Tsengian hip-hop

Tsengian hip-hop is a subgenre of Tsengian music. It originated between the late-1980s and early-1990s in the cities of Taihua and Tseng City. Taihua rapper DJ Zhongguo is often considered to be the first rapper to achieve mainstream popularity in the country. Since the 2010s, hip-hop has become one of the most popular music genres in Tseng.

History
Tseng is one of the most Western-influenced countries of Asia. As a result, American hip-hop-related movies such as ' (1983) and ' (1984) enjoyed great popularity among the Tsengian youth. As early as 1986, clubs playing solely hip-hop music began to pop up in Guang District in Tseng City. In 1988, pop singer Li Meng experimented with hip-hop in his song "April 2".

Despite this, rap remained rather underground and marginalized, as rap was seen as a "delinquent and immoral" activity, done by gangsters and people with low socioeconomical status and education.

In 1995, DJ Zhongguo released the track "Confucius", which became a great hit and launched hip-hop to the mainstream. Selling 500,000 copies, it kickstarted hip-hop's influence in Tsengian music, and inspired many artists to go into rapping.