The Rise of Trap Music in China (Chengdu)

Welcome to Chengdu in Sichuan province, where the hip-hop is hotter than its food. In the first part of The Rise of Trap in Southwest China, we head to Chengdu to speak to the Higher Brothers, China's hottest hip-hop export. Ty. shares the secrets behind several popular songs. While Chengdu's most famous rapper, Xie Di, goes deep in his thoughts on China's scene.
Trap has broken the Chinese wall, and the two hottest trap scenes are the two largest cities in western China - Chengdu and Chongqing.
VICE goes to Chengdu and Chongqing to check out two of the most influential music labels - CDC (aka Chengdu Rap House) and GO$H MUSIC - to explore the realm of dialect rap and a new generation of hip-hop lifestyle and values. Our host Wes Chen, a veteran in the scene who has hosted a Chinese hip-hop radio show for over a decade, shares his knowledge of the hottest music and evolution of hip-hop in China.
Chengdu vs Chongqing: Which will emerge as the reigning city of Chinese hip-hop?
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[@RB-os3tc]

Legend has it they are still looking for the definition of "Trap"

[@jerryb4705]

People don't look for something they already posses.

[@ilovemikerogers]

Your comment is right underneath the original comment you copied so you look dumb af now just fyi

[@ohhi5237]

drugs? @@jerryb4705

[@dotuix7064]

这帮垃圾就在成都乱搞吧，早晚被整死！

[@Vizo114]

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[@llai8501]

Its funny how nobody could actually describe trap.

[@kickfloeb]

"it's a type of underground music in Chengdu" got me especially sad

[@user-ri1nu9xq2m]

come on they are just passerby , what do are you expecting 😂

[@user-ri1nu9xq2m]

@@kickfloeb translation isnt precise, what he said is actually means "in chengdu, trap music is minority and underground "

[@jasonmason6910]

how would you describe trap? Is it 808s and mixed with hip-hop genre?

[@titanblooded6222]

@@jasonmason6910 Trap music is about the lifestyle of getting money in the HOOD. Drug money, gangbanging and all the things that come with it. Poor ppl have to sell drugs and gangbang because lack of educational and economic oppurtunties in their community. Even though its a losing game in the end as you typically end up dead or in jail but you still gotta eat. IE a TRAP.

[@TheWhiteRabbid]

“ I thought in 10 years if I make no money would I regret this? Na I won’t” I Damn I felt that, mad respect. ✊

[@MMOStein]

A Chinese man, in China, with dreadlocks. I've seen it all.

[@southpole76]

if you think that's special, you obviously haven't seen much at all

[@jaimeperez3618]

Look up history of dreadlocks before you make such stupid comments. People wore dreadlocks even in India for the longest time.

[@DakaONER94]

Jamaica has a large population of Chinese and their cultures merge together don’t be surprised to see a Chinese with dreads down there at least.

[@DakaONER94]

Yas Gasovna if two different ethnicities merge culture wtf else are they going to do? It’s inevitable dumbass. Chinese didn’t immigrant to Jamaica by their own free will either they were brought as workers with the Africans to the islands .

[@andrew8337]

Dude had braids not dreadlocks

[@soumyaranjan4626]

What's trap?? Trap.. It's music.. You know what I'm saying.. It's lifestyle.. You know what I'm saying... No. I don't know what you saying. 😑😂😂

[@Tuuurtle19]

But it IS a music style AND a lifestyle. If you don't get that, you're just bagging on how they speak -- not because what they said didn't make sense.

[@runsenliu4704]

Tuuurtle exactly

[@IcyBrown]

@Champ Life Nope, my dear friend. The Triple 6 Mafia created it.

[@lornilula4213]

I feel like he wants to explain something but have no enough vocabulary to explain it. It makes him sound stupid :(

[@raez3749]

ka boom!! 哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈！yes yes ！哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈

[@ilovemikerogers]

Why is it so hard to explain? The trap is a dead end street where the drugs and ho's are at, if you're selling drugs there you're "trappin'". The trap house is the abandoned house nearby where the dope is stored and cooked up. They're all over Atlanta and got made popular by rappers like Big Boi, Jeezy and T.I. and is closely related to the Houston and Memphis rap scenes. The musical side got popular with big heavy bass and rolling hi hats.

[@ohhi5237]

yeh but this is china not detroit

[@jacoblunn29]

@@ohhi5237 yeh but trap is from Detroit not China

[@ohhi5237]

@@jacoblunn29 and china is the largest producer of drugs, so what these people aint poor

[@jacoblunn29]

@@ohhi5237 sure but do you really believe higher brothers are selling coke? Nah and that's a good thing. I'm just saying the original trap music came from from that ruthless environment. Chinese trap then came from that music, not that environment 👌

[@ohhi5237]

@@jacoblunn29 i never mentioned coke lol

[@kaylacarpenter272]

Trap is a word used to describe "trap houses", where people would get trapped doing drugs, usually crack. Trap music, originally, was music that described drug/party scenarios, usually in the form of hip hop and rap. Now, trap is about anything, and has a very defined high hatty, clicky beat.

