Kris Wu had quite the year going from being an endlessly meme-able judge on The Rap of China, to releasing his first solo album, Antares. Kris Wu Performs at 2018 Super Bowl Live Concert The 59-year-old mayor, dressed in sensible slacks and a shirt, implores viewers to do things right. The track, named ‘Do Things Right,’ features crackling percussive work and epic autotune, and is possibly a reference to the Spike Lee movie of (almost) the same name – Do The Right Thing. With that being said, we were still surprised to see Taipei mayor Ko Wen-je drop some beats back in October. We are no strangers to the Taiwanese music scene, being fans and admirers of the potent artistic pool on the eastern island. Mayor of Taipei, Ko Wen-je, Busts a Rhyme Dre and spun their own yarn about the successes of the consultative conference over the past five years, creating an off-kilter track that helped contribute to 2018’s vast hip hop tapestry. While on the one hand we had CD Rev spitting bars against anyone who dared to diss China, we also had tracks like this one: ‘Guangdong Zhengxie Freestyle.’ Guangdong People’s Political Consultative Conference, a provincial advisory body, took beats from Dr. Patriotic Chinese rap came back in a major way this year. Guangdong Advisory Body’s Hip Hop Track Shamelessly Rips Off Dr. Here’s a countdown of the biggest hip hop stories that came out of Greater China in 2018. It's been a wild year for Chinese hip hop. Here’s to another year of eclectic, weird and wonderful life in China, we wouldn’t have it any other way. To wrap up 2018, our editorial team has put together a list of the year’s most unforgettable viral stories, recounting major occurrences that defined the worlds of sports, tech, arts, fashion and food. We’ve seen ‘The Tweeter in Chief’ launch ( and then halt) a trade war between the world’s two leading economic powers, Fan Bingbing disappear and then reappear (with a major fine to pay) and another record-breaking Singles’ Day haul for Alibaba. It’s been one hell of a year to say the least, particularly for those of us based in China.
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