https://www.scmp.com/rss/326166/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Editor's note: After the publication of this article, Rich Chigga changed his name to Rich Brian. Home-grown rap music from Indonesia was almost unheard of outside of the country until early 2016, when a young rapper from Jakarta called Rich Chigga released the track Dat $tick on YouTube. The clip was viewed tens of millions of times and caught the attention of superstars of the genre, including Wu-Tang Clan’s Ghostface Killah. Banned in China: why some of music’s top stars are blacklisted by... https://www.scmp.com/culture/music/article/2126782/rich-chigga-effect-puts-spotlight-indonesias-hip-hop-scene-now-rappers?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/culture/music/article/2126782/rich-chigga-effect-puts-spotlight-indonesias-hip-hop-scene-now-rappers?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 07 Jan 2018 00:46:34 +0000