[@theyz1morpheusb.r.o.658]

m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJjZp6qQj9x3hKs. Morpheus 5 pupilz

[@GOLFHORI]

that first "freestyle" had me backing out the room like I walked in on my parents :/

[@abelshand3843]

😂😂😂

[@shinthespirit]

eminum

[@theexpert5085]

Str8 up

[@headquarters25]

They have to separate the meaning of "trap" from real American trap music. China is hard on any Western influences. The country has gone as far as banning rap on television, as well as visible tattoo, earrings or anything else that may be related to hip hop culture, such as graffiti. So separating any negative connotations is necessary to avoid too much government attention. Just like the guy said at the beginning, a video about rap caused the government to come down hard on them. That being said, I don't think most of them know how trap music originated anyway. China tends to like the culture, but not the people who actually made it.

[@TimothyFlu]

Good point, i didnt think about that

[@ceemor3404]

Hold up...American trap? You mean African American trap ✌🏾

[@serenity8901]

Facts💯

[@ronpaizley9349]

Still black american culture any way you slice it "trap" originates in the southern hiphop culture period

[@choazimuthafuca]

The “Un-huh” from the fat dude had me weak 😂😂

[@blooroadman1613]

lmao

[@ocerco93]

ME TOO hhahaa i replayed it too many times, this is meme material.

[@lesaaaaaaaaaaa]

Currently dying 😭😭😭😭😭

[@keystheproblemfanpage4875]

Wow blackpeople are the global trendsetters our culture & lifestyles are the most imitated & influential.

[@gymrat8164]

master universe sure buddy I’m going to assume your one of those people that views black people as inferior

[@gracebellemaake]

Dementia Hawkins period I was abt to comment that. like girl what? majority of “American culture” is just black culture now glamorized

[@101meinu101]

Wow do you sound so pressed?

[@idrislamont1064]

master universe Black people in America have been put in a very unique situation from a historical view. But being so unique it creates beautiful new forms of music.

[@firekrueger3987]

We run 🏃‍♂️ the world..

[@xerotoninz]

trap man, you know. trap is, man trap is trap. trap is a, trap is music.

[@ethank5681]

Shrek T trap man is life man trap it’s a lifestyl4

[@kk-jm2xl]

But do they actually trap tho

[@NXN2]

Future doesnt

[@teddyleo8945]

95% of rappers today have never slanged anything. They just put up an image like these guys. Not like the old days when rappers were actually bout that life.

[@kk-jm2xl]

Teddy Leo Yup

[@bobyberry8394]

I'm sure they have trap houses in China

[@joker1023sdgo]

Somewhat, china crimes are very different then u.s,for example you'll bearly find weapons or traditional drugs,instead pharmaceutical drugs,and knock-off products are they way of trapping,even chocolate,milk,and baby formula you can find people "trapping" in china.

[@venus-qk5iy]

are we gonna ignore that they mistranslated "As salem alaykum" as "I'm Alaykum" ? 😂

[@sanane66543]

there JOENIES

[@hampusjohansson2497]

zahra LMAO I didnt notice 😂

[@wackyruss]

WTH? He clearly says he’s a “Uyghur boy!” which is a Muslim ethnic group of Xinjiang (Northwestern China). Salam malaykum is an Islamic greeting. He isn’t telling us his name, he’s saying “Hello”! He briefly is rapping in Uyghur language at the beginning. It’s a Turkic language related to Kazakh, Uzbek, and Kyrgyz.

[@steelxx1779]

no cuz we not Muslim boi

[@Chronos17771]

Or was it a double entredre?

[@Blackfilmguild]

I wish people loved us like they love our culture!

[@jadrobe3492]

True, at least y'all got me,, I think Chinese people are dope

[@hu57la]

❤️

[@ek3200]

trap is not black culture.

[@djwestbrook36]

I do believe people love the culture but sometimes I believe even black people can be close minded toward other people loving them.

[@jackzfr1650]

@@djwestbrook36 Idk about black people, but a lot of Asians above 35 are highly reactionary to darker skin colors. It's the most common in Asian countries that have certain roots in Sino-centric culture (chinese), where the whiter one's skin is, the more beautiful they are perceived to be. It's something that evolved over hundreds of years, if not a thousand, which is why poor people are perceived to be darker skinned, while rich, famous, or powerful people have "fairer" skin. It's why K-Pop idols all look like differently styled carbon copies of the same Barbie Doll, but at least Barbie had some color to her.

[@2timesforthewestside]

I was smiling the whole video. Straight to my favorites

[@anthonyriche552]

Same!

[@breadman5048]

Y’all know these Chinese songs?

[@arnav3253]

You should listen to open it up by higher brothers or anything on their album “five stars” it’s honestly really fire if you read the lyrics and peep the American features

[@eenchantress5113]

@@breadman5048 why you say it like that💀

[@anawkwardsweetpotato4728]

As a black person, I'm glad to see my culture being embraced. But it would be nice if they could appreciate the history behind it, as well as the people associated with it.

[@kingjaysoyelrey7969]

Your culture? Please show me any trap music you have ever made

[@crimsonkrimson]

@@kingjaysoyelrey7969 So if a Brazilian hasn't made any Samba music before then it isn't apart of their culture? Your argument makes no sense and you're only making it because you feel entitled to black popular culture.

[@anawkwardsweetpotato4728]

@@sirkeg1 Cool, but I just find it a bit bothersome when people don't even care about or like the people who created something they love to do, regardless of where they come from. It's just good form in my opinion to at least demonstrate a little sincerity and appreciation, or else it can/would look disrespectful.

[@anawkwardsweetpotato4728]

@@jjl511 I see your point, but I think [technological] inventions vs. music/culture are two different parallels. White people invented cars and planes for utility. Black people created traffic lights and clothes dryers for utility. Arabs invented Algebra for utility. No one yells at the sky for the creators of these things because they're not of inherent sentimental value like music, culture and traditions.

[@kevintran3042]

idantfearbro so just cause a few Asians don’t like u mean that all Asians hate black ppl lmao I have black friends and we chillin

[@arabtrappers6934]

People who are triggered about cultural appropriation probably have some random ass Chinese tattoo on their arm that they don’t even know the meaning of. Let them have fun with the genre because that’s what music is about

[@southeparkfreak]

Cultural appropriation only exists in the minds of some Americans. Please don't bring that nonsense to the rest of the world. I don't understand why you're not allowed to be influenced and enjoy other cultures. What's next? Not being allowed to enjoy foreign quisine?

[@somkeshav4143]

@Champ Life not necessarily..........................that's some bad logic right there

[@southeparkfreak]

@Champ Life Your world has to be very small if you limit yourself to your own cultural bubble. Grow up.

[@southeparkfreak]

@Champ Life So... You can ''appreciate'' it, but you can't wear, listen to, eat or style your hair a certain way because that would somehow be 'stealing'? Do you realise how unlogical that sounds to a non-American(and sane Americans alike)? Intentions matter, as long as the cultural appropriation is not a clear mockery of your culture there is nothing to be offended about. Just chill and live and let live. When I talk to Americans I feel like I need a rulebook with all the insane amounts of exceptions when it comes to not offending people. Where has common sense and a thick skin gone?

[@youarerightbut5066]

I don't have no chinese tatoo.

[@makaveli2363]

My Grandfather smoked his whole life. I was about 10 years old when my mother said to him, “If you ever want to see your grandchildren graduate, you have to stop immediately..” He looked at me and then at that old cancer stick, flicked the ashes one last time, and l swear I saw tears well up in his eyes when he realized what exactly was at stake. He gave it up right then and there. Three years later my Grandpa died of lung cancer. It was really sad and destroyed me. My mother said to me, “Son, don’t ever smoke. Please don't put your family through what your Grandfather put us through." I agreed. At 32, I have never touched a cigarette. I must say though, I feel a very slight sense of regret for never having done it, because watching this video gave me cancer anyway.

[@iiioiiaka302]

😂😂

[@lightsalt7485]

Bruh Y

[@rebeccamolina3822]

😳😳😩😩😩

[@lilyflower8136]

You know what. You just cracked me up!

[@redzizz]

Hahahaha.. Faaaccckkk

[@thkrawhunee]

OMG!!!!!! I've been to China and ABSOLUTELY LOVED it! I'll be in Chengdu this THIS YEAR! thank you so much for sharing this with us!

[@calfdeck4820]

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[@ninotown3077]

this is from vice china 2 years ago...why u post on youtube now

[@DopeLee]

@bd z LOL, if that's true that's so shameful, we need real creativity like that in China, sadly we haven't really seen any, that's why I listen to real rap and real trap so far (not the copied bullshit)

[@dzjanczidi4749]

@bd z then who's paying you to say this stupid shit?

[@junsu21]

better late than never, right?

[@MrMrgodzilla567]

bd z you’re hilarious.

[@conference_1]

@bd z bullshit. This one was made by Vice China in Beijing two years ago.

[@Saltiumine]

When that asian dude said "You know what im sayn" i died

[@gk8644]

Why?

[@billan888]

I liked this video, shows that we are all brothers and sisters, we just live in different places. Much love to the homies in China.

[@jonw952]

If only those homies in China like black people..

[@ShawkyJames]

Even tho these guys don't really know what Trap means but they deserve our utter respect. As someone who is born in China I know it is extremely difficult to pursue a music career not only the little chance of success but also the enormous social pressures from their Asian parents and other relatives. They are really brave to be able to stand out from the ordinary in order to do what they love to do, especially from an Asian culture. Respects...

