Hip-hop has experienced a surge in popularity in China, with TV shows introducing new stars to millions. "The Rap of China" TV show played a significant role in popularizing rap culture across the ...

CHENGDU, China — 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 ...

LOS ANGELES — Xingyu Li was excited. The 20-year-old chemistry student traveled 120 miles from San Diego to downtown Los Angeles where he was about to do something he hadn’t done before: rap on the ...

Last summer, frizzy-haired Wang Shuyi was rapping in front of millions. Now, she splits her time between work and the gym, and occasionally busks for passersby. Wang — who wears large wire-rimmed ...

It can be said that hip-hop culture and American culture are one and the same. The last 30 years have seen rap, one of the elements of the culture become popular music. It has traveled around the ...

Hip hop has been getting a bad rap in China. Last year, the genre was having something of a heyday, but since then, the bubble has burst. In the wake of new rules from China's media regulator, songs ...

In the summer of 1973, a young DJ Kool Herc was spinning at a birthday party in the Bronx, New York. Hip-hop soon sparked from sweaty dance floors, forged by kids looking to have fun amid an ...

China Walker, one half of the rap duo Cam & China, died on Tuesday, July 1, her identical twin sister, Camara, announced on social media and GoFundMe. The Inglewood, California, native had been living ...

BEIJING — China is hoping that rap and rhymes will help recruit more young men to the world’s largest standing army. A hip-hop beat backs lyrics like "Kill! Kill! Kill" in an action-packed video ...

Xingyu Li was excited. The 20-year-old chemistry student traveled 120 miles from San Diego to downtown Los Angeles where he was about to do something he hadn’t done before: rap on the helipad of a ...