Meet China's Hottest Rappers
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 พ.ค. 2018
- Straight outta Chengdu, China, the Higher Brothers are making Sichuan hip-hop a global sensation. It all started when the four friends spent a winter holed up in a tiny bedroom writing songs about their beloved childhood cartoon, “Haier Brothers.” The guys began to mix trap beats with local dialects, Mandarin and broken English to create a singular style-one that caught the attention of New York-based music label, 88Rising. In this Great Big Film, we kick it inside the studio where “Brothers” Masiwei, Psy.P, Dzknow and Melo make music that’s impressed the likes of Migos and Playboi Carti.
*This Great Big Film contains explicit language.
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Their humbleness is amazing. Really eye opening on how they don’t view themselves as artists and defend their respect for those who they respect
neohugh beats cuz hip hop in China is still kind of an underground thing, so chinese rappers would definitely be more humble than others
@@ps6772it's not underground anymore, just go to China and you'll know
NO PUN INTENDED
*Eye opening* indeed
neohugh beats well said
We Asian don’t get mad when we see black person doing martial art or putting traditional tattoo
bULLL SHIET
Dragonx123 Frfrfr
Never found an asian complaining about white people cosplaying anime characters either :)
@@carlinvivian5366 Joji? he made a whole fucking song about them fitlhy weaboo
@@ficoh634
You mean Pink Guy ?
I don't see this level of racial criticism on Rich Chigga; I don't get why you all are hating on these guys. Is it just because the rap is in a language other than English?
Rich Brain now : )
The flow isnt that great imo
their flow is better then rich chigga
Honestly they are one of my favorite rap groups been listening for a while now
nah its because Americans hate china and chinese and " comunism ". If they were democratic ex American colonies like Japan and Korea things wouldn't be the same.
So Asians aren't allowed to rap, but Migos can make a song called stir fry, Nicki Minaj can make Chun Like and Kendrick cam call himself Kung Fu Kenny? Wtf?
Who said Asians aren't allowed to rap? You just made that up. They literally showed a video of American rappers supporting these dudes and loving it.
David Boucard There were numerous comments on the video about how they didn't fw these guys because they're "culture vultures"
Gabrielwan Migos was there reacting to the song liking it. THERE WILL Always be haters. And saying that some ignorant comments defines a whole community is fairly disrespectful.
yeahhh and you can have a rap group named Wu Tang without any Chinese people lol people need to chill critiques everywhere not making any moves but judging
You probably shouldn't be convinced from people who aren't famous and know nothing about the hip hop industry.
Black artists support them and thats all that matters.
As a black man, this is encouraging to see our culture spreading to China! 🇨🇳🇺🇸
it's even in korea
Christian Hill you not a black man your a idiotic child you dont know that this is making black men less favourable and respected. And poorer. And women that would go to black men and go to these fakers. And the money too.
Letting people fake you is the sign of a weak clown who’s getting robbed
AquaTone 215 Same i’m a black girl and i love when we or asian spread their culture to other races. i personally listen to Kpop and i love seeing how male kpop groups have influence on black music. it’s spreading and i love seeing that.
kpop.trash xox kpop. Steals black identity culture music. Its not korean
+Christian Hill Wtf
This is rap, these are rappers, y'all haters go to China and battle them. Black face is cultural appropriation. These dudes aren't painting their faces black and doing the superman. They're making their own art, they aren't even biting off anyone like a lot of American rappers are nowadays.
why do they have dread loss ??? can you explain???
King_ Ding-A-ling so when black people have a white people haircut its bad? Lmao no
@@blacksmith9873 tyler creater has poopoo hair
@@blacksmith9873 mohawk hair style is hairstyle of Native Americans, but black people can wear them?
@@blacksmith9873 dread locks is matted unwashed hair. your hair naturally becomes like that if you don't shower for a long time, also, vikings and natives did it first.
海尔！成都的骄傲！I was born and raised in Chengdu and I've been following them since old days back in high school when they were still underground rappers in Chengdu. Then I went to the States for my college at 18. Now I get to see them going international and to perform in Chicago and LA. Man I see they've been through a lot. They've grown so much, and so do I.
