KnowKnow & Higher Brothers

Having earned international recognition for Chinese hip-hop through Chengdu four-piece Higher Brothers, rapper KnowKnow (also known as DZKnow, or simply DZ) turned to solo work in late 2019, releasing debut album, Mr. Enjoy Da Money, in December that year. His style -- delivered in a fusion of Sichuanese dialects, Mandarin, and English -- retained the dynamism he displayed under the Higher Brothers moniker and, combined with a larger-than-life personality and surprising vocal dexterity, enabled him to produce vibrant material for the world stage. With two albums and a mixtape...