Asian hip hop
Encyclopedia
Asian Hip Hop is a heterogeneous musical genre that covers all hip hop music
as recorded and produced by artists of Asia
n origin.
brought hip hop of the 90s from the US to Taiwan which then started the trend that spreads into Taiwan and the rest of the Chinese speaking world. The early Taiwan youth rap group like The Party and TTM were both participate underground and mainstream. In the late 90s Softhard
and LMF
in Hong Kong, has participate in Chinese hip hop/rap movement but since it was in Cantonese dialect it has not got that much publicity in both Taiwan and Mainland China(Mandarin speaking region). Whereas MC HotDog
, Da Xi Men, of Taiwan have successfully started the hip hop trend that affect Mainland China. In mainland China
the hip hop scene includes artists such as Yin Ts'ang
(隐藏), Hei Bomb (黑棒), and Dragon Tongue (龙门阵) all of whom currently lead the genre and are gaining popularity with the youths. Other groups include LMF
and Dai Bing. The Chinese
term for rap is Rao-she (Traditional Chinese:饒舌;) or shuōchàng (Simplified Chinese: 说唱; "narrative", actually the name of a traditional genre of narrative singing). Breakdancing (called "jiēwŭ" (Simplified Chinese: 街舞) in Chinese, literally "street dance") has gained a lot of popularity among young Chinese as well.
Nevertheless, the presence of hip hop music
in Hong Kong
in the shadows of Cantopop
is strongly reflected by the collaborations between rappers such as MC Yan (from the now disbanded LMF
) with pop artists such as Edison Chen
. While some musicians try to introduce hip hop to the general audience, the life of the scene remains in the underground.
incorporated various visual hip hop scenes in different areas of Japan. As years went on, 1994 and 1995 were the years in which hip hop became commercial. However, it was not until 2000 and later that hip hop skyrocketed all over the Japan, with Japanese records spreading around the world. Japanese hip hop (nip hop or j-hip hop) is said to have begun in 1983 when Charlie Angel's Wild Style was shown in Tokyo
. The movie focused on graffiti artists but also featured some early old school MCs like Busy Bee
and Double Trouble, DJs like Grandmaster Flash
and breakdancers like the Rock Steady Crew
. Following the showing, street musicians began to breakdance in Yoyogi Park. Crazy A soon emerged as a prominent b-boy, and he eventually founded the Rock Steady Crew Japan, while DJ Krush has become a world-renowned DJ after arising from the Yoyogi Park scene. More DJs followed, beginning in 1985. A year later, an all hip hop club opened in Shibuya. There was some hesitation at the time that the Japanese language, due to the lack of stress accents and highly variable verb endings, might prove unsuited for rapping.
In the 1990s, teen-oriented J rap music appeared, and hip hop entered the Japanese mainstream. The first hit was Scha Dara Parr's "Kon'ya wa Boogie Back". The following year saw "Da.Yo.Ne." and "Maicca" by East End X Yuri go platinum. Economically, while the 90s were a time of boom, the new millennium saw a great economic recession for Japan. According to Social Science Japan Journal, unemployment "reached its highest recorded level of 5.4% in 2002. Unemployment increased particularly among youths; the unemployment rate of those aged 20–24 peaked at 12.8% in 2003. Japanese youth unemployment spiked since jobs for young people were slashed to protect the jobs of middle-aged and older workers in Japanese firms." Young adults who came of age in with hip hop and entered the workforces in the early 2000s developed a very special relationship with hip hop because of tough economic times. In his book Hip Hop Japan, Ian Condry explains how groups like King Giddra and the underground group MSC developed lyrics that both spoke the truth of the youth of Japan and gave a venue for young people to unite, "transforming the slogans of politicians and economic reformers into a language and style appropriate to today's Japanese youth." The very political nature of hip hop called youngsters to rally together for structural reform (kozo kaikaku) shows how Japanese hip hop, like early hip hop in the South Bronx, "functions as part of a public debate questioning mainstream political values."
Lately, hip-hop in Japan has split into two forms: normal, "hardcore" Japanese hip-hop, and the more R&B influenced J-Urban. The group most commonly cited as the originator of J-Urban music is the group M-Flo
(AKA "mediarite flo). Originally composed of a single Japanese DJ (DJ Taku) and a single Korean-Japanese emcee (Verbal), they combined with a singer named LISA who is of Peruvian-Japanese descent. Their debut album, Planet Shining, was released in 2000, and since then, many J-Urban acts such as Crystal Kay
, AI
, Heartsdales
, and even collaborations with pop stars like Namie Amuro
and BoA
. Other popular J-Urban acts like RIP SLYME
have worked with M-Flo
.
Hip hop in Japan is based to a large extent on the hip hop culture in America. To some degree there is debate as to whether or not there is an authenticity about Japanese hip hop. Many of the Japanese hip hop movement followers put in strong efforts to be more “blackface” through tanning and various styles of dress. Despite this seeming mimicry of style, Japan has captivated hip hop and infused it with Japanese culture; this is evident in many Japanese hip hop music videos through elements of Eastern culture or through contrasts between Eastern and Western culture.
, the Korean hip hop
scene has expanded into a form of cultural phenomenon. Notable performers include Jo PD, Drunken Tiger
, and Epik High
.
Many rap artists have been successful in the mainstream of Korean music. These include performers such as Jinusean
, 1TYM
, Tempo (T.O.P), Supreme Team, PSY
, MC Sniper
, Jo PD, and Epik High
.
Korean American hip hop began in the United States in the mid 1990s, mainly attributed to the efforts of the Korean rapper duo Tiger JK and DJ Shine of Drunken Tiger
. Drunken Tiger
was created after the song "Black Korea" by Ice Cube and used music as a means of cultural exchange and as an attempt to promote racial harmony. Following the success of Drunken Tiger
, many new groups and production companies emerged to further popularize the musical style. In order to represent the elite group of Korea's best rappers, Tiger JK and Drunken Tiger
formed The Movement
Crew (Dynamic Duo
, Epik High
, Leessang
, Drunken Tiger
, Eun Ji-Won, Tasha Reid
, and more).
Acid
(Hein Zaw(1980–2006), Anegga, Yan Yan Chan
, Zayar Thaw
) was considered to be the first generation or pioneers of Burmese hip-hop with their album "Beginning". In the first generation, other groups like Theory, NS (Lynn Lynn& Kyaw Thu Soe) and Too Big were included. Most of the first generation artists sang old-school Hip-Hop. Another Hip-Hop artist known as Sai Sai Kham Leng, who is still regarded as the most famous artist, was also included in the progress of 1st Burmese Hip-Hop. People from Myanmar started to know about Hip-Hop was exactly because of Acid, Theory and Sai Sai Kham Leng.
After ACID breakthrough, a group named "9mm" changed the style of Burmese hip hop to new level. Even though the group is well known to youth, most of their songs didn't pass Burmese sensor board. They never released own album under 9mm. Most of their songs came out as underground hip hop. Later, the name 9mm was banned by sensor board as the group involved in politics.
Other famous groups are G-Family,Project-1, Byout-Oh (Firecracker), Examplez, On-track, Cyclone.
M.H.A (Myanmar HipHop Association)http://www.mha-music.com was formed unofficially. Many youth joined M.H.A and inspired to becoming hip hop artist someday.
