初探中國嘻哈／饒舌樂的歷史脈絡：華黑場域、方言饒舌、與主流官方熱潮的「真誠以對」 = The Historical Context of China Hip Hop/Rap: Chinese Black Field, Dialect Rap, and ＂K

This article, borrowing the concepts of popular music studies, black studies, global hip hop studies aims to explore the discursive authenticity of ＂Keepin' It Real＂ in mainland China's hip hop/rap music. The network program Rap of China aired on AiQiYi in 2017 launched a hip hop ＂wave＂ and made it a popular culture . But before the program streamed, hip hop culture has already appeared in China in the form of ＂black culture,＂ ＂street style,＂ and is regarded as ＂underground＂ and ＂trendy.＂ In this essay I discuss the development of Chinese hip hop/rap with the discourse of ＂Keepin' It Real.＂ I chronicle the development of hip hop music in China to contextualize the historical process of how blackness is accepted and transformed locally. Though this process was initiated by foreign intermediaries, the use of ＂dialect＂ in rap music by local teenagers presents how they articulated the spirit of ＂Keepin' it Real.＂ Finally, I reflect on how mainstream media industries continue to create the ＂real＂ appearance of China hip-hop culture/rap through the triangulation of local cultural practices, commercial media marketing, and governmental intervention.