CD Rev

CD Rev's four members—Wang "Chuckie" Zixin, Li "Pissy" Yijie, Tan "N.O.G." Yunwen, and Luo "Roy" Jinhui—are from the south-western Chinese city of Chengdu, a city with an emergent American-style rap music scene.{{cite web |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/chinese-rappers-hip-hop_us_55ca6009e4b0923c12be783e |title=Meet The Chinese Rappers Bringing Hip-Hop To The Middle Kingdom |last=Sheehan |first=Matt |date=11 August 2015 |website=HuffPost |access-date=10 October 2017}} The group claims to have been formed on 1 October 2015, the anniversary date of the foundation of the People's Republic of China. The group is one of a number of nationalistic media projects sponsored by the technology entrepreneur Rao Jin; other endeavours include the website April Media which produces Chinese-themed talks in the style of TED.

The group claims to draw inspiration from American hip-hop artists such as Eminem and Dr. Dre,{{cite news |last=Mullany |first=Gerry |date=12 May 2017 |title=Chinese Rappers Take Aim at American Antimissile System in South Korea |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/12/world/asia/china-south-korea-thaad-rap-video.html |work=The New York Times |location=Hong Kong |access-date=10 October 2017 }} though their lyrics express "more affection for law enforcement than is customary for gangsta rappers". The band's members believe that CD Rev's music is a modernization of traditional Chinese patriotic education.See also: The Patriotic Education Campaign

CD Rev have released a number of singles, frequently accompanied by music videos, on topics ranging from China's disputed territorial claims in the South China Sea to the legacy of Mao Zedong.

The group's first single, "The Force of Red", appeared in January 2016. The song, performed in English, espouses pro-One China sentiments and attacks Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen, describes Western journalists as "media punk ass white trash fuckers",{{cite web |url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/beimengfu/red-rap |title=This Chinese Propaganda Video Is Absolutely Everything |last=Fu |first=Beimeng |date=1 July 2016 |website=BuzzFeed |access-date=10 October 2017}} and declares that "the red king's coming back". Group member Wang Zixin later called these lyrics "a little extreme".

In June 2016, CD Rev released a single sponsored by the Communist Youth League, a government-backed Communist youth movement. The song, called "This is China", was also performed in English, as it was aimed at Westerners with the intent of changing their perceptions of China. The song's lyrics trumpet Chinese achievements such as the work of Nobel Prize-winning chemist Tu Youyou and the ancient philosopher Confucius. "This is China" acknowledges many of China's problems, including air pollution and political corruption but also suggests that these problems have been exaggerated by foreign media. The song was characterized as "cringe-worthy" and "wooden". Social media users noted that the music video for "This is China" was very similar to an earlier video from South Korean rapper San E, and the video has since been removed due to copyright claims from San E's production company, Brand New Music.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9ug6hehTyY|title=- YouTube|website=www.youtube.com}}

CD Rev released the song "No THAAD" in May 2017, again sponsored by the Communist Youth League. Performed in a mixture of English and Chinese, "No THAAD" criticizes the South Korean government of Park Geun-hye for authorizing the installation of the American THAAD missile defense system, which the Chinese government had objected to.{{cite news |last=Zhen |first=Liu |date=18 May 2017 |title=THAAD? No thanks, say officially sanctioned Chinese rappers |url=http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2094747/thaad-no-thanks-say-officially-sanctioned-chinese-rappers |work=South China Morning Post |access-date=10 October 2017}} The song's lyrics refer to South Korea as China's "little brother" and warn that "[the] things you're doing now are gonna rip you apart".

In December 2018, CD Rev released F*** Lil Pump, a diss track against American rapper Lil Pump. That month, Lil Pump had previewed Butterfly Doors, a song containing anti-Asian lyrics such as "ching chong" and "they call me Yao Ming cause my eyes real low".{{Cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2178577/chinese-rappers-hit-back-lil-pumps-racial-slurs-amid-backlash|title=Chinese rappers hit back at Lil Pump's racial slurs amid backlash|date=December 18, 2018|website=South China Morning Post|access-date=December 18, 2018|archive-date=November 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112011040/https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2178577/chinese-rappers-hit-back-lil-pumps-racial-slurs-amid-backlash|url-status=live}}

On 15 April 2020, CD Rev released a single named “Mr. Virus”, sponsored by the Communist Youth League.

The content of the song includes:

1. Expressing support for Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who is the Director-General of the World Health Organization.
2. Laughing and insulting Taiwan.
3. Laughing at Western politicians and the media.

These three points are also the most important propaganda views of the Chinese Communist Party after the COVID-19 pandemic{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}}. CD Rev sang the propaganda views of the Chinese Communist Party in the form of hip-hop rap. People's Daily, Ziguang Pavilion, and the Communist Youth League jointly praised the song.{{Cite web|title=人民日报、紫光阁、共青团联合点名了这首说唱！ {{!}} 嘻哈中国|url=https://www.xihachina.com/47372.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-26|website=www.xihachina.com|language=zh|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220218185044/https://www.xihachina.com/47372.html |archive-date=2022-02-18 }}

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