Among those artists, MCs named J-Me and Yatha was the most famous Hip-Hop artists and they really did great to point and talk about what does Hip-Hop means to the peoples of Myanmar.They rapped, they free-styled, they learned, they beat-boxed. They pulled and increased the interests of most Myanmar youths over Hip-Hop.
The second capital of Myanmar, known as Mandalay which is the source of traditional music and culture of Burma,also bore hip hop artists and groups even though they are not as many as in Yangon.
rap is heterogeneous, encompassing rap in numerous languages such as Tagalog
, Chavacano, and Ilocano, as well as English
. The musical style has become as diverse as hip-hop music itself with such sub-genres as Kalye (Street), Masa (Commercial), Makabayang (Ethnocentric/Socially conscious), Gangsta
, and underground
rap. The Philippines
is considered by many to have developed the first hip hop scene in all of Asia and the Pacific Islands.
The birth of Filipino hip hop music (or Flip-Hop or Pinoy Rap), occurred in the early 1980s with songs by Dyords Javier
("Na Onseng Delight") and Vincent Dafalong ("Nunal"). The genre developed slowly during the 1980s but soon hit the mainstream with Francis Magalona
's debut album, Yo! which included the nationalistic hit "Mga Kababayan" (My Countrymen). Magalona, who rapped in both English and Tagalog became a pioneer in the genre and a superstar as a result. Mainstream stars rose to prominence in the Philippines
, led by Michael V.
, Rap Asia, 'MC Lara and Lady Diane.
The beginnings of hip-hop culture in the Philippines can be attributed to several main factors; the innate of them being the heavy influx of American musical styles in that country as reflected in the widespread popularity during the 1960s of Motown artists The Temptations
, The Supremes
and The Jackson Five and later in the 1970s of Funk
, Soul
and Disco
music. Bands such as The Commodores, The Gap Band, James Brown
, Con Funk Shun
, The Bar-Kays and Earth, Wind and Fire among many others received heavy rotation on Manila airwaves. The future importation of hip hop culture and music, similar to the previous genres mentioned can be credited to the direct contact Filipinos received with both Americans not of Filipino descent and Filipino Americans.
The intimate relationship between hip-hop culture and the large Filipino American community along the United States
West Coast naturally resulted in the exportation of rap music back to the Philippines. Numerous cassette tapes, videos, books and magazines concerning hip hop issues and popular rap artists would be sent out by Filipinos to family members back in the islands.
The towns and barrios surrounding the numerous American military bases that were scattered throughout that country such as Clark Air Base
in Angeles City and Subic Bay Naval Base in Olongapo were among the earliest to be exposed to the culture; as contact with African-American, Filipino American and Latino
servicemen resulted in some of the earliest exposure the locals had to the new musical genre.
Groundbreaking hip hop films such as Wild Style
(1983), Breakin'
(1984) and Krush Groove
(1985) were also major influences; and as early as 1982 local breakdancing crews like the Angeles City
based Whooze Co. International, with members consisting primarily from Clark Air Base, The Eclipse (whose former members included Francis Magalona
, Dance 10's Darwin Tuason and current Federation Sounds' Glenn "Kico" Lelay), Info-Clash Breakers and Ground Control (members included Rap Master Fordy, later to be known as Andrew E. and Jay "Smooth" MC of Bass Rhyme Posse) became mainstays in local parks and malls in and around the Metro Manila area such as Glorietta
Mall, which was an early hotspot for breakers. Several mobile DJ crews of the era included such names as the Rock All Parties Crew which emerged onto the scene only to produce such future Pinoy rap pioneers as Andrew E. and Norman B.
scene started in 1990s with groups such as 4U2C and KRU
. Their so-called "Rap music" wasn't accepted by the mainstream community and they had to changed to a more pop-ish sound. The Malaysian music scene was dominated by them until 1995-1996, when Poetic Ammo
came out with their classic album It's a Nice Day to Be Alive. Their 1st hit, "Everything Changes" revolutionized the local music industry. There are groups from the underground scene that have established themselves such as Naughtius Maximus, but it was Poetic Ammo that made it big.
One of the powerhouses of hip hop
in Malaysia is Too Phat
, which consists of Malique and Joe Flizzow. They were signed to EMI International's Positive Tone
division and produced their first hit album, Whutadilly and their 1st single was "Too Phat Baby" featuring Ruffedge. Their Plan B album was a hit, with songs such as "Anak Ayam" and "Just a Friend" featuring V.E receiving massive air play by local stations.
With Too Phat's success other underground groups such as Muchachaz, M.O.B and The Teh Tarik Crew have followed in their footsteps, eventually forming The Phat Family.
combine formal Indonesian with street slang, youth code, regionally colored pronunciations, and even expressions from regional languages (typically Javanese, Sundanese, or Betawi).
is credited as India's first Rapper. Hip Hop music became all the more famous with the song 'Pettai Rap' from the Tamil movie Kadhalan
starring Prabhu Deva for which the Music Director was A.R Rahman
. The song catapulted Suresh Peters
as a rapper and a Music Director. Rap/Hip Hop was often used in the regional movies as fillers in between songs and off late has started to become main stream songs. London based The Rishi Rich Project, Bally Sagoo
and Canadian based Raghav
further laid steady foundations for Hip Hop/RnB music in India. California based Punjabi rapper Bohemia
became one of the most well known pioneers of Punjabi Rap in the country after producing tracks like 'Kali Denali' and 'Ek tera Pyar'. He became the first Hip Hop artist to launch a full Desi Rap album signed to Universal Music India. He has also produced songs for Bollywood movies like Chandni Chowk to China
. Canadian based Hip Hop artist Ishq Bector
became an outrage after the release of his superhit single 'Aye Hip Hopper'. Malaysian based Yogi B
and Natchatra brought in the culture of Tamil Rap in India. After receiving various awards in Malaysia, now they are the most sorted out rappers in Kollywood(Tamil Movie Industry). International artists like 50 Cent
, Mobb Deep
, The Black Eyed Peas
etc. have performed in India. Snoop Dogg
appeared in a song from the film Singh Is Kinng
in 2008 which popularized Hip Hop music amongst the people of India.
In 2011, the artist LIQUIDSILVA was the first Bangladeshi hip hop artist to ever tour with 50 Cent
, Snoop Dogg
, naughty by nature
, the Ying Yang Twins
, Mobb Deep
, Flo-Rida and more, and to collaborate with Eminem
's right hand man Big Proof from D12
, as well as R&B group 112
. LIQUIDSILVA's album "Love it or hate it, it's the Silva method" was released in 2011.
, Sylhet
, Barisal, and Chittagong
. There are many Bangla Hip Hop artist, some of the famous are:
Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...
as recorded and produced by artists of Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
n origin.
