Renegade Rhymes: Rap Music, Narrative, and Knowledge in Taiwan, Meredith Schweig (2025)

Key Points

• The review analyzes how rap music serves as a medium for storytelling and knowledge in Taiwan.
• Literary analysis of rap lyrics
• Cultural context exploration
• Comparative study with other art forms
• Identified rap as a key tool for cultural expression in Taiwan.
• Highlighted narratives addressing social issues.
• Showed how rap contributes to Taiwanese identity formation.

Abstract