Bloodz Boi: The humble godfather of Chinese underground rap

In 2017, rap went mainstream in China. The moment is easy to pinpoint: hip-hop competition show The Rap of China. MC culture had been bubbling in the country for years prior – generally, as with most musical imports, regarded with suspicion by government authorities – but the series opened the floodgates. Broadcast by the Baidu-owned iQIYI streaming platform, the show accrued one billion views within its first month and, by the time the second seasonhellip;

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