I'm always proud of HIGHER BROTHERS!!!
That’s pretty sick. Since you’re actually from China, do you have any Chinese hip hop recommendations by any chance?
是啊，proud of em tooo！
@@Moon-lk8uc PG one, love his album "PHASELESS" released in 2020
Much respect to Masiwei giving back to his parents, they didn’t stop him and now look where he is
I don't think people outside China realize just how significant that is, unless they have had exposure to it.
Actually, the fact that Melo work in zoo is unexpected!
장시화 righttt. It probably helps them to improve (make videos etc).
To me he’s the only grown mature person among those “man”childs
This video goes way more indepth than other videos on the higher brothers. Some videos I've seen only shows them talking in English and they can't really fully express what they're trying to say in that language yet. But in this video with the subtitles and them talking in Chinese you can really tell how smart, hardworking, and passionate these guys are and its really cool.
Yeah bro, I'm really happy I watched it. They're so humble
Rap is universal
All music is universal.
not country music. that shit stays in america
Sean Hall All music is universal, i totally agree. :-)
Riley Graham i laughed way harder than what i should of
BLACK PEOPLE STARTED IT.. BECAUSE OF THE HATE THEY GOT..
I love that these guys are following their dreams. Made in China is fucking good song too.
Their understanding and respect in hiphop and their humbleness and recognizing of their role in the game and as artists was so appreciated... I support these dudes forreal... They seem like good people.... And for the record it seems like there are more comments about how they ARENT appropriating then how they are... But hiphop could always tell the real from the fake, hence why the beastie boys, Eminem, 3rd bass, Mac Miller etc neverrrrrrr caught the level of shit that Iggy Azealia and Macklemore caught... Cause you can tell when someone lives and breathes the culture and when they don't... It's all love here honestly... Hiphop has always been wayyy more diverse then people make it out to be
Sankofa NYC Well said!
Extremely well put. Hip hop has also already gone to so many different countries, no one is telling hispanic people like me that our hip-hop is appropriation, why would they do the same when it comes to China? Hip-hop is a lifestyle, and just like you said, you can tell when people live and breathe it and when they’re fakes
the awkward moment when people are screaming cultural appropriation when BLACK rappers actually enjoyed it and were not offended.... the disconnect is real. What next? The Beatles and Elvis were cultural appropriators because rock drew heavily from jazz and blues?
badum dadum the only cultrual appropriators are the mileys and the biebers.
Many artists like Elvis were actually appropriators because they stole music and songs from black artists in the 30s-60s without giving them credit. Many songs that were famous by white artists at that time came from lesser known black groups and solo artists. A simple music history class can tell you that. The Higher Brothers aren’t appropriating because they are influenced by Hip Hop by also infusing their own culture and aesthetic without ripping anyone off without credit.
Where did you take your "simple music history class"? I would suggest getting a refund and sue them for your wasted time. Rock&Roll didn't come from nothing, it drew heavily from jazz and blues which were predominantly black, but it also drew strong influence from country, boogie, and swing which was predominantly white. Get your facts straight. Tis sad when you make up fluff.
(see below for citation and more joyful sass)
Presley would nevertheless publicly cite his debt to African American music, pointing to artists such as B. B. King, Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, Ivory Joe Hunter, and Fats Domino ( Peter Guralnick (2008) Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley, Paw Prints, p. 248, ISBN 1439508623.)
Yeah but Elvis stole music from black artist for instance You Ain't Nothin But a Hound Dog big mama
Thornton
wow... people cannot read... music takes influence from each other. He even publicly stated his music was influenced by black artist EVEN REFERENCING THEM BY NAME, therefore, it is not stolen... by your view all modern music can one way or another be traced back to a given population and all remixes and sampling are stolen music. Please lord grant these people the gift of literacy
When people don't know the difference between appropriation and appreciation
appreciation gives money to people and compliments them. appropriation / intellectual property theft / identity theft / fraud / imposters. use their look identity property tries to be them without loyalty to them. steal there identity. usurpers
@@sefp their*
@@sefp no, you're literally just wrong. I see you in all of these other comments being blatantly racist, like wtf is wrong with you?