[@patandersen4271]

I give them props, cause I'm hella sure many think they are wasting their time doing this and the fam might think their crazy. However, I respect and LOVE all creative people so Respect and big ups to em all.

[@theyz1morpheusb.r.o.658]

m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJjZp6qQj9x3hKs. Morpheus 5 pupilz

[@umarfaroukbala9743]

Fact

[@thehelm658]

If you are NOT African American ie the creators/originators of TRAP music which in fact- was created FOR US BY US- Not and never intended to be shared- you are not qualified to have an opinion. This shit is getting scary

[@sayidmartinez7347]

@@thehelm658shut the hell up

[@baller128k]

lmaoo aint one of them knew what trap meant...smfh

[@haowang6410]

only girls said somethings right 😂 ...

[@jeremiah_12]

It's something that traps you! Lol.

[@wrathofme03]

Awesome. When different cultures do hip hop they take it in a fresh direction because of their traditional sounds or lifestyle.. And sometimes it works.

[@jademoon7938]

Trap music isn't called trap because of the verb 'to trap'. It's because it came from drug dealers who work in trap houses. Now that is a reference to the verb 'to trap' as the term does mean it traps people, because everyone who comes to the house gets trapped there, because of their addiction. Now that the music has moved international and isn't directly related to stacks, rubber bands, whipping, or any other drug paraphernalia, it's lost its meaning. But that is the origin of the term trap music.

[@jademoon7938]

@@stevenbaas4011 How so?

[@mexokream728]

4:47 when you step on a Lego

[@lufo4599]

I'm an American expat whose been living in Seoul for 11 years. I sometimes go on business trips to China and I have been to Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chongqing, Nanjing, and Dalian. also been to Taiwan and traveled around there. One thing I love about China is how different the cities are. The people, food, atmosphere, architecture, and more are so different and the contrasts are so stark that it's even noticeable and accessible to a foreigner like me. After watching this video I'm now SUPER interested in Chengdu, and I hope I have a chance to experience this city!

[@rosofficesolutionsinc1572]

very interesting how culture spreads from society to society and how they make it their own

[@theyz1morpheusb.r.o.658]

m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJjZp6qQj9x3hKs. Morpheus 5 pupilz

[@aaronlewis2501]

Make it their own. It’s called stealing

[@serenity8901]

@@aaronlewis2501 Samething! They will steal and try to make changes to fit them. Soon they will call it something different and make everyone believe they created it.

[@mrtakeaminute6815]

@@aaronlewis2501 shut up dog

[@aaronlewis2501]

@@mrtakeaminute6815 truth hurts.. dawg

[@coralinequeen5651]

TY and Higher Brothers are inspiring people. I wish people wouldn’t take me as a joke when they see me listening to them.

[@gm346553]

"The black man of America is the most copied man on this planet" -Paul Mooney

[@patandersen4271]

Jazz and Blues, Rock and Roll I could go on forever but I DO have a life. READ a book sometime.

[@patandersen4271]

This is true gm346553. So really why are people so upset if some kids in China love music from the U.S.? this has been going on for over 100 years.

[@solmoman]

@@patandersen4271 Mein Kampf is a book

[@realone2228]

@simbakafiri hip hop to slang stop being salty I've lost count on how many cultures try to rap or act like african Americans

[@Ajay-ju4sb]

simbakafiri the fact your Arabic a$$ came here to hate news flash white People don’t like u and your not one of them trust me

[@kristykreme9915]

This genre sounds like it was MADE for their language! Multilingual music of any kind is an interesting and revolutionary idea!

[@sefp]

No it isnt Its always existed plenty of people have released their songs in different languages or used different languages in one track. Allot of jamaican tracks have english and patios Missy elltiot and that french guy, dancehall. How is chinese made for another races pride identity and warrior music and ancestral try worship culture. Makes no sense.

[@marshaabrady5191]

KristyKreme can black people have anything of their own? Anything?? 😭😭😭 we all know black people are the originators of rap, it was not MADE for their language, I’m not hating on the movement but damn give credit where credit is due

[@uhohscooby2905]

tf you saying obv you know nothing about trap or trap life lmao

[@HDFreskoOfficial]

if you grind hard enough there's no potential to your potentials! simply believe an put in the work! well i been putting in mad work and i need your support! plz check out my new single " Trap House" available on all platforms right now! soundcloud link below soundcloud.com/harvel-das/trap-house

[@cooliipie]

@@marshaabrady5191 Shut up. It's about who doesn't best not first

[@domsjuk]