China and Taiwan
The first Chinese rap song was done by Harlem Yu of Taiwan in the early 80s which was parallel to the early New York 80s rap songs. In the Early 90s L.A. BoyzL.A. Boyz
L.A. Boyz was a Taiwanese pop/rap group composed of brothers Jeff Huang and Stanley Huang , and their cousin Steven Lin...
brought hip hop of the 90s from the US to Taiwan which then started the trend that spreads into Taiwan and the rest of the Chinese speaking world. The early Taiwan youth rap group like The Party and TTM were both participate underground and mainstream. In the late 90s Softhard
Softhard
Softhard is a Hong Kong rap duo consisting of DJ Soft "Jan Lamb" and MC H "Eric Kot".The rap duo is widely accredited for pioneering the hip hop act to achieve mainstream minor success during the early 90s while on an independent label during the late 80s....
and LMF
Lazy Mutha Fucka
LMF also known as Lazy Mutha Fucka or Lazy Muthafucka, is a Cantonese hip-hop group in Hong Kong. The group, signed by Warner Music, was founded in 1993, disbanded in 2003 and regrouped in 2009...
in Hong Kong, has participate in Chinese hip hop/rap movement but since it was in Cantonese dialect it has not got that much publicity in both Taiwan and Mainland China(Mandarin speaking region). Whereas MC HotDog
MC HotDog
MC HotDog is a Taiwanese rap artist known for his use of explicit lyrics in his songs. Some consider his music to present a gritty, realistic picture of life, while others claim that it is not suitable for younger audiences and is nothing but for attention...
, Da Xi Men, of Taiwan have successfully started the hip hop trend that affect Mainland China. In mainland China
Mainland China
Mainland China, the Chinese mainland or simply the mainland, is a geopolitical term that refers to the area under the jurisdiction of the People's Republic of China . According to the Taipei-based Mainland Affairs Council, the term excludes the PRC Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and...
the hip hop scene includes artists such as Yin Ts'ang
Yin Ts'ang
Yin Ts’ang is a highly influential, multi-national Chinese hip-hop group from Beijing, China that originally consisted of MC Webber , 老郑XIV , Sbazzo and Dirty Heff...
(隐藏), Hei Bomb (黑棒), and Dragon Tongue (龙门阵) all of whom currently lead the genre and are gaining popularity with the youths. Other groups include LMF
Lazy Mutha Fucka
LMF also known as Lazy Mutha Fucka or Lazy Muthafucka, is a Cantonese hip-hop group in Hong Kong. The group, signed by Warner Music, was founded in 1993, disbanded in 2003 and regrouped in 2009...
and Dai Bing. The Chinese
Chinese language
The Chinese language is a language or language family consisting of varieties which are mutually intelligible to varying degrees. Originally the indigenous languages spoken by the Han Chinese in China, it forms one of the branches of Sino-Tibetan family of languages...
term for rap is Rao-she (Traditional Chinese:饒舌;) or shuōchàng (Simplified Chinese: 说唱; "narrative", actually the name of a traditional genre of narrative singing). Breakdancing (called "jiēwŭ" (Simplified Chinese: 街舞) in Chinese, literally "street dance") has gained a lot of popularity among young Chinese as well.
Hong Kong
The Hong Kong hip hop scene debuted in 1991 from Softhard, then evolutionized in 1999 with the formation of LMF which was the first rap/rock group signed by a major record label, Warner Music. The group consisted of ten core members, many of which were also in the bands NT, Screw, and Anodize. Despite the popularity of the now disbanded LMF, which gained mild success in the mainstream, hip hop music continues to remain underground, led by independent artists.Nevertheless, the presence of hip hop music
Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...
in Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
in the shadows of Cantopop
Cantopop
Cantopop is a colloquialism for "Cantonese popular music". It is sometimes referred to as HK-pop, short for "Hong Kong popular music". It is categorized as a subgenre of Chinese popular music within C-pop...
is strongly reflected by the collaborations between rappers such as MC Yan (from the now disbanded LMF
Lazy Mutha Fucka
LMF also known as Lazy Mutha Fucka or Lazy Muthafucka, is a Cantonese hip-hop group in Hong Kong. The group, signed by Warner Music, was founded in 1993, disbanded in 2003 and regrouped in 2009...
) with pop artists such as Edison Chen
Edison Chen
Edison Koon-Hei Chen is a Hong Kong film actor, Cantopop singer, Hong Kong hip hop rapper, model, record producer, fashion designer, and a pop icon. Chen is also the founder of CLOT Inc., and the CEO of Clot Media Division Limited...
. While some musicians try to introduce hip hop to the general audience, the life of the scene remains in the underground.
Japan
Hiroshi Fujiwara, a famous musician and designer, is argued to have first started the hip hop era in Japan. The early years of Japanese hip hop were relatively weak due to record executives not wanting to pay huge venues for a different "taste" of music. However, visual forms of hip hop, such as break dancing and graffiti, sparked the first true rise of Japanese hip hop in 1983. The film Wild StyleWild Style
Wild Style is a 1983 hip hop film produced by Charlie Ahearn. Released theatrically in 1983 by First Run Features and later re-released for home video by Rhino Home Video, it is regarded as the first hip hop motion picture...
incorporated various visual hip hop scenes in different areas of Japan. As years went on, 1994 and 1995 were the years in which hip hop became commercial. However, it was not until 2000 and later that hip hop skyrocketed all over the Japan, with Japanese records spreading around the world. Japanese hip hop (nip hop or j-hip hop) is said to have begun in 1983 when Charlie Angel's Wild Style was shown in Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
. The movie focused on graffiti artists but also featured some early old school MCs like Busy Bee
Busy Bee
Busy Bee of Norway, branded simply Busy Bee was an airline that operated in Norway between 1966 and 1992. The airline was started by Braathens S.A.F.E under the name Busy Bee Air Service. The airline flew charter and wet lease for Braathens SAFE and Scandinavian Airlines with Fokker F-27, Fokker 50...
and Double Trouble, DJs like Grandmaster Flash
Grandmaster Flash
Joseph Saddler better known as King Grandmaster Flash, is an American hip hop musician and DJ; one of the pioneers of hip-hop DJing, cutting, and mixing....
and breakdancers like the Rock Steady Crew
Rock Steady Crew
Rock Steady Crew is a b-boying crew and hip hop group that was established in the Bronx, New York City in 1977. The group was initially formed by b-boys named Jimmy D and Jojo. In subsequent years, Rock Steady Crew became a franchise name for groups in other locations. The Manhattan branch was...
. Following the showing, street musicians began to breakdance in Yoyogi Park. Crazy A soon emerged as a prominent b-boy, and he eventually founded the Rock Steady Crew Japan, while DJ Krush has become a world-renowned DJ after arising from the Yoyogi Park scene. More DJs followed, beginning in 1985. A year later, an all hip hop club opened in Shibuya. There was some hesitation at the time that the Japanese language, due to the lack of stress accents and highly variable verb endings, might prove unsuited for rapping.
In the 1990s, teen-oriented J rap music appeared, and hip hop entered the Japanese mainstream. The first hit was Scha Dara Parr's "Kon'ya wa Boogie Back". The following year saw "Da.Yo.Ne." and "Maicca" by East End X Yuri go platinum. Economically, while the 90s were a time of boom, the new millennium saw a great economic recession for Japan. According to Social Science Japan Journal, unemployment "reached its highest recorded level of 5.4% in 2002. Unemployment increased particularly among youths; the unemployment rate of those aged 20–24 peaked at 12.8% in 2003. Japanese youth unemployment spiked since jobs for young people were slashed to protect the jobs of middle-aged and older workers in Japanese firms." Young adults who came of age in with hip hop and entered the workforces in the early 2000s developed a very special relationship with hip hop because of tough economic times. In his book Hip Hop Japan, Ian Condry explains how groups like King Giddra and the underground group MSC developed lyrics that both spoke the truth of the youth of Japan and gave a venue for young people to unite, "transforming the slogans of politicians and economic reformers into a language and style appropriate to today's Japanese youth." The very political nature of hip hop called youngsters to rally together for structural reform (kozo kaikaku) shows how Japanese hip hop, like early hip hop in the South Bronx, "functions as part of a public debate questioning mainstream political values."
