Posted on 01/28/2018 4:39:22 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster
China Bans Hip-Hop And Other 'Sub-Cultures' From State Television
China's media regulator has banned the country's top hip-hop artists from appearing on television, saying the music genre represents "non-mainstream culture" that is "decadent."
A directive from the State Administration of Press, Publications, Radio, Film and Television (SAPPRFT) published as "special content" on the entertainment pages of news portal Sina.com calls on state broadcasters to avoid hiring any performers who embody "hip-hop culture" or other sub-cultures.
Performers with tattoos are also a no-no, along with anyone representing the emo-esque 'sang' culture popular with Chinese millennials, according to SAPPRFT spokesman Gao Changli.
Those who have low levels of taste, morality or who are "vulgar and obscene" should also be avoided at all costs, Gao said.
Above all, talent must show clear loyalty to the ruling Chinese Communist Party, he said.
"Never use performers who aren't psychologically and morally aligned with the party," Gao was quoted as saying.
Performers embroiled in scandals, smears or who have problematic morality and integrity must also never be booked, he said.
Political journalist Gao Yu said the move seems similar in tone to the "anti spiritual pollution" censorship campaigns of the 1980s, when rock'n'roll stars like Cui Jian were the target.
If both the hip-hop spirit and the unique expression are considered opposite to the "core values of socialism," and then come up with a "no-hip-hop in China," then it is a reduction of cultural ugly and farce, , "Clear mental pollution" mistakes.
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Of course, this is a real goal.
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I oppose censorship but I totally understand.
Average Chinese idolize black basketball players. Black celebs and Americans in general. Chinese gov finds this threatening.
Any effort to rid the world of hip-hop can’t be all bad.
Harvey Weinstein writ large.
I will be anxiously waiting for the SJWs in the US to brand China as racist for this.
Our first amendment defends this filth. Glad we have the first…sorry we have to put up with that crap.
I consider that a step in the right direction. Rap & hip-hop is not music but violence on the ears & minds of people forced to listen to it. To those who choose to listen to it, I say they never had much brains to begin with anyways.
...lest they turn into a westernized cesspool.
Hey, is sub cultures the same as sh**hole countries? /s
Some rap is good. At least some of the rappers talk about how dysfunctional society is for some black people. The rap with the violence and see crap I avoid.
The only reason to “like” hip-hop is that it will destroy whatever civilization that it infects. And, if we can totally export it, we can once again perhaps maybe have real music here in the states.
Let’s see if the liberals offended by Trump’s “sh!thole” statement react to this.
I love hip-hop music. As opposed to rock stars who go on drug binges, screech neo-Satanic lyrics, have orgies with underage girls, and then commit suicide.
I always think of “Michael Bolton” in Office Space rapping in his car on the way to work....
Warning: Language
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XASNM1XEQPs
The libs have made every filthy act of violence, rape, destruction, arson, sedition, and vice into a matter of 1st Amendment rights - except for prayer and Conservative political speech.
The latter, the safeguarding of which, are precisely the true intent of 1st Amendment's protections, are actively censored and in some cases banned.
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