Up-and-coming rappers have long flocked to east London. Dizzee Rascal and Tinchy Stryder grew up in the area and went on to conquer the British music charts. Local venues and radio stations have ...

Over the past year, Lanlao, a hip-hop artist from a low-profile city in southern China who raps in complex, accented Mandarin and whose videos abound with niche cultural references, has become one of ...