@@harpxwx where am I wrong and where am I being racist? I bet you can’t actually state it. I don’t believe in race. Ancestry and ethnicity and nation. And the heritage and identity linked to them exist though.
@@sefp youre talking about how asian people are stealing black peoples identity, which is straight up just racist because you're bogging down their worth to just rap. also, rap is universal, all music is universal, if you watch rappers reacting to them, they get hyped asf. music is about expressing yourself and expressing your soul, you clearly don't see that, hence your ignorance on this topic. just sit down bruh
I haven't seen any cultural appreciation comments yet, lol why is everyone poppin off when there's no one to argue with?😂
Moana I thought I was the only one lol
exactly
Because luckily, they get drowned out by positive comments. That’s just how the algorithm works. They were definitely there when this video was first uploaded.
comments with more dislikes get pushed to the bottom, so as time passes, the only ones that show up at the top are the responses to the negative comments. It's a p common phenomenon in argument-heavy comment sections
I like how they can be super hyped and go crazy, but when they talk about their career and progressive they're very serious and focused. Respect.
The racism in the comments... Jesus
I disagree. I was, and to a certain degree, still am an idiotic asshole. Change happens, albeit hellishly slow.
Black people can't be racist! /s
Chinese AI chat bot: taken down for democracy trolling
Western AI chat bot: taken down for racism
says a lot
HAZZARD The racist comments got deleted
I CAN'T HOLY JESUS I'M SO PROUD OF THEM
tbh it's so hard to be in the rap/hiphop industry when ur asian cuz culture appropriation lfmao but these dudes here r rockin
*MADE IN CHINA*
ikr, sik-k, jay park, woodie gochild, loco. asian rappers are the bombbb
I find their brotherhood wholesomely joyous. They be understanding and supportive of each other.
I reckon they could be rapping about that sometimes.
BEST HIGHER BROTHERS DOCUMENTARY EVER!!! THANK YOU!!
Jack Attack 杰克 but it does not even include a cut of their US tour
Justin Ge - Yeh Ikr :( I think it was recorded sometime in September 2017 as they hadn't mentioned the Asia Tour or the Journey to the West EP yet
Your welcome.
It’s good that they acknowledge artists like J cole and Kendrick and what they do. Shows how humble they are and respectful they are to other rappers. I definitely a fan now
Great story I loved hearing about the Higher Brothers and 88 Rising . Rap is about telling us what is going on in your hood,town,state, head,heart and making it your own. They are doing just that . Keep it going
I love the way these kids manages to distill the pure essence of hip hop in an otherwise conservative and traditional culture. It's easy to see why: they were influenced by 90's hip hop pioneers (ie Pete Rock) who placed self-expressionism and social awareness as the gold standard. I hate the way hip hop in mainstream Western culture has morphed into this consumer-heavy, self-stroking ego fest that's prevalent among popular 'mumble rappers' today.
For those crying 'cultural appropriation', you're completely oblivious as to why hip hop was created and spread in the first place: to serve as a medium for young people to express their suppressed emotions and bring awareness to their struggles in their environment. These kids are utilizing hip hop exactly as was originally intended. They have nothing but love and passion for the art and in my opinion, it's damn refreshing. I hope their music continues to bring about an emotional revolution among Chinese youth who are undoubtedly drowning in societal expectations and insane standards.
Real Shit
Well good sir, i want to see how far they can go
👏👏👏
HOPE IT WILL MAKE CHINA A NON RACIST NATION..
@@Facts-Over-Feelings 毁灭新疆内蒙
Been banging these guys for a bit now love their flow and overall style. It's crazy that they really work together, live together and do everything together they truly are brothers to one another and I hope they make it big.
Im black as a eclispe, these my brothers too. Just like i love kdot , pac, andre3k, eminem, they get live too. Stop hating on people doing what they love and making a living.
masiwei is the sweetest boy ever i love him so much
Your captions when he references Sha is Sand. This is wrong as he is referencing Sha Wujing from the Journey to the West. I believe this mistake was made because of the pronunciation of sand in Chinese is very similar to this name.