Lately, hip-hop in Japan has split into two forms: normal, "hardcore" Japanese hip-hop, and the more R&B influenced J-Urban. The group most commonly cited as the originator of J-Urban music is the group M-Flo
M-flo
is a Japanese hip hop group consisting of producer and DJ Taku Takahashi and emcee Verbal.Former member Lisa left the group in 2002 to pursue a solo career, and the remaining members then started the M-Flo Loves... project working different vocalists for each song over three albums, including the...
(AKA "mediarite flo). Originally composed of a single Japanese DJ (DJ Taku) and a single Korean-Japanese emcee (Verbal), they combined with a singer named LISA who is of Peruvian-Japanese descent. Their debut album, Planet Shining, was released in 2000, and since then, many J-Urban acts such as Crystal Kay
Crystal Kay
Crystal Kay Williams , known by her stage name Crystal Kay, is a singer and songwriter from Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan...
, AI
Ai
AI, A.I., Ai, or ai may refer to:- Computers :* Artificial intelligence, a branch of computer science* Ad impression, in online advertising* .ai, the ISO Internet 2-letter country code for Anguilla...
, Heartsdales
Heartsdales
Heartsdales was a Japanese hip hop group composed of sisters and , known by their stage names Rum and Jewels, respectively.Yumi was born on December 17, 1981, and Emi on December 4, 1976 in Tokyo, Japan. Their family moved to the Yonkers area of New York right after Yumi was born, due to their...
, and even collaborations with pop stars like Namie Amuro
Namie Amuro
is a Japanese R&B and pop singer, entertainer, and former actress who at the height of her popularity was referred to as the "Teen Queen" and the title "Queen of Japanese Pop Music". Born in Naha, Okinawa, Amuro debuted at the age of 14 as an idol in the girl group Super Monkey's...
and BoA
BoA
Boa Kwon , commonly stylized and known by her stage name BoA, which is a backronym for Beat of Angel, is a Korean singer, active in South Korea, Japan, and the United States and sometimes referred to as the "Queen of Korean Pop Music"....
. Other popular J-Urban acts like RIP SLYME
Rip Slyme
Rip Slyme is a Japanese hip hop group. It is composed of four MCs; Ryo-Z, Ilmari, Pes & Su, and a DJ, Fumiya...
have worked with M-Flo
M-flo
is a Japanese hip hop group consisting of producer and DJ Taku Takahashi and emcee Verbal.Former member Lisa left the group in 2002 to pursue a solo career, and the remaining members then started the M-Flo Loves... project working different vocalists for each song over three albums, including the...
.
Hip hop in Japan is based to a large extent on the hip hop culture in America. To some degree there is debate as to whether or not there is an authenticity about Japanese hip hop. Many of the Japanese hip hop movement followers put in strong efforts to be more “blackface” through tanning and various styles of dress. Despite this seeming mimicry of style, Japan has captivated hip hop and infused it with Japanese culture; this is evident in many Japanese hip hop music videos through elements of Eastern culture or through contrasts between Eastern and Western culture.
Korea
In SeoulSeoul
Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...
, the Korean hip hop
Korean hip hop
In South Korea, hip hop expanded into a form of cultural phenomenon; namely in Seoul, Busan and Daegu. Although the movement has been growing since the mid-90's, Korean hip-hop scene has been gaining a great amount of attention on an international level, since their exposure of bboys who have won...
scene has expanded into a form of cultural phenomenon. Notable performers include Jo PD, Drunken Tiger
Drunken Tiger
Drunken Tiger is a critically acclaimed Korean/American hip hop group which debuted in 1999 and has since released eight albums.As of 2009, Drunken Tiger's central figure is Korean American Tiger JK...
, and Epik High
Epik High
Epik High is a South Korean indie hip hop group from Seoul, South Korea. The group is composed of Tablo, Mithra Jin and DJ Tukutz...
.
Many rap artists have been successful in the mainstream of Korean music. These include performers such as Jinusean
Jinusean
Jinusean is a well-known Korean hip hop duo from YG Family. The duo is made up by Jin-woo Kim and Noh Seung-hwan .-History:In 1994, Jinu debuted in Korea as a solo artist with the popular song: "I Was the Captain"...
, 1TYM
1TYM
1TYM is a four-member Korean hip hop group. The four members are: Oh Jin Hwan , Park Hong Jun , Song Baek Kyoung , and Im Taebin . Leader Teddy and lead vocalist Danny originated from the United States and moved to South Korea when they were accepted under YG...
, Tempo (T.O.P), Supreme Team, PSY
Psy
Psy may mean:*Something to do with psychology*A commonly used term for psychedelic trance , a sub-genre of modern electronic dance music*Something to do with psionics...
, MC Sniper
MC Sniper
MC Sniper is a South Korean male rapper. Recording artist and founder of underground hip-hop crew Buddha Baby, MC Sniper is considered a controversial and relatively influential musician in South Korea...
, Jo PD, and Epik High
Epik High
Epik High is a South Korean indie hip hop group from Seoul, South Korea. The group is composed of Tablo, Mithra Jin and DJ Tukutz...
.
Korean American hip hop began in the United States in the mid 1990s, mainly attributed to the efforts of the Korean rapper duo Tiger JK and DJ Shine of Drunken Tiger
Drunken Tiger
Drunken Tiger is a critically acclaimed Korean/American hip hop group which debuted in 1999 and has since released eight albums.As of 2009, Drunken Tiger's central figure is Korean American Tiger JK...
. Drunken Tiger
Drunken Tiger
Drunken Tiger is a critically acclaimed Korean/American hip hop group which debuted in 1999 and has since released eight albums.As of 2009, Drunken Tiger's central figure is Korean American Tiger JK...
was created after the song "Black Korea" by Ice Cube and used music as a means of cultural exchange and as an attempt to promote racial harmony. Following the success of Drunken Tiger
Drunken Tiger
Drunken Tiger is a critically acclaimed Korean/American hip hop group which debuted in 1999 and has since released eight albums.As of 2009, Drunken Tiger's central figure is Korean American Tiger JK...
, many new groups and production companies emerged to further popularize the musical style. In order to represent the elite group of Korea's best rappers, Tiger JK and Drunken Tiger
Drunken Tiger
Drunken Tiger is a critically acclaimed Korean/American hip hop group which debuted in 1999 and has since released eight albums.As of 2009, Drunken Tiger's central figure is Korean American Tiger JK...
formed The Movement
The Movement
- Music :* The Movement , an American rock/reggae band* The Movement , the house music act* The Movement , a Danish/German mod revival punk band* The Movement , 2003...
Crew (Dynamic Duo
Dynamic Duo
Dynamic Duo is a Korean hip hop duo, made up of members Choiza and Gaeko. Unlike the rough and off beat sound of their past group, CB Mass, Dynamic Duo changed their style to a more audience-friendly sound with a brighter ambiance...
