(Re)Defining Korean Hip Hop
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19180998 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Myoung-Sun Song (Sogang University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 16-31 |
| Publication date | 2019-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Popular Music Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1524-2226 • E-ISSN: 1533-1598 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1525/jpms.2019.31.4.16 |
| OpenAlex | W2996693133 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 1 |
Research Article| December 01 2019 (Re)Defining Korean Hip Hop: A Conversation with MC Meta, Tiger JK, Deepflow, The Quiett, Nucksal, and Zico Myoung-Sun Song Myoung-Sun Song Sogang University Email: [email protected] Myoung-Sun Song is assistant professor in the Department of American Culture at Sogang University, South Korea. She received her Ph.D. in communication from the University of Southern California, USA. Her research focuses on the intersections of race, gender, sexuality, class, and (national) identity in Korean media and popular culture. She is the author of Hanguk Hip Hop: Global Rap in South Korea (2019), the first scholarly book-length study in English or Korean on the subject Korean hip hop. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Journal of Popular Music Studies (2019) 31 (4): 16–31. https://doi.org/10.1525/jpms.2019.31.4.16 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Myoung-Sun Song; (Re)Defining Korean Hip Hop: A Conversation with MC Meta, Tiger JK, Deepflow, The Quiett, Nucksal, and Zico. Journal of Popular Music Studies 1 December 2019; 31 (4): 16–31. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/jpms.2019.31.4.16 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentJournal of Popular Music Studies Search The 1992 debut of an idol group called Seo Taiji and Boys is often remembered as the Korean public's first introduction to hip hop. The trio's rap infused dance song “Nan Arayo [I Know]” would not only become a nationwide sensation, but the precedent for K-pop as we know it today (i.e. “rap dance”). While the public's introduction to hip hop was through rap, Korean hip hop grew from the mid-1990s as an artistic and cultural entity. Korean fans of American hip hop began to meet in offline places to create Hanguk hip hop (Hanguk can be used as a noun meaning “Korea” or adjective “Korean”). A club called Master Plan, located in the Hongdae/Sinchon area of Seoul, was the symbolic birthplace of Korean hip hop in these formative years. Twenty years later in 2012, Korea's largest entertainment and media company—CJ E&M—launched a new reality competition program called Show... You do not currently have access to this content
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| Citations per year | 0.33 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2023 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |