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Mohammed Madani, also known as Madani Lion, 22, left, and Milad Faraway, also known as Dark Man, 20, right, of the Music Masters rap group perform during a recording session in a small rooftop studio on top of a residential building in Benghazi on April 19. The freewheeling rap scene developing in Benghazi indicates how much has changed in eastern Libya over the past two months with a growing cadre of amateur rappers whose powerful songs have helped define the revolution, capturing the anger and frustration young Libyans feel at decades of repressive rule under Moammar Gadhafi. |