, Epik High
Epik High
Epik High is a South Korean indie hip hop group from Seoul, South Korea. The group is composed of Tablo, Mithra Jin and DJ Tukutz...
, Leessang
Leessang
Leessang is a South Korean Hip-hop duo, composed of Kang Hee-gun and Gil Seong-joon . Formed in 2002, Leessang is known for its collaborations with Drunken Tiger, Yoon Mi Rae, Big Mama King, Hwayobi, and many others. Leessang is composed of one vocalist and one rapper...
, Drunken Tiger
Drunken Tiger
Drunken Tiger is a critically acclaimed Korean/American hip hop group which debuted in 1999 and has since released eight albums.As of 2009, Drunken Tiger's central figure is Korean American Tiger JK...
, Eun Ji-Won, Tasha Reid
Tasha Reid
Tasha Reid , better known by her Korean name Yoon Mi-rae , is an R&B singer and rapper.- Early life :Reid was born to a South Korean mother, and an African American father...
, and more).
Burma(Myanmar)
The Myanmar (Burmese) hip hop scene started in the lately 1980s with the famous rapper Myo Kyawt Myaing. His songs were more like plain rapping music rather than stereotypical hip hop. Myanmar Hip-Hop is just so simple. Because of so less artists who can sing in English so clearly and perfectly, they still cannot get the interests from other countries. Nowadays in Myanmar, Hip-Hop is known to be going-so-pop , most of the youths are trying to show the public how they rap and how they wear but exactly the fact that nobody can refuse is that there are not so many real artists who know definitely with Hip-Hop.First Generation
In Myanmar, Hip Hop Music was started in year 1997. In fact, there was an underground (unofficial) Hip Hop crew called Tu Balls. The crew name was given by Anegga Father`s Min Min Latt who was a famous Rock singer in Myanmar. Tu Ballz was formed by three young rappers and one vocalist who are now known as Anegga from Acid, Soe Moe Min from ZERO, Lynn Lynn from NS and R Zarni – current famous vocalist in Myanmar). In year between 1997-1999, Tu Ballz crew was entertained in the night clubs, tea parties and Photogenic shows organized by various show organizers (such as: Iceman, Chris from London Entertainment) in Yangon, Myanmar.Acid
Acid (hip-hop)
Acid is a Burmese hip hop group often credited with releasing Burma's first hip hop album, Beginning, in 2000. Two of the group's founders were later imprisoned for the group's allegedly pro-democracy lyrics.-Beginning:...
(Hein Zaw(1980–2006), Anegga, Yan Yan Chan
Yan Yan Chan
Yan Yan Chan is a pioneer of Burmese hip hop and pro-democracy activist. Along with Zayar Thaw, he founded the group Acid.-"Beginning":In 2000, Acid released Burma's first hip-hop album. Despite predictions of failure by many in the Burmese music industry, the album, Beginning, remained in the...
, Zayar Thaw
Zayar Thaw
Zayar Thaw ; born Kyaw Kyaw on 26 March 1981) is a Burmese hip-hop artist currently detained for the perceived anti-government messages of his lyrics. Amnesty International named him a prisoner of conscience.-Hip-hop career:...
) was considered to be the first generation or pioneers of Burmese hip-hop with their album "Beginning". In the first generation, other groups like Theory, NS (Lynn Lynn& Kyaw Thu Soe) and Too Big were included. Most of the first generation artists sang old-school Hip-Hop. Another Hip-Hop artist known as Sai Sai Kham Leng, who is still regarded as the most famous artist, was also included in the progress of 1st Burmese Hip-Hop. People from Myanmar started to know about Hip-Hop was exactly because of Acid, Theory and Sai Sai Kham Leng.
Second Generation
Second generation was the most active period of Burmese hip hop.After ACID breakthrough, a group named "9mm" changed the style of Burmese hip hop to new level. Even though the group is well known to youth, most of their songs didn't pass Burmese sensor board. They never released own album under 9mm. Most of their songs came out as underground hip hop. Later, the name 9mm was banned by sensor board as the group involved in politics.
Other famous groups are G-Family,Project-1, Byout-Oh (Firecracker), Examplez, On-track, Cyclone.
M.H.A (Myanmar HipHop Association)http://www.mha-music.com was formed unofficially. Many youth joined M.H.A and inspired to becoming hip hop artist someday.
Among those artists, MCs named J-Me and Yatha was the most famous Hip-Hop artists and they really did great to point and talk about what does Hip-Hop means to the peoples of Myanmar.They rapped, they free-styled, they learned, they beat-boxed. They pulled and increased the interests of most Myanmar youths over Hip-Hop.
The second capital of Myanmar, known as Mandalay which is the source of traditional music and culture of Burma,also bore hip hop artists and groups even though they are not as many as in Yangon.
Third Generation
Since late 2006, teenagers like Jouk Jack [2], Kyaw Htut Swe claimed themselves as Third generation. They formed a group called VIP(Rock$tar) with Ah Boy, Htein Win and Hlwan Paing(the last member). They became the most famous rappers of the Third Generation. In lately 2008 and early 2009, many other third generation groups came out and released their sample albums such as RubberBand,Platform Crew,Tiny Twist,Chilli Family,BLF,G3,DCT,NewVersion(NV),Downtown (Aung yo & M-2)and many more.After Third Generation
Since lately 2009, the number of rappers enormously increased. Many new young rappers had realized the techniques to make rap music. But the styles were new school raps and dissing hardcore tracks, rather than real Hip Hop. As public wants noisy, shouting and dissing hardcore raps, most of the rappers made hardcore Down-South songs. But in 2010, a group named *Legendary* was formed, and started to move on the streets. This group is formed with an aim of combining young ones and old rappers. Most of them are Free-stylists. Other Hip Hop groups like M.J.N, P.B.D Hood etc. also came up. Many commercial Hip Hop and Rap albums are released around lately 2010. Recently, Hip Hop can said to be the most popular type of music in Myanmar.The Philippines
FilipinoFilipino people
The Filipino people or Filipinos are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the islands of the Philippines. There are about 92 million Filipinos in the Philippines, and about 11 million living outside the Philippines ....
rap is heterogeneous, encompassing rap in numerous languages such as Tagalog
Tagalog language
Tagalog is an Austronesian language spoken as a first language by a third of the population of the Philippines and as a second language by most of the rest. It is the first language of the Philippine region IV and of Metro Manila...
, Chavacano, and Ilocano, as well as English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
. The musical style has become as diverse as hip-hop music itself with such sub-genres as Kalye (Street), Masa (Commercial), Makabayang (Ethnocentric/Socially conscious), Gangsta
Gangsta
Gangsta may refer to:* Gangsta , a one time member of The Comrads and Hoo-Bangin' Records* Gangster, slang for a member of a gang*Gangsta rap*Hip hop fashion, a style of dress associated with the aforementioned musical genre...
, and underground
Underground music
Underground music comprises a range of different musical genres that operate outside of mainstream culture. Such music can typically share common values, such as the valuing of sincerity and intimacy; an emphasis on freedom of creative expression; an appreciation of artistic creativity...
rap. The Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
is considered by many to have developed the first hip hop scene in all of Asia and the Pacific Islands.
