Music has been connected to politics throughout history and used to portray and sway individuals to back or belief in one way or another. Music is used as propaganda in many scenarios throughout history. For example, Mao Zedong in Communist China in the late 1900’s used music to convey his political endeavors and beliefs. His wife came up with Yan Ban Xi, five operas, two ballets, and one symphony. He swayed people to embrace these political ideas by playing them frequently on the radio and adapted them to local dialects. School children began to hum the tune of Yan Ban Xi. Those that conformed were paid handsomely and appointed to important political committees. A lot of the time our music is influenced by our beliefs so if the music we listened