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Chinese hip hop (Chinese: 嘻哈; pinyin xīha) is a relatively new phenomenon; in Chinese music; “Hip-Hop as a movement (initially in Beijing) emerged around the year 1990 via British Filipino and Congolese DJ’s. ” Some of the earliest influences of hip-hop in came from movies such as Beatstreet (1984).