THREAD: When we interviewed the Higher Brothers (the Chinese rappers here) for @VICENews 2 yrs ago, they said they were once called down to the police station for uploading a “political” song to Weibo. (That part didn’t make it into the final cut: ) 1/n
The song had mentioned corrupt Chinese politicians, they told @dexdigi. “They put my lyrics up on a blackboard, and said "this is political”. And they told me not to write this kind of song in the future. Otherwise, they would lock me up.” 2/n
“Then they asked me to delete the song. I did what they said. And I will never write this kind of song again. But you can still hear it on YouTube! ... So we know it's dangerous. We don't touch it anymore. We're responsible.” - Higher Brothers to @VICENews in 2017 3/n
Melo P, the rapper who recounted the story, along with another Higher Brothers member, just posted the Chinese national flag on Instagram along with nationalist comments: 4/n
Shout-out to the team who helped to make the piece for @VICENews on @HBO: @dexdigi @quintonboudwin @waywaw (and many others) #vicenewstonight 5/n
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