The birth of Filipino hip hop music (or Flip-Hop or Pinoy Rap), occurred in the early 1980s with songs by Dyords Javier
Dyords Javier
Dyords Javier is a singer, stand-up comedian, actor and Hip-hop artist in the Philippines. He is the brother of Danny Javier and the originator of Pinoy hip hop in the Philippines....
("Na Onseng Delight") and Vincent Dafalong ("Nunal"). The genre developed slowly during the 1980s but soon hit the mainstream with Francis Magalona
Francis Magalona
Francis Michael Durango Magalona , also known as FrancisM, Master Rapper, MC The Mouth and The Man From Manila, was a Filipino rapper, entrepreneur, songwriter, producer, actor, director, and photographer. He was the first Filipino rapper in the Philippines to cross over to the mainstream...
's debut album, Yo! which included the nationalistic hit "Mga Kababayan" (My Countrymen). Magalona, who rapped in both English and Tagalog became a pioneer in the genre and a superstar as a result. Mainstream stars rose to prominence in the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
, led by Michael V.
Michael V.
Michael V. , also known as "Bitoy" or "Toybits", is a Filipino comedian, actor, director, composer, singer, rapper, voice artist and parodist, who appears in the GMA Network show Bubble Gang, and in his own TV show Bitoy's Funniest Videos...
, Rap Asia, 'MC Lara and Lady Diane.
The beginnings of hip-hop culture in the Philippines can be attributed to several main factors; the innate of them being the heavy influx of American musical styles in that country as reflected in the widespread popularity during the 1960s of Motown artists The Temptations
The Temptations
The Temptations is an American vocal group having achieved fame as one of the most successful acts to record for Motown Records. The group's repertoire has included, at various times during its five-decade career, R&B, doo-wop, funk, disco, soul, and adult contemporary music.Formed in Detroit,...
, The Supremes
The Supremes
The Supremes, an American female singing group, were the premier act of Motown Records during the 1960s.Originally founded as The Primettes in Detroit, Michigan, in 1959, The Supremes' repertoire included doo-wop, pop, soul, Broadway show tunes, psychedelic soul, and disco...
and The Jackson Five and later in the 1970s of Funk
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...
, Soul
Soul music
Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...
and Disco
Disco
Disco is a genre of dance music. Disco acts charted high during the mid-1970s, and the genre's popularity peaked during the late 1970s. It had its roots in clubs that catered to African American, gay, psychedelic, and other communities in New York City and Philadelphia during the late 1960s and...
music. Bands such as The Commodores, The Gap Band, James Brown
James Brown
James Joseph Brown was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and recording artist. He is the originator of Funk and is recognized as a major figure in the 20th century popular music for both his vocals and dancing. He has been referred to as "The Godfather of Soul," "Mr...
, Con Funk Shun
Con Funk Shun
Con Funk Shun is an American R&B and funk band popular in the 1970s and 1980s. Influences include James Brown and Sly & the Family Stone.-History:...
, The Bar-Kays and Earth, Wind and Fire among many others received heavy rotation on Manila airwaves. The future importation of hip hop culture and music, similar to the previous genres mentioned can be credited to the direct contact Filipinos received with both Americans not of Filipino descent and Filipino Americans.
The intimate relationship between hip-hop culture and the large Filipino American community along the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
West Coast naturally resulted in the exportation of rap music back to the Philippines. Numerous cassette tapes, videos, books and magazines concerning hip hop issues and popular rap artists would be sent out by Filipinos to family members back in the islands.
The towns and barrios surrounding the numerous American military bases that were scattered throughout that country such as Clark Air Base
Clark Air Base
Clark Air Base is a former United States Air Force base on Luzon Island in the Philippines, located 3 miles west of Angeles City, about 40 miles northwest of Metro Manila. Clark Air Base was an American military facility from 1903 to 1991...
in Angeles City and Subic Bay Naval Base in Olongapo were among the earliest to be exposed to the culture; as contact with African-American, Filipino American and Latino
Latino
The demonyms Latino and Latina , are defined in English language dictionaries as:* "a person of Latin-American descent."* "A Latin American."* "A person of Hispanic, especially Latin-American, descent, often one living in the United States."...
servicemen resulted in some of the earliest exposure the locals had to the new musical genre.
Groundbreaking hip hop films such as Wild Style
Wild Style
Wild Style is a 1983 hip hop film produced by Charlie Ahearn. Released theatrically in 1983 by First Run Features and later re-released for home video by Rhino Home Video, it is regarded as the first hip hop motion picture...
(1983), Breakin'
Breakin'
Breakin', released as Breakdance: The Movie in some countries, is a 1984 breakdancing-themed film directed by Joel Silberg. The film setting was inspired by a German documentary entitled Breakin' and Enterin set in the Los Angeles multi-racial hip hop club Radiotron, based out of Macarthur Park in...
(1984) and Krush Groove
Krush Groove
Krush Groove is a 1985 Warner Bros. film, written by Ralph Farquhar and directed by Michael Schultz . This film is based on the early days of Def Jam Recordings and up-and-coming record producer Russell Simmons , portrayed by Blair Underwood in his feature film debut...
(1985) were also major influences; and as early as 1982 local breakdancing crews like the Angeles City
Angeles City
The City of Angeles , located within the province of Pampanga in the Philippines, is locally classified as a first-class, highly-urbanized city. Its name is derived from El Pueblo de los Ángeles in honor of its patron saints, Los Santos Ángeles de los Custodios , and the name of its founder, Don...
based Whooze Co. International, with members consisting primarily from Clark Air Base, The Eclipse (whose former members included Francis Magalona
Francis Magalona
Francis Michael Durango Magalona , also known as FrancisM, Master Rapper, MC The Mouth and The Man From Manila, was a Filipino rapper, entrepreneur, songwriter, producer, actor, director, and photographer. He was the first Filipino rapper in the Philippines to cross over to the mainstream...
, Dance 10's Darwin Tuason and current Federation Sounds' Glenn "Kico" Lelay), Info-Clash Breakers and Ground Control (members included Rap Master Fordy, later to be known as Andrew E. and Jay "Smooth" MC of Bass Rhyme Posse) became mainstays in local parks and malls in and around the Metro Manila area such as Glorietta
Glorietta
Glorietta is a large shopping mall in the Ayala Center in Makati City, Metro Manila, Philippines. The mall is owned by the Zobel de Ayala family and its holding company, Ayala Corporation...
Mall, which was an early hotspot for breakers. Several mobile DJ crews of the era included such names as the Rock All Parties Crew which emerged onto the scene only to produce such future Pinoy rap pioneers as Andrew E. and Norman B.
Malaysia
The Malaysian hip hopHip hop
Hip hop is a form of musical expression and artistic culture that originated in African-American and Latino communities during the 1970s in New York City, specifically the Bronx. DJ Afrika Bambaataa outlined the four pillars of hip hop culture: MCing, DJing, breaking and graffiti writing...
scene started in 1990s with groups such as 4U2C and KRU
KRU
KRU is a Malaysian pop group that was formed in 1992. The group comprises three brothers: Norman Abdul Halim, Yusry Abdul Halim and Edry Abdul Halim...
