A Big Hit Pop Our Life ---The Rise of Hip-Hop Music

投稿類別:英文寫作類篇名: A Big Hit Pop Our life ---- The Rise of Chinese Hip Hop Music Powerful Influence of “The Rap of China” 作者: 邱煒甯。嘉義高中。高二 16 班沈明諺。嘉義高中。高二 16 班指導老師: 黃郁方老師 A Big Hit Pop Our Life ---- The Rise of Chinese Hip Hop Music Powerful influence of “The Rap of China” I. Introduction I.1.The motivation of the study In recent years, Chinese hip hop music has been obviously thriving and flourishing. They have invaded the music industry in Taiwan successfully. More and more rappers emerged, and released their own compositions. These phenomena intensified after a TV program, named “The Rap of China,” was broadcast. What’s more, many Chinese singers now start to add an episode of hip hop music into their songs, which reforms styles of Chinese mainstream music. From the points mentioned above, it can be seen that Chinese hip hop music has gone viral in Taiwan. As members of this new generation, we are also influenced by Chinese hip hop music wave naturally and caught in this fad. This wave, resembling an enormous hurricane, has made a tremendous impact on the young men in Taiwan. Therefore, we are eager to figure out the reason for its and the effects of “the Rap of China” on the development of Chinese hip hop music. I.2. Research questions With the full consideration, a survey was conducted. The following three research questions were generated to explore the reasons for the popularity of Chinese hip hop music in Taiwan and the effects of “the Rap of China” on the development of the music genre. (1) Do teenagers in Taiwan know about Chinese hip hop music? (2) Why has Chinese hip hop music made a hit recently? (3) What are the influences that” the Rap of China” has on teenagers, rappers, and the development of Chinese hip hop music? II. Literature Review II.1 Definition II.1.1 Definition of Chinese hip hop music According to Wikipedia (2017), hip hop music is a musical style with spoken words and a steady beat played on electronic instruments. It is sometimes used as a synonym of hip hop or rap music although rapping is not the necessary component of hip hop music. It is originally developed in the United States by inner-city African Americans in the 1970s. It may also incorporate some of the elements of hip hop culture, including DJ, turntablism, scratching, beatbox, and instrumental tracks, etc. In this research, we mainly focus on the music genre in 1 A Big Hit Pop Our Life ---- The Rise of Chinese Hip Hop Music Powerful influence of “The Rap of China” Chinese. II.1.2 Definition of “the Rap of China” On the basis of Wikipedia (2018), “the Rap of China,” a variety show with the theme of hip hop music on the Internet, is produced by an online video platform, IQiyi. There are three groups of famous producers such as Kris Wu, Will Pan, MC HotDog and Chang Chen-yue as the competitors’ teachers to train and guide the rappers before the contest, and they also take charge of evaluation and comment on the contestants’ performance in the competition. This show did become the center of attention among youngsters in Taiwan in a very short time after its first episode was aired on June 24, 2017. II.2 History and Development II.2.1 History of hip hop music Based on the Wikipedia (2017), hip hop, defined as not only a musical genre but a culture, was first created in the poorest districts of New York City during the 1970s. At that time, many of the African-American young people were unemployed, but some worked as DJs in discos where they learned deejay techniques like how to use two turntables and a DJ mixer to play records non-stop. Sometimes they'd deejay at free block parties, which became increasingly popular in New York City, particularly among those residing in the neighborhoods of Bronx. At parties, they'd play funk and disco tracks non-stop, and ask a friend to act as their MC. Besides introducing the DJ and encouraging everyone to dance and have a good time, some MCs tried to be more entertaining by talking in time to the beat of the music and using rhymes, which is the birth of rapping. However, hip hop music did not get officially recorded for the radio or television to play until 1979, because it originated from the people in the slum area, which caused the lack of acceptance outside the ghetto neighborhoods. In 1980s, hip hop music became more diverse and the genre turned into more complex styles. Before the 1980s, hip hop music was mostly limited in the United States. However, during the 1980s, it started to spread to