About the seeming cultural ignorance of some of these people: Of course, there are MANY pretentious idiots in China who are hopelessly trying to ride the wave of popular foreing, i.e. Western, cultural phenomena, albeit apparently having no meaningful understanding of it at all. But this I think is very much rooted in the total lack of a substantial youth culture and sub-cultural identity there, society just doesn't leave a lot of room for that. There are some very interesting underground communites in Chinese cities, particularly Chengdu, Wuhan or Shanghai, which I think have zestful scenes with very creative and seriously impressive people, but they suffer a lot of repercussions from society and from the authorities. And even worse, once some of these things experience enough of a popularity boom they become ruthlessly commercialised - and this is what happened to Hip Hop in China in recent years, too - it becomes a big, harmless show and an even bigger business for a clueless K-Pop loving mainstream audience, that has no deep connection to any of this, drained of authenticity and realness. Because many young people experience subculture merely as a media phenomenon without "living" it, it is no wonder you will find a lot of clueless wannabes. However, for all I see and care about, these Chengdu-based artists are the coolest thing when it comes to Chinese Hip Hop, and I don't even like Trap that much, but Higher Brothers are pretty good, and I hope they can evolve on that and continue to create their own identity and style, inspiring more people to break out of this desert of dullness that is Chinese mainstream pop culture and lifestyle. 加油兄弟们!

[@saniahmed1531]

G

[@Unclejamsarmy]

Yeah i have very little patience for the people bitching about it too. Black people in the US have been hella racist to Asians, co opted and disrespected parts of their culture in media even specifically in rap. lil pump obviously the most recent one. For Black Americans to say kinda racist things about and make fun of white people is totally fair lol I have no complaint, but to apply that logic about race relations in the US to the entire world is really dumb and reflects serious ignorance (which is true of all Americans). Hypocrisy isn’t a good look. That being said racism and xenophobia in China is certainly a problem. It was hard for me to tell how much of it was just genuine extreme ignorance vs actual ideas of genetic supremacy since I don’t really speak Chinese. I asked some ppl and they never wanted to be upfront about it but as far as I could tell they like black Americans and black westerners, but they don’t like African immigrants that are poor at least, and they’re likely to assume anyone black is African not American. My impression was moreso ignorance and xenophobia vs actual racism but idk. And more to your point specifically, it’s not like wu tang clan was really deeply knowledgeable about Chinese history culture and struggles lol. And that’s fine, it was still cool, I don’t think that was seen as offensive by Chinese ppl at large. There’s religious rock music and foreign rock music and all kinds that only really share the actual sound of the music not a culture. That’s great, not a problem.

[@olgak4]

Woaw that was some really interesting comments

[@flighted2513]

@@Unclejamsarmy They also don't say shit when Nicki Minaj came out with Chun Li . Kanye West, Lil Wayne, J. Cole, Wiz Khalifa, Tyler the Creator, and most likely your favorite Black rapper have all rapped a variant of the totally hilarious and super original “eyes so low I look Asian” joke. Cardi B, who runs the game at the moment, called Kim Jong-Un “Won Tung soup” on Twitter, while her fiancee’s groupmate, Quavo, straight up calls Asian people “chinks” in “Get Right Witcha.”

[@yotub5979]

@@Unclejamsarmy Yeah lmao even RZA of the Wu posted this mad offensive japanese imperial flag inside the Wu "W" on some tweet about meditation lmao. He probably didn't even know how offensive that is to Chinese, Koreans, and like all of SE asia but still. Sometimes people just have to stop getting mad when their culture ends up on the other side of the world lmao that's globalisation for you.

[@andrewo1072]

Dude. Awesome work. Hope to see a series on Chinese clubs.

[@user-rb1fl2ew2l]

Finally, subtitles! Love CDC and Chinese rap in general.

[@garagegorilla5x5]

Black people have so much cultural influence if only the masses could influence ourselves on the same level resulting in a wave of positivity. All the way from Detroit

[@thegreatonecometh200]

our problems arent any different than any other groups its just more focused on than any other groups and its easy to get rid of ! just get rid of poverty and boom its gone ! detroit is poor chicago hoods are poor and things like this happen where poverty rules !

[@garagegorilla5x5]

@Liam South You keep thinkin that.

[@juangonzalez6397]

Nobody cares where you're from

[@garagegorilla5x5]

@@juangonzalez6397 Yea you do or else you wouldnt have said anything.

[@juangonzalez6397]

@@garagegorilla5x5 nigga are you fucking five

[@curtssallee9807]

In the 80s it was called the SPOT aka crackhouse....the term trap house refers to crackhouse..the brothers from the South trans formed that into what we call trap music....

[@weedpot100]

Had fun psychily rapping with these rappers in the video. Had a blast! :D

[@tegotv6620]

This was hard thank you needed too see this big up Chengdu

[@MZS22]

just wow at the uyghur translation at the start (0:03) zzz "assalamu alaykum. men, uyghur bala, ilham" translates roughly to "greetings. i am, an uyghur child, ilham." which means his name is Ilham not alaykum. ...and i know this because i am uyghur

[@AdithyaDas430]

bala. That's the world for child in many indian langauges as well...damn linguistics is fun..

