China

Early

• Hiding(隐藏)-In Beijing(在北京)-MV

Features

• VAVA – My New Swag (我的新衣) featuring Ty. & Nina Wang (王倩倩)
• Kris Wu – Deserve ft. Travis Scott
• Higher Brothers x Famous Dex – Made In China (Prod. Richie Souf)

The Rap of China

• ‘The Rap of China’ Shows How Chinese Rap Has Strayed from the Genre’s Roots(Karen Yu, 2021)
• 《中國新說唱》那吾克熱 ✘ Al Rocco《Rep That Culture》炸全場！製作人全起立致敬｜NOWnews今日新聞(Rap of China, season 2, episode 5), English translation
• PG One: 圣诞夜 Christmas Eve (the first hook and the first verse), with English translation

Documentaries

• 4 Documentaries on Chinese Hip Hop to Check Out Right Now
• Underground Chinese Hip Hop [Official Trailer]
  • Underground Chinese Hip Hop
• Arts: The Underground Chinese Hip-hop Movement | The New York Times
• Story of Iron Mic (Billy Starman, 2017)
• Chinese Education and Hip Hop (Chen Hao Ran of In3, 3:30)
  • filmmakers Angela Steele and Lila Babb 
  • Chinese Rap – In3″Hello, Teacher” – Eng Sub 
• HIPHOP Documentary series《feat.China》ep.1 : Doughboy XKilla Present by. 出人頭地OTTNO

MISC

• The History of Rap in China, Part 1: Early Roots and Iron Mics (1993-2009)
• The History of Rap in China, Part 2: Hip Hop Goes Mainstream (2010-2019)
• Underground Chinese Rap/HipHop that goes hard 

• Now Hip-Hop, Too, Is Made in China (Jimmy Wang, NYT, 2009)

• A Collection of Translations of Chinese Hip Hop Songs (Baoyan Ye)
• www.xihachina.com/

• Cash in on China’s Growing Taste for Hip-Hop with the 10 Most Influential Chinese Rappers on Weibo (2017)

 

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