. Their so-called "Rap music" wasn't accepted by the mainstream community and they had to changed to a more pop-ish sound. The Malaysian music scene was dominated by them until 1995-1996, when Poetic Ammo
Poetic Ammo
Poetic Ammo was a Malaysian rap/hip-hop group. The group consisted of Yogeswaran Veerasingam , Chandrakumar Balakrishnan , Nicholas Ong , and Sashi Kumar Balakrishnan Poetic Ammo (previously known as PMO or Poetic Ammunition) was a Malaysian rap/hip-hop group. The group consisted of Yogeswaran...
came out with their classic album It's a Nice Day to Be Alive. Their 1st hit, "Everything Changes" revolutionized the local music industry. There are groups from the underground scene that have established themselves such as Naughtius Maximus, but it was Poetic Ammo that made it big.
One of the powerhouses of hip hop
Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...
in Malaysia is Too Phat
Too Phat
Too Phat is a Malaysian hip-hop duo, consisting of Joe Flizzow and Malique Ibrahim .-Career:...
, which consists of Malique and Joe Flizzow. They were signed to EMI International's Positive Tone
Positive Tone
Positive Tone is a Malaysian music production house and it is a subsidiary of EMI Malaysia Sdn Bhd. Some of the company's famous act includes Too Phat, Poetic Ammo, Juliet the Orange, Red Hot Reiner Peppers and Innuendo. The current Managing Director is Darren Choy....
division and produced their first hit album, Whutadilly and their 1st single was "Too Phat Baby" featuring Ruffedge. Their Plan B album was a hit, with songs such as "Anak Ayam" and "Just a Friend" featuring V.E receiving massive air play by local stations.
With Too Phat's success other underground groups such as Muchachaz, M.O.B and The Teh Tarik Crew have followed in their footsteps, eventually forming The Phat Family.
Indonesia
Hip hop music began to be produced in Indonesia in the early 1990s, with the first Indonesia artist to release a full-length hip hop album being the rapper Iwa K, who has released five albums to date. Other Indonesian rap groups include Boyz Got No Brain and Neo. Many Indonesian rap groups rap in the Indonesian language, but there are also groups which rap in English. Variously, rap songs oftencombine formal Indonesian with street slang, youth code, regionally colored pronunciations, and even expressions from regional languages (typically Javanese, Sundanese, or Betawi).
Indian Hip Hop
Hip Hop music in India had started at around 1990 and Baba SehgalBaba Sehgal
Baba Sehgal, a Khatri Sikh, is an Indian rapper and actor. Brought up in Lucknow, he was famous in the mid 1990s. He is credited as the first Indian rapper to jump on the Indipop bandwagon, and released an album which got frequent airplay on MTV India...
is credited as India's first Rapper. Hip Hop music became all the more famous with the song 'Pettai Rap' from the Tamil movie Kadhalan
Kadhalan
Kadhalan is a Tamil film released in 1994, written and directed by S. Shankar. The film's score and soundtrack were composed by A. R. Rahman. The film stars Prabhu Deva and Nagma in the lead roles. Actor Vikram has dubbed his voice for Prabhu Deva...
starring Prabhu Deva for which the Music Director was A.R Rahman
A. R. Rahman
Allah Rakha Rahman is an Indian composer, singer-songwriter, record producer, musician, and philanthropist. Described as the world's most prominent and prolific film composer by Time, his works are notable for integrating eastern classical music with electronic music sounds, world music genres and...
. The song catapulted Suresh Peters
Suresh Peters
Suresh Peters is a music director and playback rapper/singer for films in India whose notable songs include Style from the film Sivaji: The Boss. Peters received his first break as a music director through the Malayalam movie Punjabi House in which he composed both melodies and folk songs...
as a rapper and a Music Director. Rap/Hip Hop was often used in the regional movies as fillers in between songs and off late has started to become main stream songs. London based The Rishi Rich Project, Bally Sagoo
Bally Sagoo
Bally Sagoo is a British Asian musician and DJ who was born in Ranjit Nagar, Delhi, India, but grew up in Birmingham, England, in a predominantly black neighbourhood, influenced by disco, rap and Motown music. In an interview "Re-mixing Identities: "Off" The Turn-Table," Bally said:"Indian music...
and Canadian based Raghav
Raghav
Raghav Mathur , known professionally as Raghav, is a Canadian singer currently signed to Cordova Bay Records. He is best known for his single "Angel Eyes" which peaked at number 7 in the UK in 2005...
further laid steady foundations for Hip Hop/RnB music in India. California based Punjabi rapper Bohemia
Bohemia (musician)
Bohemia is an Pakistani American Punjabi rapper and a music producer from California, Bohemia quickly gained popularity in 2003 with his independent debut album, ‘Vich Pardesan De ’ which hit the Top 10 on BBC Radio 1 UK. The following album, ‘Pesa Nasha Pyar’, became the first full-length...
became one of the most well known pioneers of Punjabi Rap in the country after producing tracks like 'Kali Denali' and 'Ek tera Pyar'. He became the first Hip Hop artist to launch a full Desi Rap album signed to Universal Music India. He has also produced songs for Bollywood movies like Chandni Chowk to China
Chandni Chowk To China
Chandni Chowk to China , shortened as CC2C is a Hindi film which released on 16 January 2009. It is directed by Nikhil Advani and stars Akshay Kumar and Deepika Padukone in the lead roles, with Hindi cinema veteran Mithun Chakraborty and Hong Kong action cinema veteran Gordon Liu among the co-stars...
. Canadian based Hip Hop artist Ishq Bector
Ishq Bector
IshQ Bector is an Indo Canadian singer, performer, songwriter, composer, producer and Hip Hop artist.-Beginnings:Born and raised in Winnipeg, Canada, he was also part of a Canadian Hip Hop group- Frek Sho,....
became an outrage after the release of his superhit single 'Aye Hip Hopper'. Malaysian based Yogi B
Poetic Ammo
Poetic Ammo was a Malaysian rap/hip-hop group. The group consisted of Yogeswaran Veerasingam , Chandrakumar Balakrishnan , Nicholas Ong , and Sashi Kumar Balakrishnan Poetic Ammo (previously known as PMO or Poetic Ammunition) was a Malaysian rap/hip-hop group. The group consisted of Yogeswaran...
and Natchatra brought in the culture of Tamil Rap in India. After receiving various awards in Malaysia, now they are the most sorted out rappers in Kollywood(Tamil Movie Industry). International artists like 50 Cent
50 Cent
Curtis James Jackson III , better known by his stage name 50 Cent, is an American rapper, entrepreneur, investor, record producer, and actor. He rose to fame with the release of his albums Get Rich or Die Tryin and The Massacre . Get Rich or Die Tryin has been certified eight times platinum by...
, Mobb Deep
Mobb Deep
Mobb Deep is an American hip hop duo from Queensbridge, Queens, New York, U.S., that consists of Havoc and Prodigy. The duo is "one of the most critically acclaimed hardcore East Coast hip-hop groups." The group is best known for its dark, hardcore delivery, as exemplified by the single "Shook Ones...