That is so inspirational, and I love that there is company in the U.S. that is specifically trying to bring awareness to Asian culture, that is beautiful.
Great job to 88 Rising, and of course lots of love Higher Brother.
Damn these guys are really down to earth and humble. I like 3 songs of them. Their lyrics are a beautiful poesy if you understand Chinese. So good luck guys and bravo
really inspiring, thanks for sharing!!!
i hope higher brothers could make it in US! You guys r so talented!
Great vid. Higher Brothers put out one of the best albums of 2017 and I'm ready to hear more.
Been following these guys for a while and i hope they keep doing big things!! Higher gang
感謝higher 兄弟幫我學中文、real talk
Then ur learning the dopest version of Chinese lol
Bro, they don't speak standard mandrin. They speak a dialect in sichuan
You will be the coolest American that speaks only a Chinese dialect instead of mandarin then
屌的 屌的
great video. I can just see the passion and love from these dudes. would love to work with them and 88rising sometime in the future (:
so proud of how far they've come!!
Yessss Higher Broooossss !!!i listen them for year
SEE YALL AT HEAD IN THE CLOUDS MUSIC FESTIVAL IN CALI
88RISING 8️⃣8️⃣🔼
This was beautiful to watch!
I like the reference to Journey To The West, made it really down to earth what they do.
I love these guys!
D o r a 44 Reported ;-)
Jamie White I am proud of them!
the song at 0:44?
This was filmed a longggg time ago
Loraine Lee Documentaries take a while
Big up guys you are doing great job, mad love from Kenya. Hip hop is universal
Dope episode.
Love higher brothers. Keep it up boys. I know you're gonna blow up soon. Love from America🇨🇳🇨🇳🇺🇸🇺🇸
Using a genre of music is cultural appropriation?
I mean basically everyone has done some form of cultural appropriation if it’s that simple then a lot of things are cultural appropriation
Also the music is complete trash
ArtGrazer no it's not. People just get offended by everything nowadays.
you are nothing but not to me yep
Twist S probably
if it is cultural appropriation, who gives a fuck? appropriation comes in so many forms, 90% of them being a good thing, and respectful!
Great doc! 👍
So inspired and excited for their years to come!
I love how hip-hop culture has spread and touched many others outside of the U.S.
Beware of SJW in the comments talking about culture appropriation
you are nothing but not to me just reply with “Wu-Tang Clan”
Brian I'm refering to people talking about cultural appropriation.
ur profile pic tho
@@sdjosh9081 WHAT WITH THE WU TANG CLAN.. RAP STATED LONG BEFORE THAT..
@Brian they were deleted
Higher brothers🔥🔥🤟🏽They time gonna come and I can’t wait for them to be at the top!!!
AYE!!!!!! Fire. All of it. 88 Rising. Higher Brothers. Fuck with it all man. legit its been blown up for a minute in the northwest and got some fans up here repping from Idaho in the states XD. if you guys do any tours or anythings PLEASE COME!!!!!
I remember back in middle school, I heard my best friend telling me her dating stories. I kept hearing ma si wei this name. I just knew he was one year older in our school. Nothing more.
Les Français on adore aussi Higher Brothers ❤🤘🐲🔥
Fire music keep up the good work 🔥🔥 🔥💯
Stay high bro!! Mad respect!
Higher Brothers on Great Big Story. Now I've seen everything...
Respect from Italy,i already know ya because of Snowboarding
So happy to see Higher Bros make it into the spotlight. They’re so talented and have been working so hard to get where they are today and they’re only getting bigger.
Just make sure y’all show homage to the original hip hop creators!!! I love the movement! Keep it goin! 🔥
Ive been in china for 9 years，been listening to higher for 3 years they and im proud they made it this far
This is where respect, admiration, passion, and hard work has brought them. A deep melding of culture. They arent using other people's culture as an accessory to rake in views, they live it.
*DAMN THEY LITTY AF SUBSCRIBED AND FOLLOWED YOU !*
Great content by GBS, they should have their own reality show, they also sparks my interest in Chengdu.Guess my trip to china next ill visit chengdu
The day will come, my brothers.
