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Wang Hao came up through the northern Hong Hua Hui crew before splitting the inaugural Rap of China crown with GAI in 2017. The win briefly made him the most-streamed rapper in the country. A January 2018 controversy over drug and sexual references in his 2016 track Christmas Eve led to a wholesale platform ban and he has not released a major-label record since. His career arc is the case study most cited when explaining the Chinese government's complicated relationship with hip-hop.