Sun, Aug 03, 2003 - Page 18 News List

Seeking hip-hop spirit

Local rap artist Dog G is trying to draw on the home-grown tradition of street performance to popularize hip-hop in Taiwan

By Roger Cheng  /  CONTRIBUTING REPORTER

"I like Dog G's music quite a lot," said Shortee, "mainly because of the cool beats and his poignant words." But, for Shortee, a hip-hop idealist, Dog G is not so great in terms of real hip-hop spirit. "As a hip-hop artist, Dog G should not be promoted like that [in a highly commercial manner]," Shortee said.

Despite the argument, the big, young rapper does have an aspiration. "I will go back to Tainan, my ultimate hip-hop base, for graduate school," said Dog G, who wants to write a book called "Hip Hop Taiwan" in Tainan to promote hip-hop.

For graduate school? "Yeah, I wanna be a PE teacher in future, maybe giving lectures by rapping" he said with a big, smile.

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