Chinese hip hop
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Chinese hip hop is a relatively new phenomenon in China and first made it to Taiwan where artists such as MC HotDog were first rapping but then made it to Hong Kong with the success of LMF.
In mainland China hip hop scene had just been formed with artists such as Hei Bomb (黑棒), Dragon Tongue(龙门阵)and Yin Tsang(隐藏) are leading the genre and gaining popularity with the youths. Other groups include LMF and Dai Bing.
The Chinese term for rap is 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) has gained a lot of popularity among young Chinese as well.
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