New investigation: The son of an Israeli secret agent, Lior Cohen is the most important person in hip-hop who owns Def Jam Music & Roc-A-Fella who manages some of the most famous rapists and singers. With an outsized influence on the genre, he made his views on Israel/Palestine clear, and used his influence to push back against what he saw as anti-Semitism in the industry. He is now the head of YouTube Music, and is working with the US State Department on a new program modeled directly on the CIA's successful Cold War attempts to use American artists to help force color revolution in targeted countries. by Alan MacLeod.

New investigation: The son of an Israeli secret agent, Lior Cohen is the most important person in hip-hop who owns Def Jam Music & Roc-A-Fella who manages some of the most famous rapists and singers. With an outsized influence on the genre, he made his views on Israel/Palestine clear, and used his influence to push back against what he saw as anti-Semitism in the industry. He is now the head of YouTube Music, and is working with the US State Department on a new program modeled directly on the CIA's successful Cold War attempts to use American artists to help force color revolution in targeted countries. by Alan MacLeod.