In 2018, the censors who oversee Chinese media issued a directive to the nation's entertainment industry: Don't feature artists with tattoos and those who represent hip-hop or any other subculture.

Chinese rapper Boss X performs at a concert in Chengdu in southwestern China's Sichuan province, Saturday, March 16, 2024. The rapper, who had come up from making music in a run-down apartment in an ...

BEIJING Over the last decade many students and working-class Chinese have been writing rap as a form of self-expression. Rougher and more rebellious than the well-scrubbed pop that floods the airwaves ...

UMG announces the launch of Def Jam Recordings China in Chengdu, viewed as the capital of Chinese hip-hop and a cultural hub in Southwest China. Universal Music Greater China (UMGC), a division of ...

Each country has an icon that represents its national identity to the world. There’s beer in Germany, there are pyramids in Egypt and Panama has its canal. But these associations can’t and don’t ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CHENGDU, China (AP) — In 2018, the censors ...

A group of 100 Chinese rappers have contributed to a lengthy track dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party, showing the extent to which the country’s success has ...

Sony Music Entertainment label RCA Records Greater China has struck a partnership with Iris Chengdu, the independent label and music collective founded by Chengdu-based producer Andre Grant (aka ...

June 30 (Reuters) - ** Shares of Pop Culture Group Co surging 397% on Weds after the Chinese hip-hop event holder's U.S. IPO ** CPOP last traded at $29.82 after earlier hitting a session high of ...

Mix classical Chinese dance with hip-hop, toss in drumline percussion, taiko drumming and a social justice message and you get “Together: Yingge and Hip Hop Unite,” a new work premiering as part of ...