'Gotta find a way': Chinese rap in crisis after crackdown

AFP ^ | February 8, 2018 | Dan Martin

[C19fan]

Chinese rap and hip hop seemed poised to break out after a wildly popular singing show brought mainstream legitimacy to a musical style that had struggled to find its voice in China.

But an abrupt official backlash against hip hop culture has tamed the swagger of artists who fear that Chinese rap's development, like a once-promising homegrown rock-and-roll movement, will be nipped in the bud by Communist politics.

[C19fan]

Seems like a great idea to me.

[Red Badger]

I just cannot seem to picture in my mind, RAP and Hip-Hop in Mandarin........................

[Cowboy Bob]

Yeah. There are some things we can learn from the Chinese.

[dsrtsage]

Chinese Rap or CRap, like all rap needs to eradicated from the planet.

[VanDeKoik]

Nice to know authoritarian practices have a contingent of fans on a site called Free Republic. /s

Any other genres we should “eradicate” ChiCom style?

[Lee25]

As Chinese and as much as I am not fan of communist party, I fully support CCPs dicisive action to crackdown this kind garbage called rap.

[VanDeKoik]

One of those is to cherish freedom and not endorse censorship.

[Loud Mime]

Hey that works with Korean as well: K-rap krap

[PGR88]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4GWF8_MgK4

It exhibits the exact same pathologies as American rap.

[AppyPappy]

We had Gangnum Style, now we have ChiCom Style!!!

[Red Badger]

It exhibits the exact same pathologies as American rap.

Birds of a fleather................

[wastedyears]

Can’t spell ‘crap’ without ‘rap’.

[samtheman]

I prefer freedom of speech.

[gr8eman]

Can’t believe I am actually cheering on the commies!

[StAntKnee]

“Rap in Crisis.” Music to my ears.

[Fresh Wind]

As much as I hate rap, if people want to listen to it, then let them. Government censorship is never a good idea.

[heterosupremacist]

PGR88 wrote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4GWF8_MgK4 I watched the video - some observations: Chinamen are like the distant relatives of Black hip hop. lower production values, their bling looks like something my sister would wear, not even one pistol, some had tattoos written in English, and the artists were all built like egg noodles, no abs - but they all took their shirts off striking poses. Hilarious. Both thumbs up!

[Angels27]

Even the ChiComs buy into that rap and hip hop s**t???

[pgkdan]

Chicoms aren’t ALWAYS wrong.