[@maidaomahati9414]

nimu adaxi, jalap xun

[@williamanderson5731]

well hello there always wanna meet a uyghur

[@megaelectronvolt7848]

الله يقويك

[@williamanderson5731]

MegaElectronVolt what? :l

[@trewright9003]

Rich homie chan out here making moves

[@Wecanhelp]

He dont chingping he makes money moves

[@patrickhybl3668]

Dope, keep working this is cool

[@Ch9-7708]

This is a classic I come back to every once in a while.

[@theyz1morpheusb.r.o.658]

m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJjZp6qQj9x3hKs. Morpheus 5 pupilz

[@SpiritualOutLaw]

It’s cool to love black culture hopefully it spills over to respect ✊ for the creators and originators 💯

[@theyz1morpheusb.r.o.658]

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[@sanah6933]

It wont

[@SpearWarrior671]

Props to Vice, they're all over the damn world. In places where sometimes only Special Operations Forces/Special Operations operators go.

[@chorderline]

I love this language, even if I can't understand the lyrics the flow is dope!!!

[@superrrrliz]

The Higher Brothers concert in Atlanta was so good.

[@megamor5838]

I absolutely love HB! THEY MADE IT!!!!

[@theyz1morpheusb.r.o.658]

m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJjZp6qQj9x3hKs. Morpheus 5 pupilz

[@manescreen4738]

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[@CEOofSleep]

Lol you sound stupid

[@manescreen4738]

@@CEOofSleep LOL ITS TRUE, THE WAY YOUNG BLACK PEOPLE DRESS, TALK, STYLE AND SPECIALLY INFLUENCE SHIT, PEOPLE COPY NOT IN A BAD WAY IN A GOODWAY.

[@monsterduo4038]

Well, black Americans and Jamaicans are the only globally popular/influential black people. Black Brits are a FAR third.

[@JoseDior_]

And the definition of a young black man is..

[@hu57la]

souljaaaa

[@gleroyTullySAEHEYKID]

Rono Tse (DJ for Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy) showed me a MADE IN CHINA promo CD in 1995/6 in Boston. It was for a Wu-style all Chinese MCs from SanFran. He was the first to that name.

[@jxcut6756]

They trapping that good fentanyl

[@chinchillout3533]

@peter schwarz I'd argue that they (along with sugar addicts) are indeed jokers.

[@mercurialmystic]

Anyone know the song that starts at 3:05? I’m lovin the Roy Ayers x Everybody Loves The Sunshine sample!

[@karwinchau4684]

Queen Ria the song is “we chat” by higher brothers and Keith ape

[@mercurialmystic]

Karwin Chau Thank you!

[@mercurialmystic]

Karwin Chau um actually I don’t think it’s that song. I checked it out and it’s not the same lol.

[@karwinchau4684]

I think it’s the one without Keith ape then

[@mercurialmystic]

Karwin Chau I figured it out. It’s the Higher Brothers Intro. Lol thanks anyways.

[@raquelmacdonald8572]

Our music, our culture, our style, our swag, we are the trendsetters for the rest of the world in these areas!!! Dang!!!

[@rosofficesolutionsinc1572]

Its time we learn to appreciate the spread of the culture. Instead of being constantly gripping about this.

[@nokap4922]

Yeah but you also gotta think a lot of black American street culture is made in China like Jordan’s and bape for example

[@wokk9543]

@@nokap4922 frfr asain and black is inspriring each other

[@nokap4922]

H J yes bro if we keep trying to make everything look negative in this world we not gonna make progress. We jus gonna create more separation between us.

[@wokk9543]

@@nokap4922 truth

[@mohaumoloto5253]

That sample flip at 3.02 is sick.

[@shanny1318]

5:36 Yooooo that bar 🤣✨🔥

[@daniellee1722]

Is this revenge for Bruce Leroy and The Last Dragon?

[@Standing_on_my_Z]

😅😅

[@douglasgw1992]

It's crazy how most don't know the origins of trap music but adopt what it means to them and how it makes them feel. It's beautiful. Seriously

[@jyinxtv7740]

i feel my fellow blacks in this comment section need to come to terms these are poor overlooked people like us in there part of the world and need to show love to our allies in the struggle instead of isolate ourselfs divided we are weak together we are strong

[@goodtogolifestyle630]

I agree with the both of ya

[@douglasgw1992]

@@jyinxtv7740 ???? okay.....

[@celestialextraterrestrial305]

@@jyinxtv7740 I can totally tell you re not Black just by reading that statement. Try again.

[@veryamaze541]

Is there a video like this on Rock and Metal culture in Asia? There are a lot of good bands like Crystal Lake, for example, that would make a great short doc similar to this.

[@mountainman6172]

Fascinating!

[@gegeswint3317]

Often imitated never duplicated.

[@patandersen4271]

Yes gegeswint this is truth

[@ohhi5237]

often out of jail never off parole

[@kslay1475]

Why did the last song go hard tho 😂 GAI, GAI, GAI, GAI lol

[@wenhuangzeng1341]

Another popular rap house in China is GO$H, which in Chongqing. The last song was a song dissing an important member of GO$H and his name is GAI. There's a history of diss between CDC and GO$H.

