Universal Music Greater China announced the launch of Def Jam Recordings China in Chengdu, Sichuan province, on Jan. 20, creating a dedicated platform for Chinese hip-hop and urban music. Timothy Xu, ...

Each country has an icon that represents its national identity to the world. There’s beer in Germany, there are pyramids in Egypt and Panama has its canal. But these associations can’t and don’t ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CHENGDU, China (AP) — In 2018, the censors ...

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 ...

Sony Music Entertainment label RCA Records Greater China has struck a partnership with Iris Chengdu, the independent label and music collective founded by Chengdu-based producer Andre Grant (aka ...

Mix classical Chinese dance with hip-hop, toss in drumline percussion, taiko drumming and a social justice message and you get “Together: Yingge and Hip Hop Unite,” a new work premiering as part of ...

CHENGDU, China (AP) — 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 ...

BEIJING Over the last decade many students and working-class Chinese have been writing rap as a form of self-expression. Rougher and more rebellious than the well-scrubbed pop that floods the airwaves ...

CHENGDU, China (AP) — 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 ...

CHENGDU, ChinaCHENGDU, 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 ...