For people who don’t live in China, it’s hard to imagine a bumping hip-hop scene there. But hip-hop is growing in the mainland, and local rappers are big on Chinese social media.<br /><br />But how do you discover them if you’re not in China? Enter Stanley Yang, aka 22K, founder of the first platform to promote Chinese hip-hop abroad.<br /><br />In 2010, he started Zhong.TV to showcase the latest rappers from China. The channel now boasts more than 200,000 subscribers and 120 million total views.<br /><br />In this video, we dive into 22K’s past and how losing one of his closest friends changed the course of his life forever.<br /><br />For more episodes of “East Coast”…<br /><br />DJ Wordy: China’s King of the Turntable - East Coast (S1E6)<br />https://dai.ly/x7oir0z<br /><br />Bohan Phoenix: The Chinese-American Rapper Bridging East and West - East Coast (S1E1)<br />https://dai.ly/x7lmvit<br /><br /><br />**FOLLOW US ON IG, TWITTER, AND FACEBOOK:<br />http://instagram.com/goldthread2<br />http://twitter.com/goldthread2<br />http://facebook.com/goldthread2<br /><br />Producer and Editor: Hanley Chu<br />Videographers: Frank Pan and Nicholas Ko<br />Animation: Ray Ngan and Carol Ng<br />Mastering: Victor Peña<br /><br />#hiphop #china #zhongtv<br />