[@ah36206]

Diss Gai- Higher Brothers

[@rkgordon6364]

its a diss track

[@sammiballinbeats8428]

The hook kinda sounds like gang by max p

[@Roasty420]

Sammi Ballin Beats On Fonem that's why I thought bro 😂😂😂 I was like " Ay! I know that beat and Rhythm " lol

[@isabellelauder-robb8765]

I live in London, UK and I love and listen to Higher Brothers

[@astroboycum3982]

That everybody loves the sunshine sample fire af

[@jessef205]

That Porsche lane change at 0:30 got me furious.

[@fkeyzuwu]

"Higher Brothers, that's the, like the best crew in China right now." 3:02 Water Swag Hakuna Matata

[@jesusthekidd5187]

lol

[@smitdalma6600]

song name?

[@Cheflvl]

@@smitdalma6600 higher brothers intro

[@mjspeedzone5532]

That guy shaddy is actually very interesting.. how he describes character rappers and real life rappers is a creative take on how things are potrayed.

[@DatingJames]

Damn, TY. seems like such a wise guy with an interesting perspective on life. Respect.

[@citylights2765]

Agreed!

[@techwood16]

Idk wtf they are saying but it sounds good. My city (Atlanta) influenced the world thats carzy

[@jcrowviral]

It's funny because the name of the music is a clear warning not to listen to it.

[@jewelmiller6367]

Lol

[@tm6543]

I watched all 3 Blade movies in 1 day. 2019

[@yariis7949]

I knew they were about that life and real trap when at 3:38 he didn’t take his shoes off when he came in the house ....real trap house 🏡

[@slmeucalesa1]

Did dude just say "I fuq with"....???.....rflmao.....hell yeah!

[@jadecznnie]

2:52 WHEN PSY.P APPEARED I SCREAMED 😍😍😍

[@hollyodii5969]

Much love to artists trying to express themselves. Please cling to originality. And create in the face of fear.

[@Jourdynwilsongreenpanda]

let me know if any of these rappers have bops. I love trap music and hip pop in general. I'm glad they are able to express themselves under the CCP.

[@yeahh2085]

3:15 yall already know this dude packing drugs in his pocket

[@sskeed5237]

I was hoping for "kitchen in the dungeon "

[@JRZC11]

Fascinating

[@rinwesley3092]

They sound really good.

[@BuzzLiteBeer]

I'm Chinese-American and I grew up in the birthplace of Hip-Hop (Bronx, NY). As much as I support the rise of hip-hop in China, it's pretty clear that, while the artists likely know the history, the fans don't know anything about the history/culture/significance. The fans are just appropriating hip-hop for the fashion and turn-up vibes. That one dude said Trap is life, but probably doesn't even know where the term comes from or anything about hip-hop prior to the recent renaissance in Atlanta rap.

[@MultiRainday]

The thing is, culture's meaning loses over time and it's up to the newer generation to follow it and make its new meaning. Just like cultures nowadays, some people follow it without even knowing the real reason behind or the meaning

[@teddyleo8945]

Atlanta rap and southern rap has dominated the hip-hop sector for over two decades now. There was no renaissance. Trap is just another offshoot of Southern Rap. I doubt you were listening to the original Bronx MCs. NYC is no longer a Hip-hop mecca. 69 is the most famous rapper from there lol. 50 cent and ASAP mob is all NYC has, and they are pretty irrelevant right now. The point is, it doesn't matter if the fans know the roots because you didn't know yours until you read that "hip hop started in the bronx." Very hypocritical, especially if you are chinese

[@anawkwardsweetpotato4728]

@7/11 WAS A PART TIME JOB .-.

[@most.likely]

Z Z ✔️

[@aprilfielder480]

Thanks for speaking the truth sir

[@cullenbatsel]

1:17 those are actually vitamin c pills lmao

[@freemind1229]

They say, once u go to Chengdu you are never coming back. That's how good Chengdu is.

[@yiyang2120]

Proud of my hometown!!!

[@MrHarvo720]

LMFAOOOOOO😂😆😂😆😂 PS. A few of those songs actually pretty hard🤔

[@jaivonjenkins2164]

LOL so much gets lost in translation when things are adopted by others

[@aidanpayan6919]

I’ve been listening to Chinese rap for like 3 years. Mostly Hugher brothers

[@jacobobesser]

They sound fire.

[@etkarcalexico6526]

6:00 youre gonna step on the cord damn it....

