Hip Hop in tongues

Young Kin - half Swiss, half Chinese with roots in the motherland. (Mandarin) Interesting perspective. He breaks down Chinese Hip Hop here.

Through my various tangents, I got to searching Chinese Hip Hop. Apparently a cultural anthropologist and Fulbright Scholar, Angela Steele did research on Hip Hop in China (blog here). Here is an audio of her interview with Nomadic Wax.



Pretty interesting info about how hip hop came to China and the scene today. Why it's rising up seems like a very familiar story... a way of expression for the oppressed. Looking into this now is a reality check for me of how good we have it here in the states. Out of sight out of mind I suppose. I ignorantly fail to realize the strict control over music, art, literature and self expression still very much exists today. Dayam...

Another Chinese artist, Dumdue - a jazzy hip hop group (MCs, DJs, popper) and their perspective on hip hop here.