This has given me a lot of insight into these guys. I had always thought that they were just some dumb run-of-the-mill noisy hypebeast Chinese guys, even with their musical talents, but this video shows a lot of their character which isn't always visible from the English interviews, and they seem like decent people.
CZZ 123 China need more people like that, honestly. There’s so many people in China that have so much talent, but most of them wasted their talent because they don’t believe they’ll be successful. Just like the soccer in China, China has spent so much money on Soccer, but still Chinese soccer team is one of the worse team in the world, even American Soccer is better than them lol. China should definitely just let their youth fly, sky is the limit
I love how psy p describe each members.
and this guys are such an inspiration. they start small and now making big move in Asia and in the West!
This vid is so fyeeeeee
I check out their songs, it’s lit even though idk what they saying it’s just a nice vibe
Black cab kinda became one of my fav records.
Am very glad to see their love for history of hip hop. They have soul definitely. I like the vibe. Keep moving up and see you in your first concert in America.
Top stuff!
best quote "I'm happy to be living comfortably through my own effort"👍👍
Yassssss🙌🏻🙌🏻 saw them live at the 88rising tour in New York, def one of the best shows I’ve ever attended. 中国万岁🙌🏻😂
Good job dude!
I love the Higher Brothers for doing what theyre doing. I am proud Chinese and seeing my brothers making a name for themselves makes me really happy and seeing them live was definitely an experience
They are on their grind
I like their humbleness
I mean yeah they are using another cultures art forms for personal gain but it's not like they are disrespecting the art forms. I mean, slug from atmosphere and Eminem are cultural appropriators, but we give them a pass but not these guys?
Are black Americans the only ones allowed to rap?
Literally no one RELEVANT has ever said that only black people can do Hip-Hop. Eminem is well-respected by his peers. Even further back, you have the Beastie Boys. It's a non-issue.
Untitled That's the dumbest Nazi thing l've heard! Music has no race and is universal. I don't see people criticising African American choirs even though choirs aren't from Africa. It's not appropriation, its appreciation so its not racism. Talent belongs to no race. Sorry this was what was meant to be said
Untitled How? Tell me how it is racist. Eminem and Logic are doing rap and they are ADORED in the rap community. I can only understand if some person said the n word and they are not even black, but both Eminem, Logic, and even the higher brothers don’t even say the n word.
BANANA MAN I think he was being sarcastic
I like them keep it up The Higher Brothers 🙅🏾♂️🙅🏾♂️🙅🏾♂️🙅🏾♂️💯💯💯💪🏾💪🏾🔥 good work. Even tho i can't understand.. it deff sounds good.... like the ones with English mixed in it. i could get a picture of whatvu saying in Chinese
我很喜欢 Higher Brothers !!! , when are they gonna come to Florida?
masiwei's style and flow is nuts
watched these boys grow a lot
These guys are so inspiring!
This is well put together they Poppin
YESSSS HIGHER BROTHERS
everyone: im from chengdu and im 23
dz:you already know
I love their music. Glad they’re getting noticed
FINALLY A GREAT BIG STORY ABOUT HIGHER BROTHERS (:
If they keep their humble ambition they will can go even farther ⬆️Higher! Higher! Higher!
Higher brothers 😍😍😍
I’m about to be in Chengdu next month. I’m trying to link up, kick it, freestyle, and do some filming.
Please do one on Rich Brian or Keith Ape next!
'what a great doc on the higher brothers. I genuinely like their music. The cultural appreciation argument comes from a place of stupidity and jealousy. Looking to blame others for their misfortune. It seems China is a very conservative and restricting place. It seems Rap was a way out so to speak for them and you can see it. This is great for their country.
14:34 that bro hugging his cat with the lint roller is a whole ass mood
This is cool~
The journey to the west book sounds interesting I'm going to read that now 😎
As a Chinese I'm literally so proud and I'm crying right now!!!!
I love these motherfuckers! Mad respect for these dudes coming straight from Brooklyn!
That’s real hip hop right there!Straight up !Higher brothers!!Respect!!!
They know their hip hop and which I think what they’re doing is very good. Keep it up