Rap Against Dictatorship
{{Short description|Thai political hip hop band}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Rap Against Dicatorship
| image = Rap Against Dictatorship.jpg
| landscape = yes
| alt = 7 men performing on stage
| caption = Rap Against Dictatorship performs on stage at Asia Democracy Assembly 2023
| origin = Bangkok, Thailand
| genre = {{Flatlist|
}}
| years_active = 2017–present
| current_members = {{Plainlist|
- Liberate P
- Jacoboi
- E.T.
- HOCKHACKER
- G-BEAR
- K.AGLET
- NLHz
- Dif Kids
- Protozua}}
| website = {{URL|www.youtube.com/channel/UCukIPSb0N6_vRVD_5VlzqQg}}
}}
Rap Against Dictatorship (RAD) is a Thai political hip hop group that mainly produces anti-military junta, dictator, and pro-democracy rap music. They were founded in 2017 by the rapper Liberate P. Their first single, "My Country Has" ({{langx|th|ประเทศกูมี}}), was released in 2018. After the release the police threatened to arrest the members but quickly backed down after the music video went viral.{{Cite web |date=2018-10-31 |title=Thai Junta's Rap Headache Beats On |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/thai-junta-s-rap-headache-beats-on-/4637238.html |access-date=2023-07-19 |website=VOA |language=en}} In 2019 they were awarded with the Václav Havel Prize for Creative Dissent at the Oslo Freedom Forum.{{Cite web |title=Anti-junta rap group to be awarded prize for creative dissent |url=https://prachataienglish.com/node/8068 |access-date=2023-07-19 |website=Prachatai English |language=en}} During the 2020–2021 Thai protests one of the members got arrested together with pro-democracy activists and was charged with sedition.{{Cite web |title=‘Rap Against Dictatorship’ artist arrested in Thailand |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/8/20/rap-against-dictatorship-artist-arrested-in-thailand |access-date=2023-07-19 |website=www.aljazeera.com |language=en}} The group's music has been censored in Thailand multiple times due to its anti-government and anti-monarchy message.{{Cite web |title=Thai youth takes creative defiance into election |url=https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Thai-election/Thai-youth-takes-creative-defiance-into-election2 |access-date=2023-07-19 |website=Nikkei Asia |language=en-GB}}