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  • uh, we're outside a club in Tianjin.

  • There's a huge line of at least 2000 people here, and they're all waiting to see one guy.

  • Johnny J.

  • One of China's biggest rappers, Hey filled stadiums with this lively shows and has over three million fans of Weibo, China's Twitter.

  • But unlike other big Chinese rappers, he has no plans to break into the West crying, So hip hop drama Nail You also that white man shooter.

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  • Johnny J.

  • Is known for its socially conscious music and down to earth lyrics.

  • Fans call him the hip hop poet Um E Oh, she said, that being there you go just a someone sort on the fan Kids More kids Machine title near Owen Sound of how we got Just a Jaco Whole Tyler goes a while deserting Tyne and High sold lots to think about it, Baby, me and you we still kids ourself.

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  • How well got my grandmother At a time when most rappers in China were writing about sex, money and profligate lifestyles, I'm flexing so hard, Charlie and back into a strip club in my pocket.

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  • Was writing about his personal experiences and struggles with love, family and life person alive ago, somebody you only makes up some teeth and took Alamosa daughter.

  • But when he first started out in 2011, Chinese people were not listening to homegrown hip hop to make a living and support himself.

  • Johnny J.

  • ST Pop songs and nightclubs and bars.

  • He lived in a tiny apartment where he slept, ate and record his music.

  • Yeah, his parents started asking why he was going near broke for his passion.

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  • In 2012, Johnny J.

  • Released his first mixtape, Jay Hood, where he wrote about his experience as a rapper.

  • It was considered unconventional because some tracks were sampled from jazz theme music video for a song.

  • My City Went Fire on Webo and a local TV station profiled him.

  • It was a turning point in his career.

  • The album and music videos popularity convinced him that he could go on 11 city tour, but he overestimated his fame.

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  • In 2017, he auditioned for the reality show Wrap of China.

  • As the show became a nationwide head, his popularity soared.

  • He ended up in the top four after Wrap of China.

  • He went on tour and started playing to a larger crowd.

  • And unlike his first tour in 2013 thes concerts were sold out.

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uh, we're outside a club in Tianjin.

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