dozens of countries, many of which mixed hip hop music with local styles to create new subgenres. II.2.2 Development of Chinese hip hop music from 1980s till now According to ComeLee’s statement (2017), in 1980s, hip hop music spread to Chinese culture. Though it wasn’t totally accepted by the public, more and more media kept an eye on 2 A Big Hit Pop Our Life ---- The Rise of Chinese Hip Hop Music Powerful influence of “The Rap of China” this new phenomenon. Some Chinese hip hop singers appeared at this period of time, such as Lin Zi Xiang, Yu Cheng Qing, and so forth. They are also called the “pioneers” of Chinese hip hop music. In 1990s, pure American hip hop music reached the summit, and it swept across the whole world, and became more widespread. Taiwan was also in this wave. The Huang brothers, who have grown up in California, teamed up a group, “L.A. BOYZ,” and brought American hip hop music into Taiwan. It was the crucial moment that bred Chinese hip hop music. In the last few years, Chinese hip hop music has developed rapidly, and many juveniles got involved in it. Lots of rappers also emerged and released their own productions like Mc HotDog, Softlipa, and Wilber Pan, and so on. Also, a few months ago, a TV program called “the Rap of China” blew up the entertainment industry, and cause an even huge wave. It opened up a new world of a variety of Chinese hip hop music, and also brought this underground music onto the mass platform, which really made it a part of Chinese mainstream music. III. Methods III.1. Participants In order to understand more about the recent development of Chinese hip hop music and the teenagers’ recognition and preference for this music genre these years, we devised a questionnaire to collect the data in the study. There are 110 participants in our study, including 67 girls and 43 boys. They are students in Yunlin and Chiayi counties. Their ages range from 15 to 18. They were selected randomly. III.2. Instrument To achieve the goal of this project, we designed a questionnaire to collect data. There are two parts in the questionnaire. The first part is the personal background, which is intended to elicit the information of the participants such as gender, age, etc. The second part focused on getting the information related to the theme of our study. With these questions, a more reliable study will be carried out. III.3. Procedure With a view to collecting the statistical data, we gave our questionnaire to the students in Yunlin and Chiayi counties. After receiving 133 questionnaires, we eliminated the invalid and 3 A Big Hit Pop Our Life ---- The Rise of Chinese Hip Hop Music Powerful influence of “The Rap of China” incomplete data, and did the statistics. Afterwards, we created graphs from the data. The last step we took was to analyze the data and describe them in the text of this study. IV. Findings and Discussion Have you ever known about Chinese hip hop music? 15% Yes No 85% Figure 1. The rate of teenagers who have known about Chinese hip hop music When did you get to know Chinese hip hop music? Before the broadcast of "The 48% Rap of China" 52% After the broadcast of "The Rap of China" Figure 2. The specific time of their knowing Chinese hip hop music According to Figure1 and 2, 85% of the respondents have known about Chinese hip hop music,and it can be noted that 52% of them get to know the music after the broadcast of “the Rap of China. ” Based on the finding, we can know that how this TV show influences the acceptance and preference of teenagers on Chinese hip hop music. Moreover, much more videos which contain the elements of Chinese hip hop music caused a teen sensation on the Internet after the show. It can be inferred that teenagers are more willing to spend time appreciating Chinese hip hop music due to the effect of“the Rap of China.” Also, there is no denying that Chinese hip hop music has taken its place in the teenagers’ mind in Taiwan successfully. 4 A Big Hit Pop Our Life ---- The Rise of Chinese Hip Hop Music Powerful influence of “The Rap of China” Why did you like Chinese hip hop music? 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 Special Meaningful Style of The hip hop rhythm lyrics music singers’ performing arts Figure 3. The reasons why teenagers like Chinese hip hop music Why did you dislike Chinese Hip-Hop music? 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 Noisy rhythm Indecent lyrics Vulgarity of the hip hop singers’ dressing style Figure 4.

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