Belarus, formerly part of the Soviet Union, is a European country, surrounded by Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Russia. The official languages are Belarusian and Russian, which use the cyrillic script. Belarus has a small disjointed Hip Hop community, surviving in a politically repressive situation.

CpB (Official Myspace page fan Myspace page) consist of  emcees Krou, Realize, Zeman, and Jaycop and DJs Spox and LeTruck. Their full name has been transliterated as Cyrvonym pa Bielamu or Curvonum pa Belum. They are the self-described Wu-Tang Clan of Belarus. In a country where political opponents to President Lukashenko are usually jailed, they challenge the system. Here are their videos: Chvilina CiÅ¡yni and Hodnasc. Partyzanskaya Shkola is another group challenging the Belarusian government. Here's their video: Ne.

Nestandartnii Variant is another group from Belarus. Here's a video: Razniye Sudzbi. Yashar (Myspace page) and his group are from Minsk. Deti Indigo is an independent group. Their video is here: The Life is Broken Off . Music from the group S.E.V.E.N. can be downloaded from here.