Billionhappy is the ‘king’ of the Nu China rap scene

This story is taken from the spring 2026 issue of Dazed, which is on sale internationally now. Order a copy of the magazine here.

Billionhappy joins our call from a golden throne in his Shanghai home, a velvet hoodie half-pulled over his pink braids. “I bought this chair to remind myself that I am king,” he says. In terms of China’s musical underground, at least, he’s not wrong: the rapper ishellip;

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