Blog Tag - Hip Hop

Gate of the Nine Dragons: The Courtyard Art Space & Club Changing Dongsi’s Scene
"If you want underground indie music, we're doing real indie stuff here," Laurence J. Brahm, owner and proprietor of Gate of the Nine Dragons, jokes...
"I Don't Put Opinions in Music, I Only Pose Questions", Claims Conscious Rapper Oddisee
The glorification of violence in mainstream hip-hop culture is so prevalent, that it's often mistaken as an essential, necessary element of the genre...
Eating Noodles at Hip Hop Club-Style Restaurant Sta Food, Sanlitun Soho
At first blush it’s hard to believe that Sta Food is a place for noodles, what with its concrete walls and neon lights, not to mention its noodle bar...
大包子 DaBozz Brings Dreamscapes in Hip-Hop Verses to Omni Space, Apr 20
Hip-hop has been riding a high tide in China for the last few years. With influences flowing from both western street trap and gentler South Korean...
Extra Spicy Hip-Hop Comes to Beijing Courtesy of Bohan Phoenix Tonight, Sep 22
After the initial pop-star roasting at the start of The Rap of China (中国有嘻哈) – an apple that did not fall far enough from the powdered and sterile...
From The Life of Pablo to Gulou Dajie: See Hotshot Hip Hop Producer Sinjin Hawke at Dada, Aug. 26
Kanye West, Just Blaze and a member of Three 6 Mafia are but a few of Sinjin Hawke's all-star rap collaborators, an impressive lineup that the young...
R Check Out These Five T-Pain Songs That Even the Music Snobs Will Enjoy, Ahead of His July 21 Beijing Gig
He makes purists instantly turn up their noses, provides snobs with endless fodder, and he even prompted his genre's most famous figure to cast shade...
Prodigious Toronto Producer Harrison to Tempt Dancefloor Diehards at ModernSky Lab, May 29
He's been called "Wise beyond his years" for fusing "juicy, bubbly synths with dusty bass and lush melodies that warm the spirit." And he's done it...
Watch Soulja Boy Crank It and Roll at Club Mix, May 5
Oh sure, youuuuuu’ve rolled your eyes, let on you hated it, and sneered whenever it was played for the umpteenth time. But if you try to deny having...
Click Click Boombar, Luxury Hip Hop in Sanltun
Boombar is the new, glitzed-out dance party zone at Gongti that will soon be hosting a bunch of high profile gigs and hip-hop themed events in the...
One Insanely Jam-Packed Weekend: Dirty South, Just Blaze, Moullinex, and Much More
Below our top picks for a night out this weekend. Don't miss out on knowing about the best events in Beijing – see our Editor's Picks. Tonight For...
Update: Akon Postponed
Updated Update: We might have jumped the gun a tad, but our original suspicions have finally been confirmed. Akon has either cancelled or will be...
One Flew into the Cuckoo's Nest: Birdy Namnam at Yugong Yishan Tomorrow Night
Birdy Namnam are no mere knob twiddlers - the four-man French DJ "band" take an instrumentalist's approach to turntables and collaborate to create...
Grand Slam: Wicked Wordsmith Omar Musa At the BILF
Is the 27-year-old Malaysian Australian Omar Musa a rapper with the heart of a poet, or a poet with the heart of a rapper? No matter, we're lucky...
Weekend Live Music Roundup: Mongolian Hip-Hoppers and Rustic Glam
We’ve all heard of traditional Mongolian music involving throat singing, but like the rest of China, Inner Mongolia is diving into he modern world...