US rappers say they filmed music video in North Korea
BEIJING: Two aspiring American rappers said Saturday that they had filmed part of a music video in North Korea, hoping the novel locale will make a hit.
The rappers known as Pacman and Peso did not say where and how they filmed the footage, which their fundraising proposal suggested would be done on a karaoke party bus in Pyongyang.
Their custom trip was arranged through a travel agency specializing in taking Westerners to North Korea, according to the proposal.
Americans are able to travel to North Korea on arranged tours and are constantly accompanied by North Korea minders.
After an elderly American was detained in the country, the U.S. State Department issued a travel warning on Nov. 19, advising against all travel by U.S. citizens to North Korea.
The two rappers said their trip shied away from politics.
