Higher Brothers, a rap group in China Mainland, was established in 216, and consists of four members: MaSiWei, Ding Zhen, Yang Junyi (Psy.P) and Xie Yujie (Melo).
In July p>216, the first remix "HigherBrothers" was released. In 217, it signed a contract with ControlMusicGroup, thus officially making its debut; In June, the first studio album "BlackCab" was released, which won the most popular rap record award in the 7th Abilu Music Awards. In the same year, singles such as "WeChat" and "MadeinChina" were released. In 218, a concert tour in the United States was launched; In the same year, he was selected into the "218 Forbes China Top 3 Elite under 3". In 219, he won the annual rap musician award of Netease Cloud Music Original Festival in 218. In the same year, the second studio album "FiveStars" was released.
Chinese name: HigherBrothers
mbth: Higher Brothers
Alias: Haier Brothers
Nationality: China
Nationality: Han nationality
Occupation: rapper
Agency: ControlMusicGrou, 88Rising
Representative works: WeChat, MadeinChina. OpenItUp
Main achievements: The most popular rap record award of the 7th Abilu Music Awards
218 Forbes China Top 3 Elite under 3
Date of establishment: 216
Place of establishment: Chengdu
Early experiences
All the p>HigherBrothers except Ding Zhen are from Chengdu. Among them, Ma Siwei released singles such as "Laoshan Taoist" and "Yao Ming" in 214; Xie Yujie won the champion of Southwest Rap battle, and he and Yang Junyi formed the rap duo "Heaven and Earth Club". All four members are from Chengdu's music label "Rap Club CDC".
acting experience
In p>216, HigherBrothers was founded in Chengdu, and began to publish music works to YouTube； from media 88Rising through hip hop; In July, released the first remix "Higher Brothers"; In August, the English single BitchDon'tKillMyDab》； was released; On December 31st, the single "YAHH! ! 》。
In p>217, it signed a contract with ControlMusicGroup, thus making its official debut; In March, the Trap single PandaREMIX was released, which is a Chinese remix of American rapper Desiigner's song Panda. In the same month, the single "MadeinChina", which sang with American rapper FamousDex, was shortlisted for the Best Rap Single Award in the 7th Abilu Music Awards, and its MV has exceeded one million hits on YouTube. In May, the song "Wechat" was released in cooperation with Korean rapper KeithApe; In June, the first studio album "BlackCab" was released, which won the most popular rap record award in the 7th Abilu Music Awards. In June, 88Rising released the video "RappersReacttoHigherBrothers", and rap artists such as Migos and LilYachty watched the MV of "MadeinChina" as reaction guests. In July, he was invited to be the music performance guest of NBA player Stephen Curry's trip to China in chengdu railway station. In the same year, a two-month national tour of "BlackCab" was launched. In November, the song "FloRida" co-sung with American rapper Skimasktheslumppod * * * was released.
in p>218, EP "Journey to the West" was released; In February, a one-month "JourneyToTheWest" tour was launched in North America, with performances in Los Angeles, new york and San Francisco. In February, EP "Type-3" was released, with British Jamaican producer HARIKIRI as the album producer; In April, the remixed version of "MadeInChina" produced by French music producer DJSnake was launched. Subsequently, the EP "EP for fame" in cooperation with Ty. was released; In June, released the single LetItGo》； in cooperation with BlocBoyJB; In the same month, the song "MidsummerMadness" co-produced by RichBrian, Joji and AUGUST8 was released and included in the 88rising collection "Headintheclouds"; On July 11th, the song LoverBoy88 was released in cooperation with Thai singer PhumViphurit, which was adapted from the song Lover Boy by PhumViphurit. On August 2 nd, he was selected as the "218 Forbes China 3 Elite List under 3" selected by Forbes China; On December 11th, the single "16Hours" was released, which was named after the flight duration of China and the United States, representing their mental journey to the international arena. At the same time, the documentary "16Hours" filmed by 88rising for HigherBrothers was also released. The film was directed by Emmy winner Yuan Qiaoling and told about their experiences as China people in the United States.
On January 15th, 219, the single "OpenItUp" was released. The song was inspired by the slogan shouted by moshpit, the audience of the "RollingLoudBayArea" music festival in 218. On January 2th, he won the rap musician of the year award of 218 Netease Cloud Music Original Festival. On January 29th, the New Year song "Congratulations on Getting Rich" was released. On February 22nd, released the second studio album "FiveStars", and cooperated with artists such as Soulja Boy and RichBrian. On March 23rd, the "WISHYOURICH" world tour concert was held in Chengdu, which spread from Asia to North America and Europe.
Major works
Musical works
Documentary
Concert record
Award-winning record
Character evaluation
HigherBrothers is a powerful hip-hop group, which is resounding all over the world, and further proves with its strength that "language (distance) is no longer a problem, only music itself is the most important". Their unique style and open-minded lyrics make them one of the powerful cultural facades of Asian youth. HigherBrothers has a unique style. Their rap is a mixture of English, Mandarin and Sichuan dialect, with fresh taste, fierce strength and bold lyrics, which faithfully shows the spirit of China to the world and makes hip-hop lovers around the world really pay attention to China's rap. Their works are full of young people's cynicism, and with the international hip-hop smell, they have opened the ears of Chinese people (comprehensive comments by The New York Times, Netease, Tencent and Red Net).