{"id":6618,"date":"2026-03-08T11:06:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T11:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/08\/gen-z-backed-rapper-is-on-course-to-lead-nepal-with-landslide-win-the-new-york-times\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T11:06:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T11:06:00","slug":"gen-z-backed-rapper-is-on-course-to-lead-nepal-with-landslide-win-the-new-york-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/08\/gen-z-backed-rapper-is-on-course-to-lead-nepal-with-landslide-win-the-new-york-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Gen Z-Backed Rapper Is on Course to Lead Nepal With Landslide Win &#8211; The New York Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiiwFBVV95cUxNT3JlTndfbDVzeUFXd2l4akJJNlpvVXVVV0ZoUzc0VGZlSVdUQktEdVp6cVZncnphbWhnQWxLY1lQbzU5NXVQUkN2N1NYYko2dUR6cVhTMElRTnNCcTFvanZ2STl1WGZOajd1RkhWR0dnd0tfTEpzODA4SWYxUjU4d1Exc2pFNE9lMERr?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Gen Z-Backed Rapper Is on Course to Lead Nepal With Landslide Win<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The New York Times<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTFBIUDBYRTE4Z1dhaldHbTk1WVBpczkzT0ZiWWlqSnkxcHpUSFhnVUJIdmFyQklEOWU3MXJ0VnAwVWoyMHRSRmtnWHQ2TkdqUzdzMGpmYlp6R3V1QQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Rapper-politician Balendra Shah unseats Nepal&#8217;s ex-PM as he heads for victory<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">BBC<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilgFBVV95cUxPRm44blZLMXA3bXM1Q3lWQ3FHXzNrNnQ2QWJoZkJFZldOel9FR2FlbDFVWmZoSVg5TThCWDVNWGpUNDRlRUNVR3lBVjZEcnFyX09OZ0p2WHdMX3pENnJ5WUhBNHMwMktxOHFXZTVudkpQeW1YOUZYbkppZUg0WUJvN2xoYjFhWTBHZ2QyYmdISm9pMmVSNVE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">A new Nepali party, led by an ex-rapper, is set for a landslide win in parliamentary election<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">NPR<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Rapper-turned-politician Balen Shah\u2019s RSP heads for poll landslide in Nepal<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Al Jazeera<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiowFBVV95cUxNRzc2bXFKV2JIQWp1cjdNS2xzT3hRaTFUMHo5a3B4aUxLMllnOERlRFM2bnJhU3FjdV9NV2FSWi1KYWlGcVZuMkV0VzJNTlpWUktMUXlXd2x4emdod2l3dGhVbXlXLVpFTFAzNjY4WENIUG91SzNrWWMyNkM4cUlJaVdCcHZRNThyYm9BeGppWW5EODA3aWVEQ19PcEtZQkJDeDNR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Ex-rapper Balendra Shah set to be Nepal PM after party\u2019s landslide election win<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Guardian<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gen Z-Backed Rapper Is on Course to Lead Nepal With Landslide Win&nbsp;&nbsp;The New York Times Rapper-politician Balendra Shah unseats Nepal&#8217;s ex-PM as he heads for&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/03\/08\/gen-z-backed-rapper-is-on-course-to-lead-nepal-with-landslide-win-the-new-york-times\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6618"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6618\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}