Gen Z-Backed Rapper Is on Course to Lead Nepal With Landslide Win NYT Par : Hannah Beech · Sajal Pradhan · Binod Ghimire and Hannah Reyes Morales 8 mars 2026 à 06:45 Balendra Shah, the onetime rap artist and former mayor of the country’s capital, is on course to become the country’s next prime minister. © Hannah Reyes Morales for The New York TimesBalendra Shah, center, during his campaign to become the next prime minister of Nepal last Saturday. To his right is Rabi Lamichhane, the Rastriya Swatantra Party president.