentieth century, Amália Rodrigues passed away in 1999. Beloved by all Portuguese people rich and poor, she became an ambassador for the Portuguese art of Fado.

Amália Rodrigues and the World of Fado

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Though Ulysses was banned initially in the US and UK, Joyce’s epic was soon celebrated as a masterpiece of modernism.

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Asbestos has been banned for decades in Europe but its effects are still with us. Cleaning up the carcinogenic fibre from our ageing buildings is a colossal task and it is still being produced and sold in many countries worldwide. Unscrupulous companies turn a profit whilst people die from exposure to the harmful substance. Will we ever be rid of asbestos?

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The construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline had been a cause for concern for Eastern states for years

Nord Stream 2: The Fears of Eastern Europe

A year and a half ago, a soldier filmed a civilian massacre perpetrated by the Ethiopian army in the rebel region of Tigray. Now captured by Tigrayan forces, along with many Ethiopian soldiers, the region is trying to bring those responsible to justice.

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A year and a half ago, a soldier filmed a civilian massacre perpetrated by the Ethiopian army in the rebel region of Tigray. Now captured by Tigrayan forces, along with many Ethiopian soldiers, the region is trying to bring those responsible to justic

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Current research on genetics and artificial intelligence promises to revolutionise our world. But how is the art world engaging with the latest technology and advances in science? A focus on artists who are pushing boundaries and revealing the future.

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The philanthropic foundation set up by US billionaire Bill Gates quietly co-finances experiments with genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in several African countries. In the age of philanthropic capitalism, billionaires "save the world" and make money in the process. But who is helped the most, ordinary Africans or the food industry?

 In the age of philanthropic capitalism, billionaires "save the world" and make money in the process. An investigation into GM experiments in Africa.

Africa, GMOs and Bill Gates

After fifteen years with the White Stripes and The Raconteurs, Jack White started his solo career in 2012. 2022 marks a milestone for the Detroit-born artist with the release of two new albums: Fear of Dawn and Entering Heaven Alive. White is live in Paris at the legendary venue, the Olympia.

The White Stripes star is live in Paris to perform Fear of Dawn and Entering Heaven Alive.

Jack White at the Paris Olympia

At the age of 12, Enrique Pérez Guerra was sexually abused by a priest. Paralysed by shame, he thought of committing suicide. Today he is one of only a few victims in Spain who are willing to speak out about their abuse as the Catholic church in Spain still refuses to fully cooperate with investigations.

At the age of 12, Enrique Pérez Guerra was sexually abused by a priest. Paralysed by shame, he thought of committing suicide. 

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Nuclear energy: a clean energy for the future or a risk for humanity? As the European Union has classed nuclear as a green energy, France is building new power plants whilst Germany is decommissioning them. An in depth look at the future of atomic energy in the coming decades.

Nuclear: a clean energy source for the future or a risk for humanity? An in depth look at the future of atomic energy.

The Future of Nuclear Energy

The Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France performs a programme of French and Russian works with celebrated British conductor John Eliot Gardiner and acclaimed German violinist Isabelle Faust.
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 Igor Stravinsky – Violin Concerto in D
 Emmanuel Chabrier - España
 Claude Debussy – Images

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The Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France performs a programme of French and Russian works with celebrated British conductor John Eliot Gardiner and acclaimed German violinist Isabelle Faust.

John Eliot Gardiner Conducts Chabrier, Stravinsky and Debussy

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Pakistan: Surviving the Deluge

32 million people are displaced in Pakistan in unprecedented flooding due to unusually heavy monsoon rains.

Yan is an illegal second child born during the One-Child policy. To avoid government punishment, Yan's parents hid their oldest daughter in the countryside and raised Yan as a girl. Now a young adult, Yan struggles with his gender identity and being treated as an outcast in a conservative society. His sole escape is drifting his father's old taxi on abandoned land.

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Raised as a girl during China’s One-Child Policy, Yan struggles with his gender identity as a young adult.

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In France he is more than just a singer, he’s a social phenomenon. From his beginnings in 1959 to his death in 2017, he built an incredibly large and loyal fan-base. Hats off to the French Elvis.

In France he is more than just a singer, he’s a phenomenon. From his beginnings in 1959 to his death in 2017, he built an incredibly large and loyal fan-base. Hats off to the French Elvis.

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Israeli choreographers Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar present their show Chapter 3: The Brutal Journey of the Heart at Nuits de Fourvière.

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Danny, a Czech student, and his Spanish boyfriend go on a trip to the Czech countryside. At the railway station they meet a couple of locals who do not know Danny understands them, so they start to make sarcastic comments. It does not take long until this situation generates a conflict, the outcome of which is devastating for both couples.

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Danny and his Spanish boyfriend go on a trip to the Czech countryside where Danny overhears homophobic slurs...

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Forty years ago, in June 1982, Israel invaded southern Lebanon, dubbed Operation Peace for Galilee by the Israelis. A small guerrilla group came together in secret to resist this offensive. Formed and supported by the Islamic Republic of Iran, it officially declared itself in 1985 as Hezbollah: The Party of God.
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As  Lebanon experiences an existential crisis, a focus on the history of militant group Hezbollah, a controversial organisation supported by Iran.

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