[@zschambill]

I don’t consider myself an old head but I listen to a lot of MCs back in the 90s and 80s, my favorites being KRS One, Chuck D, and Slick Rick. I don’t hate trap music, but the majority of these young kids now emerging in China’s hip hop scene doesn’t really know shit about hip hop. Bunch of them r just mumble rappers that even have no clue about legends like Bambaataa or Kool Herc. There are only few OG hip hop groups that I know are lyricists who really focus on the content and keep it real. These newer kids loves to act tough and show off that they smoked weed or something gangsta but guess what, China’s very hard hitting on any kind of drugs and criminal activity. I’m pretty sure they’ve taken one single hit n brag bout it thru their entire music career. Not to mention only very few of them actually have gang related connections or have been in jail. 说唱教父尹相杰都进去了，不比现在某些小逼崽子们gangsta多了hardcore多了？

[@gstacks510]

@Emin Subasic I'm a firm believer that you should know the history of anything before you partake in it. Your not going to buy a $50k car before doing research are you?

[@zschambill]

Emin Subasic my problem isn’t really that they don’t know the history, it’s they are not keeping it real. It’s fine if an artist doesn’t know Rakim’s rhyme scheme-it’s not needed when he can write poetic lyrics by himself and stays true to himself. My problem is that what I have indicated in the former statement cannot be easily achieved if one does not know the history. Hip hop as a culture is partially miscommunicated when it was brought overseas. The culture was meant to express oneself-his life and his thoughts on matters. Given the history of the hip hop, it was about black people in the hood trying to exhaust energy and party up, their doings in their culture (e.g. graffiti and break dancing). As the culture and art form evolved, street life, gangs, money and binge spending (because hip hop artists started to get rich) emerged. When people overseas listen to or feel hip hop now, most of them, without historical knowledge, would interpret the culture from the phenomena, that hip hop is about bragging about money, cars, women and drugs, as well as being tough and beef with other people (as these are popular themes among popular tracks out there now). When these people overseas trying to bring hip hop to life in their own countries and cultures, they only take the content from such phenomena, which is very trivial and superficial-this is now hip hop’s essence. To me the beauty of hip hop is about keeping it real, you rhyme about what you actually do, how you actually feel and stuff like these, not faking that you were a gangsta or you deal drugs whatsoever. Lots of young rappers in China only copy the phenomena without understanding it, e.g. they wear red, yellow and green hoodie but don’t know the impacts Bob Marley has on music (and hip hop) (heck, some of them even don’t know who Bob Marley was). In my last sentence in the original reply (the one in Chinese), I mentioned an artist who put out a hip hop album back in 1992 or 1993. Heck his whole music career was pop/folk music but his album was one of the realest Chinese hip hop album I’ve listened to. He didn’t try to act tough or rap about money in his lyrics, instead, he wrote about the local lifestyle from his city (in the song Take it Slow) and his observation of people and society. Compared to current Chinese trap artists who only brag about smoking weed, this dude is much closer to true hip hop.

[@zschambill]

Emin Subasic This is *not hip hop’s essence

[@calfdeck4820]

@@zschambill That's what happened when a culture got commercialized, everything went shit.

[@zschambill]

calf deck true. I see commercialization as a double edged sword. On the one hand it brings the culture to thrive. On the other, it makes the culture deviates from its root. When it comes to fuse hip hop with a foreign culture, it’s all about the right mentality, which is something a typical young generation rapper in China lacks.

[@hippieflowerstudios3456]

Higher Brothers!! ❤️🔥

[@huntersimp2568]

再回过头看一遍这个采访，那时候他们都很青涩，短短几年他们都已经蜕变成圈内一线大咖，身价飞涨，绝对成功的经营。

[@NPC13377]

The next big trap artist in China... Teriyaki 69

[@Recraw7]

Lean got me high, my sesame points higher

[@brimmyburner7530]

wanna know trap, look no further than Gucci mane. da livin legend. WOOOP!

[@fauxltystower]

Chinese Trap music videos: the most gangsta thing I've seen on KZbin since the "Moped Gangs Terrorizing London" video...

[@Philip1993e]

I cannot hate on these guys and the music they are making. Music shouldn’t be about acting hard and being violent. I do think that as an artist adopting a pre-existing genre and lifestyle, you should know the origins and acknowledge those that came before you. I think it’s the documentary maker’s fault that there was no acknowledgement of BLACK CULTURE.

[@blehe0h]

Would you be as open-minded and interested in the truth if a documentary comes out that plainly states the history of some of these music celebrates violence and black ghettohood as an integral identity of black culture? Just curious. How far does your demand for authenticity goes, and how far is your implied outrage? or is it only as far as what's convenient for your pride and argument?

[@SoPsyko]

@@blehe0h FACTS

[@walterprieto1125]

"There's an Ah-huh missing" -LMAO

[@1Hannibal33]

People appropriate black culture like no other. They literally take our essence: how we talk, walk, dress and even handshake! Sure there may be black people out there who love anime, or have an Asian letter tattooed on them but they ain’t trying to identify as Asian or steal ur essance. This a whole new level haha

[@nstark9897]

Yeah it's cringey and disgusting to see these people. I don't wanna act, sound like you guys lol

[@Official_RKotababy]

It’s crazy to think that the higher brothers collabed with ski and denzel curry 🔥