Blog Tag - hip-hop

Dive Into Hip-Hop Culture at HOOD KIDZ LAB
Submitted on May 30, 2024
Dance school, bar, and nightclub are all combined into one at HOOD KIDZ LAB, an underground street dance and culture club founded by the renowned...
On the Record: Remembering Expat Rapper, Jackson Turner
Submitted on Jul 26, 2020
On the Record is your guide to the past, present, and future of Beijing's music scene.  Jackson Turner Name: Jackson Turner (aka Emcee Heretic)...
Beijing's Best Hip-Hop Clubs for Homies, Husslers, and Shorties
Submitted on Feb 14, 2019
Over the past couple of years, hip-hop has unequivocally broken from a lifestyle among China's underground circles through to the country's...
Red Bull Champion ESKEI83 Wants "Everyone Raging and Bumping" at Jan 19 Set
Submitted on Jan 16, 2019
Some DJs take great pains to create a perfect set. But 2014 World Red Bull Thre3style champion ESKEI83 isn't afraid to have his performance thrown...
"Every Night Is a Musical Conversation" Says Neo-Soul Legend Bilal
Submitted on Sep 07, 2018
He's collaborated with some of the biggest names in hip-hop and R&B, such as Beyonce, Kendrick Lamar, Common, and Erykah Badu. But Bilal is no...
GMU Hip-Hop Party Brings Together Some of China's Finest Rappers This Sunday, Oct 29
Submitted on Oct 24, 2017
Hip-hop in China is having something of a moment right now. Whether its rise to the mainstream is for better for worse remains to be seen, due in...
"I’ve seen how music can unify" Q&A with Acclaimed Saxophonist Kamasi Washington Ahead of Sept. 22-23 Beijing Gigs
Submitted on Sep 20, 2017
The club full of uppity, elitist jazz fans had already made up their mind about Kamasi Washington before the saxophonist and his cohorts even took to...
Melding Beats in China: Ghanaian DJ Amin Brings His Own Special Mix to Beijing's Music Scene
Submitted on Sep 07, 2017
The Beijing music scene has just had an Afro-injection thanks to the newly released singles (listen below) by China-based Ghanaian disc jockey DJ...
Happy Hip-Hop Holidays! Beloved Rapper Talib Kweli to Perform at Blue Note, Dec. 24-25
Submitted on Nov 30, 2016
Beijing hip-hop diehards have surely long counted "Respiration," among their anthems as they wheezed their way through the capital's smoggy days. Now...
West Coast Meets Far East with Modern Skylab's Korean American Rap Showcase, Nov. 18-20
Submitted on Nov 13, 2016
Forget Gangnam Style. These Korean American MC's are representing a form of hip-hop that'd leave Psy trembling in his fancy dancing shoes. If you...
Flo Rida to Get Low Low Low in Huairou on Sept. 16
Submitted on Aug 29, 2016
Flo Rida is known for gracing the most glamorous of locales with his lavish pop-rap presence – beautiful Miami beaches, the hottest of nightclubs,...
Rising Rap Star ASAP Ferg to Play Yugong Yishan, Sept. 14
Submitted on Aug 25, 2016
Gulou is about to get gangsta. That's because burgeoning hip-hop star A$AP Ferg is set to take the stage at Yugong Yishan on September 14. The rapper...
Hip-Hop Guru DJ Spinna to Send Us Back to 1993 at Migas July 11
Submitted on Jul 10, 2014
Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) is one of his choice albums, while hits by Michael Jackson and Prince headline his popular New York City “Soul Slam”...
Submitted on Jul 26, 2013
Take out your sunglasses, Beijing, because some serious star power is coming your way. His private jet may have been delayed, but that isn’t...
The Beijing Soundcloud: Volume 7
Submitted on May 12, 2013
Soundcloud is one of the best ways to discover new music on the net and there are plenty of Beijing-based acts and Beijing-themed tracks to check...