ARTICLES

Sep 4, 20234 min read

AI Song Covers are Taking Over the Internet, Let's Talk About It

READ TIME: 4 MINS Have you been missing Dean’s voice and want to hear new music? Don’t worry, with the latest AI technology, you can hear...

Aug 11, 20236 min read

How K Hip-Hop Artists Have Turned to Entertainment-Style Content to Help Globalise Their Presence

READ TIME: 6 MINS If your algorithms are anything like ours, then you would notice the increase in K Hip-Hop personnel in other forms of...

May 6, 20227 min read

BALMING TIGER

DETAILS INDEPENDENT CREW DEBUTED: January 2018 MEMBERS: Abyss, Henson, Jan’qui, Leesuho, Mudd the student, Omega Sapien, San Yawn,...

Apr 7, 20222 min read

YUGYEOM

DETAILS BORN: 17 November 1997 CURRENT LABEL: AOMG MUSIC PREVIOUS LABEL: JYP Entertainment ASSOCIATED ACTS: GOT7, Jus2 BASIC KNOWLEDGE...

Mar 21, 20223 min read

TATTOOS, FASHION, MASKS - GIMMICKS IN K HIP-HOP

READ TIME: 3 MIN There are countless ways to find fame within the Korean hip-hop scene, whether that be a catchy viral hit or winning a...

Feb 8, 20228 min read

THE IMPACT OF BLACK CULTURE ON K HIP-HOP

8 MIN READ February 1st marked the beginning of Black History Month. The annual celebration, originating in the USA, seeks to recognize...

Feb 2, 20223 min read

BRANDED COLLABORATIONS AND CULTURAL IMPACT

7 MIN READ The popularity of K Hip-Hop has proven itself to be a lucrative business, as seen through the rapid commercialisation of the...

Jan 24, 20226 min read

Venues That Made K Hip-Hop

8 MIN READ Since the 1990s, Korean artists have congregated in clubs and venues to discuss, produce, and perform Hip-Hop. Each...

Jan 23, 20228 min read

When Money Flows, Culture Goes: The Case of Show Me The Money

7 MIN READ One of the most thrilling aspects of the K Hip-Hop scene within recent years has been that of rap survival shows. Popularized...

Jan 22, 20223 min read

An Introduction to K Hip Hop & RnB Label 'wavy'

3 MIN READ When mentioning the origin stories of most artists within the k hip hop and k rnb scene, it is difficult to ignore the...

Jan 17, 20225 min read

K-Pop Idol To Hip-Hop Artist: Jay Park, JAY B, and MINO

5 MIN READ In the past, there has been an obvious and clear divide between Korean Pop idols and the Hip-Hop community. In Korea, “idol...

Dec 11, 20218 min read

A Guide to K Hip-Hop Crews

6 MIN READ One of the most intrinsic parts of Hip-Hop is the idea of crews. At its very core, a crew is a group of like-minded artists...

Nov 30, 20212 min read

Soundtracks created by K Hip-Hop Artists

5 MIN READ The upsurge in the global recognition of Korean film and television should come as no surprise to us now, particularly with...

Nov 30, 20215 min read

10 Artists to Watch on SMTM10

As Show Me The Money 10 gets underway, with the producers and contestants consolidating their teams, it’s time to spotlight 10...

Oct 9, 20216 min read

8 Women in K Hip-Hop and K R&B You Need to Know About

5 MIN READ When discussing artists in the K Hip-Hop and K R&B scene, names like DEAN, Simon Dominic, The Quiett, CHANGMO and Crush often...

Sep 30, 20216 min read

The 10 Best Stages in Show Me The Money History

6 MIN READ The 10th season of Show Me The Money, the immensely popular K Hip-Hop rap survival show, is set to kick off on October 1,...

Jul 17, 20217 min read

A Dive Into Show Me the Money's Past Winners

7 MIN READ With Show Me the Money coming back for a 10th season, let’s dive in the past seasons’ winners careers and see what they are up...

Jul 4, 20214 min read

H1GHR MUSIC: A Brief History of the Label

The beginning of June marked H1GHR MUSIC’s 4-year anniversary.

May 9, 20214 min read

BUILDING K HIP-HOP : Breaking Into the Overground

Things were often short-lived in the early days of Korea’s hip-hop underground, for a variety of reasons. For one, hip-hop in the late...

May 9, 20215 min read

BUILDING K HIP-HOP : Building A Culture

It is difficult to discuss the history of Korean popular music without mentioning the name of Seo Taiji. He entered public consciousness...