, The Black Eyed Peas
The Black Eyed Peas
The Black Eyed Peas are an American pop group , formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1995. The group includes rappers will.i.am, apl.de.ap, and Taboo, and singer Fergie. Since the release of their third album Elephunk in 2003, the group has sold an estimated 56 million records worldwide...
etc. have performed in India. Snoop Dogg
Snoop Dogg
Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr. , better known by his stage name Snoop Dogg, is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. Snoop is best known as a rapper in the West Coast hip hop scene, and for being one of Dr. Dre's most notable protégés. Snoop Dogg was a Crip gang member while in high school...
appeared in a song from the film Singh Is Kinng
Singh Is Kinng
Singh is Kinng is a 2008 Bollywood comedy film. The film is directed by Anees Bazmee and stars Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif, the film also featured a music video with Snoop Dogg. About 75% of the movie was shot in Australia, around the Gold Coast region and Brisbane using an Australian production...
in 2008 which popularized Hip Hop music amongst the people of India.
Bengali Hip Hop
In 2005, E.N.L. (enlightenment) crew was formed by MC Shaq, Skibkhan and Xplosive. A new member Mc Mugz, was recruited some months later. The Band changed its name to DESHI MCs to keep in with the flavor they uphold. The Band released their first album, "BANNED" in mid 2006. Later in 2008 Kata Taarer Bera (Bengali: কাঁটা তারের বেড়া a collaborated Hip hop album of the duo, DJ Raf and Jasper Al-rashid was released. Also colloquially shortened to simply "KTB", the album was originally an idea of DJ Raf. He later took the liberty to turn this into a duo act with Jasper Al-rashid. All of the tracks are either collaborated or individually performed by these two artists including a small number of tracks featuring appearances of a few guest artists. There were a very few exceptional solo tracks of the guest artists as well. The album was entirely composed and produced by DJ Raf & Jasper Al-rashid while Jasper, himself, engineered the entire album in his home studio which, later a year, was revamped to be formed into Jasper Lab Works. Among the guest artists, there was an array of a few prominent Bangladeshi rappers (Skibkhan, Shaq, Mugz, Slick) and also a few new American Bengali rappers (Traffick, Orion). There were a few singers (Simin, Sakib) involved in the production of the album along with Jasper Al-rashid, singing a few songs, becoming the first officially recognized R&B singer of Bangladesh. The album also featured the fastest rap song (the first track, "The History") ever recorded, till date, in Bangladeshi history by Jasper Al-rashid, making him the fastest Bengali rapper. It featured experiments of instrumental Hip hop by DJ Raf which also has never been attempted in the local industry. The album also had a hidden bonus track which is a method the local industry was unaware of prior to "Kata Taarer Bera". The album's front cover featured a footer message placed right above the Parental Advisory message stating "Strong Language / Amazing Content". This was the origin of this which has later inspired other prominent local Hip hop artists to include similar contents in their albums. The album mostly played a very important role into shaping Bengali Hip hop towards the newer era of artists with vigorous changes and discovery of a stronger local movement. With all of its participants making their own spaces in the industry after it was released, the album eventually resulted into being one of the very few massively successful Hip hop albums in the early era of Bangladeshi Hip hop industry and thus considered an all-time Bengali Hip hop classic. Fuad Al Muqtadir, a very popular music composer/producer from Bangladesh featured Skibkhan of Deshi MCs in one of his mainstream works making it a huge commercial success and also exposing Bengali hip hop to the mass audience of Bangladesh. Later in 2009 another crew Uptown Lokolz released their debut album "Kahini Scene Paat" under the label Deadline was another break through. The album was engineered and mixed by Jihan Jasper Al Rashid. The album also featured rappers like F.L.O and Fat Kabs.In 2011, the artist LIQUIDSILVA was the first Bangladeshi hip hop artist to ever tour with 50 Cent
50 Cent
Curtis James Jackson III , better known by his stage name 50 Cent, is an American rapper, entrepreneur, investor, record producer, and actor. He rose to fame with the release of his albums Get Rich or Die Tryin and The Massacre . Get Rich or Die Tryin has been certified eight times platinum by...
, Snoop Dogg
Snoop Dogg
Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr. , better known by his stage name Snoop Dogg, is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. Snoop is best known as a rapper in the West Coast hip hop scene, and for being one of Dr. Dre's most notable protégés. Snoop Dogg was a Crip gang member while in high school...
, naughty by nature
Naughty by Nature
Naughty by Nature are a Grammy Award-winning American hip hop trio from East Orange, New Jersey that at the time of its formation in 1989 consisted of Treach, Vin Rock, and the DJ Kay Gee...
, the Ying Yang Twins
Ying Yang Twins
The Ying Yang Twins is an Atlanta-based American crunk rap duo consisting of Kaine and D-Roc . The group debuted in 2000 and rose to mainstream popularity in 2003 collaborating with Lil Jon in his single "Get Low"...
, Mobb Deep
Mobb Deep
Mobb Deep is an American hip hop duo from Queensbridge, Queens, New York, U.S., that consists of Havoc and Prodigy. The duo is "one of the most critically acclaimed hardcore East Coast hip-hop groups." The group is best known for its dark, hardcore delivery, as exemplified by the single "Shook Ones...
, Flo-Rida and more, and to collaborate with Eminem
Eminem
Marshall Bruce Mathers III , better known by his stage name Eminem or his alter ego Slim Shady, is an American rapper, record producer, songwriter and actor. Eminem's popularity brought his group project, D12, to mainstream recognition...
's right hand man Big Proof from D12
D12
D12, an acronym for The Dirty Dozen, is an American hip hop group from Detroit, Michigan. D12 has had chart-topping albums in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia...
, as well as R&B group 112
112 (band)
112 is an American R&B quartet from Atlanta, Georgia. Formerly artists on Diddy's Bad Boy Records, the group signed to the Def Soul roster in 2002. They had great success in the late 1990s and early 2000s with hits such as "Only You", "Anywhere" and "Peaches & Cream"...
. LIQUIDSILVA's album "Love it or hate it, it's the Silva method" was released in 2011.
Bangla Hip Hop
Bangla Hip Hop differs from Bengali Hip Hop mainly from the language. Bengali is more "formal" than and use less slang than Bangla. Bangla Hip Hop is based mostly on DhakaDhaka
Dhaka is the capital of Bangladesh and the principal city of Dhaka Division. Dhaka is a megacity and one of the major cities of South Asia. Located on the banks of the Buriganga River, Dhaka, along with its metropolitan area, had a population of over 15 million in 2010, making it the largest city...
, Sylhet
Sylhet
Sylhet , is a major city in north-eastern Bangladesh. It is the main city of Sylhet Division and Sylhet District, and was granted metropolitan city status in March 2009. Sylhet is located on the banks of the Surma Valley and is surrounded by the Jaintia, Khasi and Tripura hills...
, Barisal, and Chittagong
Chittagong
Chittagong ) is a city in southeastern Bangladesh and the capital of an eponymous district and division. Built on the banks of the Karnaphuli River, the city is home to Bangladesh's busiest seaport and has a population of over 4.5 million, making it the second largest city in the country.A trading...
. There are many Bangla Hip Hop artist, some of the famous are:
- Stoic Bliss
- Kata Taarer Bera
- Deshi MCs
- Uptown Lokolz
- The Stunerzz
- B.Y.P (Bangla Youth Project)
- Lal Miah
- DJ Raf
- LIQUIDSILVA
- Rap HooD GOONstaZ
- East Side Souljaz
- Lyrical Assassins
- Sinister
- D-Briggaz
- T.O.R (Theology Of Rap)
- T.O.D (Thugs of Dhaka)
- Cosmics
- Impact
- U.H.C